Last week the news broke about a supposed Iran state-sponsored hack on Comodo that managed to get fraudulent SSL certificates issued for Google, Hotmail, Yahoo, Firefox and Skype — certificates that could have been used to “secure” fake versions of these web sites.
An individual claiming responsibility for the hack posted a manifesto over the weekend. Going by the handle Comodohacker and claiming to be from Iran, he describes his attack on Comodo affiliate InstantSSL.
His manifesto reads like it could be Charlie Sheen posing as an Iranian hacker. Here are a few excerpts for your enjoyment.
“I’m not a group of hacker, I’m a single hacker with experience of 1000 hackers, I’m single programmer with experience of 1000 programmers, I’m single planner/project manager with experience of 1000 project managers…”
“Anyway, I know you are really shocked about my knowledge, my skill, my speed, my expertise and entire attack. That’s OK, all of it was so easy for me, I did more important things I can’t talk about, so if you have to worry, you can worry…”
“I can do anything. I can. It’s a simple rule. You do, I do, that’s all. You stop, I don’t stop. I rule [the] internet, you know it already…”
“I’ll show you how someone in my age can rule the digital world, how your assumptions are wrong, you already understood it, huh?”
“So you’ll learn sometimes you have to close your eyes on some stuff [on the] internet, you’ll learn… You’ll understand… I’ll bring equality in internet. My orders will equal to CIA orders…”
“I’m a GHOST”
“I’m unstoppable…”
There is a good article on this here: http://bit.ly/gvNWul
And if you want to read the entire Comodohacker rant, you can find it here: http://pastebin.com/74KXCaEZ
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