DigiD

DigiD

DigiD is an identity management platform which government agencies of the Netherlands, including the Tax and Customs Administration and Dienst Uitvoering Onderwijs, can use to verify the identity of Dutch citizens on the Internet. As of 2010 it is being used by 8 million citizens.[1] The system is tied to the Dutch national identification number (burgerservicenummer, BSN). The system has been mandatory when submitting tax forms electronically since 2006.

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2011 Hacking incident

In July 2011, DigiNotar, the company that was providing the certificates used for DigiD under the PKI root-CA PKIoverheid. Although not directly linked to certificates used by DigiD the result of above hack was that the government lost its trust in certificates issued by the company, both under their own root CA as well as the certificates under the governments root PKIoverheid. Prosecutors said they would investigate the U.S.-owned, Netherlands-based DigiNotar.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "8 miljoen DigiD-gebruikers" (in Dutch). Nu.nl. ANP. 19 February 2010. http://www.nu.nl/internet/2188638/8-miljoen-digid-gebruikers.html. 
  2. ^ Wall Street Journal: Hacking Scandal Roils Dutch Public, visited 11 September, 2011

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