DigiNotar
| 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. 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.