comcast

[firehawk1120]

Is anyone able to log onto comcast.net ever since last night I think they might have gotten hacked because it said site was under construction and had chinese/japanese type lettering.

Now today the site is all screwed up like no formatting just text and pictures all over the place???

[baddest434]

try it again gene. i just logged in with no problems.

[GP99GT]

yeah it got haxored zomg

Comcast Hacked in BitTorrent Throttling Payback?
Written by enigmax on May 29, 2008

It has become apparent during the last few hours that Comcast, everyone’s favorite ISP (especially in the BitTorrent world) has been hacked. The message on the homepage read: “KRYOGENIKS EBK and DEFIANT RoXed COMCAST.”

When you’re as large as Comcast, you can’t please all of the people, all of the time. Although it has done so in other ways too, Comcast managed to annoy a large portion of its customer base with its throttling activities, not to mention its misleading statements and ’smokescreen’ attitude when it was discovered to be squirming away from the truth. Maybe it’s this that motivated a group of individuals to make the next move?

This morning many people will be celebrating as reports circulate that in the last few hours Comcast has been the subject of a hacking which defaced its homepage (mirror here).



The hackers appear to have changed the Comcast DNS/WHOIS records which were pointing at a non-Comcast address. Although back to normal now, for a while the records displayed this data:

Administrative Contact:
Domain Registrations, Comcast kryogenicsdefiant@gmail.com
Defiant still raping 2k8 ebk
69 dick tard lane
dildo room
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103
US
4206661870 fax: 6664200187

Technical Contact:
Comcast Corporation kryogenicsdefiant@gmail.com
1500 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
US
215-320-8774 fax: 215-564-0132

Record expires on 24-Sep-2008.
Record created on 25-Sep-1997.
Database last updated on 28-May-2008 23:48:08 EDT.

Domain servers in listed order:

NS21.WORLDNIC.COM 205.178.190.11
NS22.WORLDNIC.COM 205.178.144.11

A Comcast employee said: “The servers are fine and are reachable if the DNS server you are using is pointing to the correct place. As far as we can tell, the hack was a one shot deal, not an ongoing event.”

There are reports that concerned users telephoning to inform Comcast were summarily disconnected, with a level of panic centered round the security of the Comcast email system with reports that the hackers were picking off Comcast user’s usernames and passwords. As yet, this is unconfirmed.

Others claim they were treated politely by Comcast and told to use a temporary site in the meantime, located at http://beta.comcast.net/a/. (http://beta.comcast.net/a/) The Comcast forums also went down and then started diverting to http://www6.comcast.net/a/. (http://www6.comcast.net/a/)

There are rumors circulating that the group responsible for the hack previously targeted Justin Timberlake and Hilary Duff.

More on this story as we get it.

[Knipps]

:owned:

FiOS FTW

[Jersyboyy]

I work for a contract company for comcast. I HATE THEM. VIVA LA REVOLUTION!

[Tru2Chevy]

Comcast FTL......now if only I could talk the wife into FiOS TV as well, I'd be completely free of them.

- Justin

[ryanfx]

Comcast FTL......now if only I could talk the wife into FiOS TV as well, I'd be completely free of them.

- Justin

call verizon.. tell them you're considering switching but they need to make it worth their while. Guarantee they give you a sick rate. That's what I do on most things and I wind up paying silly low amounts of money =p

[WildBillyT]

Comcast FTL......now if only I could talk the wife into FiOS TV as well, I'd be completely free of them.

- Justin

Go triple play and never look back.

I've got:
Internet
TV W/HD channels and DVR
Unlimited Phone with an unlisted number

And it's around 130 a month. I have yet to talk to anybody whose bill for all three even comes remotely close.

[sweetbmxrider]

yeah but their phone service is kinda sketchy sometimes. VOP not as good as old fashioned land lines.

[Tru2Chevy]

I had the Verizon triple play when I still lived with my parents. Got the internet service as soon as it came out in my neighborhood in May '06 and got TV about a year later, also as soon as it came out.

My wife doesn't like the FiOS TV service for some reason though - can't figure out why. So I'm stuck with Comcast digital cable until I can convince her other wise. I'm thinking a few more mortgage payments and she'll see the financial benefit at least.

- Justin

[Knipps]

I had the Verizon triple play when I still lived with my parents. Got the internet service as soon as it came out in my neighborhood in May '06 and got TV about a year later, also as soon as it came out.

My wife doesn't like the FiOS TV service for some reason though - can't figure out why. So I'm stuck with Comcast digital cable until I can convince her other wise. I'm thinking a few more mortgage payments and she'll see the financial benefit at least.

- Justin

Find out why, I love it. Way better than cable.
My aunt was *****ing to my uncle about some hidden fees that my cousin's friends were hit with but i've yet to come across anyone else saying that

[ShitOnWheels]

We were going to switch to verizon fios, but for what we get with cablevision, we'd pay nearly $20 more a month with verizon, because of the extra fees for HD box, HBO, etc etc. We pay about $130 a month for phone, internet, and tv, and get free rewards (free movies on Tuesdays, discounts at other stores, and chances to win a lot of cool prizes). Until verizon offers that, we'll stick with cablevision.

[Stevoone]

My friend sent me this link a few weeks ago and i forgot to post it. Just describes the video difference between Fios and Comcast. Was wondering why my new TV looked like trash. I'm stuck with Comcast until Fios makes it to my area http://gizmodo.com/374193/comcast-compressing-hdtv-signals-to-fit-three-shows-into-two-shows-bandwidth

[Stevoone]

Here's another link I got today. It's for Comcast internet tho. Looks like after your few seconds of "Speed Boost" your bandwidth will be throttled back. Comcast Beginning 'Net Neutrality' Testing (http://hardocp.com/news.html?news=MzI4MTAsLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdCwsLDE=)

[FBODS4EVER]

i work for verizon as a tech. yes fios is way better. i dont just say this because i work for them. but the technology is way better. internet is 20 times fater than concast. rates are lower too. all the comcast commercials with the flickering light and all. i laugh as im surprised that they arent sued for thier comments. they arent true. once you go comcast they dont tell you about all the costs that are hidden. while my town has no fios yet. i have to settle for comcast tv. they told me installation of 47.00+35.00 1st month. here we are a month later. they tell me it was 81.00 installation. i was like what??? verizon dont charge for installation most times. :moon: