Millions of PCs may no longer be able to connect to the Internet as of Sept 30, 2021. — AFP Relaxnews
As of Thursday, Sept 30, millions of devices could find themselves unable to access the internet due to a security certificate expiring. This mainly concerns PCs, smartphones and consoles running on very old operating systems, which will need to be updated – if that’s still even possible.
British security researcher and lecturer Scott Helme sounds the alarm in a blog post. He explains that, in a chain reaction, the expiry of a security certificate (IdenTrust DST Root CA X3), Sept 30 may deprive many non-updated devices of Internet access.
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