[pumpkinprog]

As it said in the article, the backstory of this move is that DigiCert revoked SSL certificates of some major Russian banks that come under the US sanctions, including their Central Bank (the Russian Fed). And all their sites, remote banking, 3-D secure pages went down for some time immediately. IMO it is a pretty understandable move for the Russians as a national security measure not to depend on some random American companies switching off Russian critical infrastructure.