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Second Dutch security firm hacked, unsecured phpMyAdmin implicated

Dec

2011

Dutch news site webwereld is reporting that another Dutch security company, Gemnet, has been compromised, although it does not appear to have affected certificate issuance. Gemnet appears to provide security consulting and authentication technologies to nearly all parts of the Dutch government including the Ministry of Security and Justice, Bank of Dutch Municipalities and the […]

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Dutch CA suspends issuance of digital certificates

Nov

2011

Dutch Certificate Authority KPN/Getronics has announced the suspension of the issuance of digital certificates. The reason for this is that a breach has been discovered on a KPN web server related to PKI. The attack dates back no less than four years. KPN, best known for its telecom business, acquired Getronics four years ago. Former […]

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Another certificate authority issues dangerous certficates

Nov

2011

Note: This story has been updated with commentary from Entrust at the bottom. Mozilla has announced they are revoking another intermediate signing certificate used by a registrar in Malaysia, DigiCert Sdn. Bhd. According to the post, DigiCert Sdn. Bhd. (not to be confused with US based DigiCert) had issued 22 weak certificates (RSA 512) to […]

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