Outages

Global timekeeping is changing as the leap second is being scrapped. The change is meant to avoid infrastructure failures, and it matters to Windows users because timing issues can affect connected systems and services. No action is mentioned in the summary.

Google says counterfeit TLS certificates for major services were stolen by hackers after three country-code top-level domains were hijacked. The issue could affect access to several leading global brands on Windows PCs and other devices. Google has not said more in the summary about a fix or any action readers should take.