January 12, SecurityWeek – (International) GoDaddy revokes nearly 9,000 SSL certificates. GoDaddy revoked nearly 9,000 Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificates after discovering that a software bug, which was introduced in July 2016 as part of a routine code change intended to improve the certificate issuance process, can cause the domain validation process to be unreliable. GoDaddy provides the customer a random code and directs the customer to place it in a specific location on their Website in order to validate the domain name for a certificate, however the systems were observed validating domains even if the code was not found. Source
Above Reprinted from the USDHS Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report