A system for identifying a misbehaving computerized device, the system comprising: a misbehavior authority device that receives a report about the misbehaving computerized device, wherein the report includes a pseudonym certificate from the misbehaving computerized device, and wherein the pseudonym certificate includes a linkage value; a cloaking authority device that is communicatively connected to the misbehavior authority device, and that receives a request for a cloak index from the misbehavior authority device, wherein the request for the cloak index includes the linkage value; a pseudonym certificate authority device that is communicatively connected to the cloaking authority device, and that receives, from the cloaking authority device, a message that includes the linkage value, and that transmits a message, to the cloaking authority device, that includes a hash of a pseudonym certificate request, HPCR, that caused the pseudonym certificate to be generated; and a registration authority device that is communicatively connected to the cloaking authority device, and that receives, from the cloaking authority device, a message that includes the HPCR, and that transmits a message, to the cloaking authority device, that includes a hash of a linkage chain identifier that corresponds to the pseudonym certificate and that identifies the misbehaving computerized device; wherein the cloaking authority device determines the cloak index, which corresponds to the linkage chain identifier and which identifies the misbehaving computerized device, and transmits the cloak index to the misbehavior authority device; and wherein the determined cloak index is either created by the cloaking authority device in response to the request from the misbehavior authority, or has been previously created by the cloaking authority device in response to a prior request from the misbehavior authority. a misbehavior authority device that receives a report about the misbehaving computerized device, wherein the report includes a pseudonym certificate from the misbehaving computerized device, and wherein the pseudonym certificate includes a linkage value; a cloaking authority device that is communicatively connected to the misbehavior authority device, and that receives a request for a cloak index from the misbehavior authority device, wherein the request for the cloak index includes the linkage value; a pseudonym certificate authority device that is communicatively connected to the cloaking authority device, and that receives, from the cloaking authority device, a message that includes the linkage value, and that transmits a message, to the cloaking authority device, that includes a hash of a pseudonym certificate request, HPCR, that caused the pseudonym certificate to be generated; and a registration authority device that is communicatively connected to the cloaking authority device, and that receives, from the cloaking authority device, a message that includes the HPCR, and that transmits a message, to the cloaking authority device, that includes a hash of a linkage chain identifier that corresponds to the pseudonym certificate and that identifies the misbehaving computerized device; wherein the cloaking authority device determines the cloak index, which corresponds to the linkage chain identifier and which identifies the misbehaving computerized device, and transmits the cloak index to the misbehavior authority device; and wherein the determined cloak index is either created by the cloaking authority device in response to the request from the misbehavior authority, or has been previously created by the cloaking authority device in response to a prior request from the misbehavior authority.