Who to trust after the VeriSign hack?

It's difficult to know who or what to trust these days. Head over to the VeriSign website and you will be met by the bold claim that the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and code signing certificate services business which specialises in online identity and authentication will "build trust every step of the way" so as to ensure that you can "Trust your link. Trust your site. Trust your transaction." But just how waterproof are those claims from the company which was acquired by Symantec back in August 2010, especially following the news that VeriSign had been hacked "successfully and repeatedly" that year.