Russian bank websites stopped opening in foreign browsers. After…
Russian bank websites stopped opening in foreign browsers. After switching to Russian security certificates, the websites of several Russian banks, including VTB and Alfa-Bank, stopped opening in most foreign browsers, reports RBC.
Consensus
- Several major Russian banks transitioned from foreign SSL/TLS certificates to certificates issued by Russia's Ministry of Digital Development.
- The transition caused websites of these banks to become inaccessible or display security warnings in foreign browsers such as Chrome, Safari, and Edge.
- The websites continue to function properly in Yandex Browser, which has built-in support for Russian certificates.
- The change was prompted by the revocation of foreign certificates by international certification authorities due to sanctions.
- Minцифры recommended that Russian websites switch to domestic certificates to maintain access through foreign browsers.
- Users can regain access by installing the Minцифры certificate or using Yandex Browser.
Points of divergence
- Some companies had previously tried to obtain certificates in other jurisdictions before switching to Minцифры certificates. — vm
- The Sberbank website in the .ru domain does not open in Google Chrome, while the .com domain opens with a security warning. — tg_echoonline_news
- T-Bank has only switched the tinkoff.ru domain to the Russian certificate, while tbank.ru still uses Let's Encrypt. — tg_moscowtimes_ru
- The transition is incomplete, and some banks like T-Bank and Levoberezhny Bank have only partially adopted the new certificate. — tg_tvrain
- The transition was driven by foreign certification authorities revoking certificates for Russian companies under sanctions. — novaya_eu
- The mechanism used in Russia is similar to one previously used in Kazakhstan, where a national certificate was used for traffic decryption. — tg_astrapress
Coverage (9 sources)
- What are the disruptions in the work of some banks related to — Вечерняя Москва
- Russian bank websites stopped opening in foreign browsers — ЭХО / Новости
- Websites of major Russian banks switched to Ministry of Digital Development certificates that allow decrypting user traffic — The Moscow Times
- Russian bank websites stopped opening in foreign browsers — Дождь (Telegram)
- Russian bank websites stopped working in foreign browsers due to revocation of TLS certificates — Московский кэш
- Russian bank websites stopped opening in foreign browsers — DW Главное
- Seven bank websites switched to unsafe certificates from MinCyfry. They allow traffic decryption — Новая газета Европа
- Sites of Sber, VTB, Rosselkhozbank, T-bank, UralSib, Promsvyazbank and St. Petersburg Bank switched to a certificate... — ASTRA
- Sber sites and six other Russian banks switched to an unsafe Russian TLS encryption certificate — Медиазона
Key entities
- VTB
- Sber
- Saint Petersburg
- Russian Agricultural Bank
- Uralsib
- Promsvyazbank
- T-Bank
- Mediasphere
- Alpha-Bank
- RBC
- Ministry of Digital Development
- National Certification Center
- Ministry of Digital Development
- Maxim Denisov T-Bank
- Денис Батранков
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