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Lone Iranian Claims Credit For Comodo Hack

Posted by Soulskill on from the army-of-one dept.

nk497 writes "A boastful Iranian hacker has claimed sole responsibility for the Comodo security certificate attack, saying it had nothing to do with his government. The 21-year-old claimed via a note on PasteBin, 'I'm not a group of hacker, I'm single hacker with experience of 1,000 hackers.' While some researchers believed his claims, saying the media had accepted Comodo's claims that the attack was from the Iranian government too easily, others said it was impossible to tell if the hacker was real, or a PR move by Iran."

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  1. Re:An anonymous claim of skill? by _Sprocket_ · · Score: 4, Funny

    New infosec meme.... "with experience of 1,000 hackers."

  2. Of course it's a PR move by Weaselmancer · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I mean come on, really?

    'I'm not a group of hacker, I'm single hacker with experience of 1,000 hackers.'

    Sounds just like the Iraqi Information Minister or Kim Jong Il. "Oh no no no! I not a group or government no! I am super skilled hacker with skill of 1000 men. I can play 18 rounds of golf in 18 shots by getting 18 hole in one. Yes! I just that good!"

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    Weaselmancer
    rediculous.
  3. I'm convinced by wrencherd · · Score: 4, Funny
    From TFA:

    The individual, who calls himself ComodoHacker

    Well, there you are.

  4. Re:An anonymous claim of skill? by kill-1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Follow-ups:

    "I should mention my age is 21"

    "How smartass you are?"

    "My orders will equal to CIA orders"

    "I'm a GHOST"

    "I'm unstoppable, so afraid if you should afraid, worry if you should worry."

    "I did it one time, make sure I'll do it again" (reminds me of Steve Ballmer)

    "RSA 2048 was not able to resist in front of me"

  5. He sounds VERY pro-government! by damoncz · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I am an Iranian dissident living outside Iran and this guy is VERY pro-government, which is a rarity in Iran if you are following the news.. Line 41: "A message in Persian: Janam Fadaye Rahbar" Means "my life sacrificed for the Leader". Only Khamenei goons otter that. I smell something fishy. Can't be a lone hacker...