Hackers throw Comcast into disarray
by Stevie Smith - Jun 2 2008, 12:02
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Comcast sucks! their service is crappy! Thats why I just got rid of Comcast in my home for good.
Comcasts's piss-poor service is not worth anything. I applaud the two hackers who were willing to take a pot-shot at such a pathetic, horrible company.
Treat your customers badly enough and stuff like this happens.
It was only a matter of time before this happened, comcast sealed its fate when it decided to start blocking peer to peer traffic.
Comcast service may stink, but... it's not worth getting into trouble over it. I have no particular problem with what these guys did, but now the FBI is after them. Heavy price to pay for a momentary exploit.
Comcast service is terrible... they very rarely meet the bandwidth they claim you will get and customer service/Tech support solution... reboot your computer and router and that will fix the problem.
Next time I wish the hackers would forget the portal and hack the routers remove the bandwidth limiters... now that would be a great hack.
Yay!
Comcast is horrible. We recently got rid of them for good. We will NEVER go back. They are rude, inconsiderate, and have horrible customer service. I will NEVER use comcast again.
Reading this actually made my day!
GO HACKERS!
I wish there were other ISPs to take advantage of in Utah. Comcast is about the only monopoly in towm. But good for those guys. I hope they don't get caught.
At the very least, this is not an appropriate way to express dissatisfaction with a service provider. In fact, it may be down right immoral ... even beyond communication protection laws designed to secure commerce.
If one innocent person was injured or died or otherwise harmed during the 'hack', who has the moral accountability for this crime?
And, don't argue that this can not happen. Information highway is like any other highway ... critical life saving medical research, vital job safety procedures are just some easy examples of critical information accessed across the internet. Wrongfully detour (redirect) or slowdown traffic on (denial of service) this highway and you could delay treatment to a heart patient during a heart attack!
It is discouraging to see the number of commentators above who do not see through their dissatisfaction for Comcast and condemn this act.
'If one innocent person was injured or died or otherwise harmed during the 'hack', who has the moral accountability for this crime?'
What sort of moron would trust life-support-critical data to a commercial, entertainment-class Internet carrier? Anyone who does should be immediately sterilized for the good of future generations, pending their hearing to determine if they should be terminated, or merely used to provide backup power for plowhorses. Critical data of that sort should be on a private network, or at the least sent over business-class lines with full encryption and redundant pathing.
Personally, I have mixed feelings about the whole affair. I hate system crackers (not 'hackers,' although I do realize the technically-idiotic Press has no idea that there's a difference), but on the other hand, both Network Solutions and Comcast deserve to be crushed, shredded, and discorporated, due to their complete lack of customer service, and their reliance on obscurity rather than true security.
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BoJun 2nd, 2008 - 13:45:37
Isn't Comcast the company that rats out it's own customers to the RIAA for using peer to peer networks? If so...serves em right.
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