The person who started this thread added a message:

'I have received email from official representatives of RSA confirming that RSA did indeed create the "RSA Security 1024 V3" root certificate that is currently included in NSS (Netscape/Mozilla) and also in Apple's root cert store.'

So sounds like there hasn't been some rogue root cert out there for the last 9 years. Good to see that root certs are rogue until proven valid, though.