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| Company type | Subsidiary of a publicly traded company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Internet security |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Founder | Dick Batenburg |
| Defunct | 20 September 2011 |
| Fate | acquired by VASCO Data Security International, Inc. in 2010; declared bankrupt in 2011 |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | Public key certificates |
| Services | Certificate authority |
| Owner | VASCO Data Security International |
| Website | diginotar.nl at the Wayback Machine (archived 27 April 2008) |
DigiNotar was a Dutch certificate authority, established in 1998 and acquired in January 2011 by VASCO Data Security International, Inc.[1][2] The company was hacked in June 2011 and it issued hundreds of fake certificates, some of which were used for man-in-the-middle attacks on Iranian Gmail users. The company was declared bankrupt in September 2011.
- ^ "VASCO Data Security International, Inc. announces the acquisition of DigiNotar B.V., a market leader in Internet trust services in the Netherlands" (Press release). VASCO. January 10, 2011. Archived from the original on September 17, 2011. Retrieved August 31, 2011.
- ^ van der Meulen, Nicole (June 2013). "DigiNotar: Dissecting the First Dutch Digital Disaster". Journal of Strategic Security. 6 (2): 46–58. doi:10.5038/1944-0472.6.2.4. ISSN 1944-0464.