DigiNotar goes bust

Digital certificate authorities everywhere be warned: Hackers can destroy you. Today parent company VASCO Data Security announced that DigiNotar has been declared bankrupt. The action comes after weeks of controversy, following an intrusion that allowed a hacker to distribute more than 500 rogue digital certificates. Browser makers like Google and Microsoft responded by blocking DigiNotar certificates, thus cutting off the company's lifeline. The question now: Who's next? DigiNotar's problems started in late August, when the first rogue certificates appeared. After Google and Microsoft suspended -- that is "untrusted" -- DigiNotar, the CA suspended issuing certificates. Two weeks ago, a hacker… [Continue Reading]

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