[AP] Attackers who hacked into a Dutch Web security firm have issued hundreds of fraudulent security certificates for intelligence agency Web sites, including the C.I.A., as well as for Internet giants like Google, Microsoft and Twitter, the Dutch government said on Monday.Experts say they suspect the hacker — or hackers — operated with the cooperation of the Iranian government, perhaps in attempts to spy on dissidents.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/06/technology/hacking-in-the-netherlands-broadens-in-scope.htmlAlso see:DigiNotar SSL certificate hack amounts to cyberwar, says expert
The Dutch government says hackers who broke into a web security firm in the Netherlands last month issued hundreds of bogus security certificates that could be used on websites including the CIA and Israel’s Mossad, as well as internet giants such as Google, Microsoft and Twitter.More than 500 fake certificates, including some which could be used to send fake Windows updates to computers, and others which could be used when connecting to the CIA’s site, were fraudulently issued in the hack, which occurred in July.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/sep/05/diginotar-certificate-hack-cyberwar