New Delhi: Cyber security sleuths have alerted Internet users in the country against phishing attacks from suspect digital signatures which got "unauthorisedly" issued through the state-owned National Informatics Centre (NIC).

The digital signatures also known as Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is the electronic equivalent of a bonafide signature of an individual, organisation or an entity which is used to conduct secure business and transactions over the Internet. The NIC's Certifying Authority (NIC-CA) is the premier government authority for issuing digital signatures or SSLs to genuine users in the country.