Mozilla and Google have abandoned DigiNotar SSL certificates.

Major IT companies have decided to abandon DigiNotar certificates after it became known that hackers had compromised more than 500 of them.

Thanks to the compromised certificates, hackers were able to gain unauthorized access to websites such as those of the CIA, the British Foreign Intelligence Service, and Israel's political intelligence service, the Mossad.

Google and Mozilla have announced their intention to block certificates issued by DigiNotar. These companies will not use certificates from this provider in the future.

In addition, Mozilla and Google plan to release updates to their products in the coming days that will block all DigiNotar certificates.

Let us remind you that with the help of DigiNotar certificates, hackers obtainedaccess to Google sites.