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OPTA revokes Diginotar License as TTP

By Wout de Natris Consultant internet governance
  • September 14, 2011, 9:26 am PDT
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Wout de Natris writes: "In this decision OPTA revokes the registration of Diginotar as a so called Trusted Third Party. Diginotar issued certified certificates for digital signatures. The security breach by Iranian hackers over the summer, which Diginotar did not report to the authorities, lead to severe credibility issues for all Diginotar certificates issued before. This included Dutch government websites, but also led to severe breaches of privacy for Iranian end users, in multiple countries. As a result of OPTA's decision all certificates issued by Diginotar have to be revoked, while at the same she is forbidden to issue new ones. This link leads you to the decision (Dutch)."

By Wout de Natris, Consultant internet governance

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