It was deprecated, but still some users have connection issues, I still have no access to a gmail from a office network without VPN. This is what I mean by saying that our state software is lame, they deprecated the cert two weeks ago and there is still issues with connection, and I'm sure they kinda don't care.
I have feeling that they had gathered database with usernames and passwords, cause only certian sites were targeted to use mitm, mostly it was mail services like gmail and social networks, facebook, youtube and others. Other sites were working fine even without that cert.
And after that mitm they had to stop, due to people's discontent and lawsuits. These are also reputational losses, it is unlikely that foreign companies will want to do business in a country in which personal data treated this way and where government wants to see all your passwords from email services and bank accounts.
There was also a question about ensuring the security of a root certificate that can decrypt data, it could easily get to third parties who could use it for their own purposes.
Connection issues and MITM are a different things. Connection issues is just bad ISP. This mozilla blacklist does nothing. They'll generate new certificate, put it on website, enable country-wide MITM for few days until protests calm down and then turn the whole thing off. And Mozilla will blacklist that certificate few months later, LoL.
I have feeling that they had gathered database with usernames and passwords, cause only certian sites were targeted to use mitm, mostly it was mail services like gmail and social networks, facebook, youtube and others. Other sites were working fine even without that cert.
And after that mitm they had to stop, due to people's discontent and lawsuits. These are also reputational losses, it is unlikely that foreign companies will want to do business in a country in which personal data treated this way and where government wants to see all your passwords from email services and bank accounts.
There was also a question about ensuring the security of a root certificate that can decrypt data, it could easily get to third parties who could use it for their own purposes.