WebPKI Observatory — Distrust History
16 distrust events have occurred across the ecosystem, with 14 attributed to compliance or operational failures and 10 following a pattern of repeated issues. The posture distribution shows 7 cases of negligent noncompliance, 3 of willful circumvention, and 3 of demonstrated incompetence, with a median runway of 1,185 days between distrust announcement and enforcement. These events represent the terminal outcome of incident patterns visible in the operational risk data, where 1,719 incidents across 55 CAs created the track record leading to trust store removal.