Browsers and operating systems had already revoked trust in Dutch CA.
Dutch certificate authority
Diginotar
was declared bankrupt by a Dutch court this morning.
Diginotar
made the news earlier this month when a large number of rogue certificates signed by the CA were
discovered
. The certificates were generated by a hacker, possibly acting on behalf of the Iranian government, who had gained access to
Diginotar
‘s systems. Investigations by the Dutch government, which used the CA for many of its websites and services, showed a large number of basic flaws in the company’s security.
Most browsers and operating systems have since released updates removing
Diginotar
from their lists of trusted certificates.
VASCO Data Security
, which acquired
Diginotar
in January 2011, saw little option but to file for voluntary bankruptcy at a Dutch district court. This was granted on Tuesday.
More at
RTT news
here
, with
VASCO
‘s press release
here
.
Posted on 20 September 2011 by
Virus Bulletin
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