Let’s Encrypt has issued 1 million free Transport Layer Security (TLS) SSL Certificates to webmasters who wish to secure the communications between their users and domains. It is just three months and five days since the service launched a beta version of the service, and the group has crossed 1 Million certificates in use across the Web. Let’s. Encrypt certificates are configured with cross-signatures from SSL cert provider IdenTrust, making its free. certificates trustworthy and allowing users to browse more securely on the Internet.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2016/03/lets-encrypt-free-ssl-certificate.html