A Google home page is displayed on a phone Motorola Droid on Washington, August 15, 2011.
Credit: Reuters/Kevin LamarqueSAN FRANCISCO | Fri 09/09/2011 2:47 pm EDT
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters)-Google Inc is advising its customers e-mail service Gmail in Iran to change their passwords after a ciberataque that affected a country's main strip.
Google itself has not been compromised, but the attackers may have been able to invade the connection between Gmail and the computer of a person, essentially. As such, the attack was the latest illustration of the difficulty and complexity of Web security.
"We learned last week that the compromise of a Dutch company involved with to verify the authenticity of the Web site could have placed the Internet communications of many Iranians at risk, including your Gmail," Google said in a post on his official blog on Thursday.
"While Google's internal systems have not been committed, that are directly contacting possibly affected users and providing similar information below because our main priority is to protect the privacy and security of our users," Google said.
A certificate ensures that a Web surfer is safely with a site and is not being monitored by another person.
In mid-July, DigiNotar systems, Dutch company information technology were cut and security certificates were stolen by a number of domains, DigiNotar and its owner, U.S. listed VASCO Data Security International, said on August 30.
The stolen certificates have been revoked immediately upon detection of a robbery, but, for the site, just "recently" Google.com.br was revoked after a warning from the Dutch Government, said DigiNotar and VASCO.
Google, which warned users the threat last week, recommended on Thursday that all users in Iran follow a series of steps to protect yourself, including changing your Gmail password and verifying your account recovery options.
(Reporting by Alexei Oreskovic; Editing by Peter Henderson and Richard Chang)
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