The Netherlands has begun investigating the hacking of a Dutch Internet company whose security certificates were stolen and used to spy on hundreds of thousands of Iranian web users.
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Dutch study possible Iran hacking of govt web sites
(Reuters) – The Dutch government said on Sunday it was investigating whether Iran may have been involved in hacking Dutch state websites after digital certificates were stolen.
Rogue web certificate could have been used to attack Iran dissidents
Flaw could have let attackers steal passwords and data from apparently secure connections to Google sites such as Gmail Security analysts have warned that attackers could have exploited a faked web certificate to eavesdrop on Iranian dissidents using Google sites such as Gmail.