![]() ![]() It came only weeks after DigiNotar, a Dutch certificate authority, which issued SSL certificates for the Dutch government among others, was compromised and subsequently went bankrupt. ZDNet UK reports: "a person must retrieve the machine from a locked box, insert a number of smart cards, and type in multiple PINs and access codes." ![]() GlobalSign's root certificate is disconnected from the Web, and cannot be accessed without a series of stringent security checks. It resumed issuing Web site certificates a week later and said it has "learned much" from the incident.Īn external audit showed that GlobalSign's operations were safe and secure, but its Web site certificate was taken and could have been used to impersonate the company's Web site.
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