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An individual identifying himself as a 21-year-old software engineering student in Iran has claimed responsibility for the recent computer attack of a U.S. security company that could have lured Iranian users to fake versions of major websites and compromised their online communications.

In a series of rambling and defiant messages posted on website Pastebin.com, the individual, who calls himself “comodohacker,” described in detail how he managed the hack, including some of the coding he used. He wrote that he was working alone, rather than as an employee of the Iranian government