It was written around the time one of the CAs got dropped for signing certificates they shouldn't. (I wanna say it was DigiNotar, but that was a long time ago)

It was written around the time one of the CAs got dropped for signing certificates they shouldn't. (I wanna say it was DigiNotar, but that was a long time ago) Edit: it was Comodo https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comodo_Cybersecurity https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comodo_Cybersecurity who allowed an affiliate to grant 9 bogus certs. (Which is probably the "cousin" part of the joke)