The internet security company Diginotar, which was at the centre of a hacking scandal earlier this month, has been declared bankrupt, parent company Vasco Data Security said on Tuesday.

Diginotar’s systems were hacked in mid-July and over 500 website security certificates, including ones for intelligence services like the CIA, Mossad and MI6, were stolen. Experts think Iran was behind the attack and that Iranian dissidents were the main target.
A preliminary report for the government by internet research group Fox-IT into Diginotar has revealed the company used old software and did not have sufficient security measures in place.