The Dutch
Interior Minister Piet Hein Donner has given a press conference in the early
hours of Saturday morning after an internet security firm appears to have been
hacked by Iranian hackers.
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Dutch Interior Minister Piet Hein Donner
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The Dutch
internet solicitors' firm Diginotar supplies certification for secure sites
which guarantee their reliability. However, Iranian hackers have reportedly
managed to surpass the certification system so that the Iranian authorities can
read gmail and google messages of people in Iran.
According
to a computer expert on Dutch public broadcaster NOS, the government can no
longer guarantee the security of its websites. This means, for instance, that
the internet identification site DigID is no longer reliable, which citizens
use for various government services.
Government
sites have not been shut down, but visitors to the sites will be warned that
the sites are not secure.
Diginotar
has been reportedly aware of the problem since 19 June, but did not report it
to the authorities. The Dutch authorities were informed by an Iranian
source.
The
minister has announced measures to hand over control of internet security to a
different firm, which may take a few days, according to the minister.
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