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Belgian security firm GlobalSign has temporarily stopped issuing authentication certificates for secure websites.
It comes after an anonymous hacker claimed to have gained access to the company's servers.
If confirmed, it would be the second security breach at a European certificate authority in two months.
Hundreds of bogus DigiNotar authentications were issued following an intrusion into its systems.
Belgian security firm GlobalSign is to resume issuing website authentication certificates, after a hacker claimed to have breached its systems.
The company is still investigating whether bogus certificates were created in its name.
Had that happened, cyber criminals would have been able to spy on users accessing supposedly secure sites.
An earlier attack on Dutch company DigiNotar resulted in several hundred false certificates being issued.
GlobalSign said it would start bringing its systems back online on Monday, but did not expect to be processing new certificates until Tuesday.
