If an unknown time this weekend, Gmail users in Iran who were trying to get their accounts have been compromised, with a log-in credentials stolen when someone broke into the Dutch society to steal an identity card digital equivalent of Google. com.
"Those affected are mainly located in Iran," Google said in a statement last night. "The attacker used a [Secure Sockets Layer] DigiNotar fraudulently issued by a root CA, which does not issue certificates Google (and have since deleted). "
The problem occurred yesterday after someone reported a site in support of Google, on Sunday.
Asked how many Google users have been affected, a representative of Google said: "It's always hard to know the details of such a man-in-the-middle attack, we are ... Read more Full and comments.
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SSL stands for Secure Socket Layer...it is used for security purpose....
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