Topic 'Re: Comcast hacked?' in forum 'Comcast HSI' - dslreports.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20555206 en Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:09:42 EDT Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:09:42 EDT Re: Comcast hacked? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20575985 said by WhichDNS :

I guess I just was not clear enough about what I was attempting to say.
Especially as I did not say that.

mady
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I didn't think of linking to that FAQ.. :(]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20575606 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:13:29 EDT Re: Comcast hacked? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20575580 said by EG:

I think that some of the confusion lies with your choices of who you are replying to..

Take your last post for example. Were you replying to madylarian or me ?
This FAQ might help?

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Take your last post for example. Were you replying to madylarian or me ?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20574688 Sun, 01 Jun 2008 20:51:11 EDT Re: Comcast hacked? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20574674
If you live in Chicago, then I guess you can use the IP's that bpvwebdesigns posted, otherwise it would make more sense to use the ones posted here.

»www.dennek.com/index.php?option=···temid=25]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20574674 Sun, 01 Jun 2008 20:47:16 EDT Re: Comcast hacked? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20574572 by
bpvwebdesigns
It's on page 27]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20574572 Sun, 01 Jun 2008 20:23:18 EDT Re: Comcast hacked? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20574531 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20574531 Sun, 01 Jun 2008 20:14:19 EDT Re: Comcast hacked? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20574447
said by madylarian:

Once again for anyone still having resolution issues, I recommend updating DNS to the Comcast servers.

68.87.72.130 & 68.87.77.130 are the ones I am using.

If you are less tech savvy, or helping a family/friend, and don't want to physical do it on their machine, you can use my tool below. (Windows 2k, XP only)

1) Click here to download

Not everyone lives in chicago, and it looks like this litte program specifically changes the DNS to the chicago ones.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20574447 Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:56:32 EDT Re: Comcast hacked? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20574343 said by WhichDNS :

Probably using the national DNS's is a better choice than one tied to a specific market.
Why's that ? ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20574343 Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:35:16 EDT Re: Comcast hacked? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20574222
»www.dennek.com/index.php?option=···temid=25]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20574222 Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:09:43 EDT Re: Comcast hacked? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20571508
Edit: It appears that my connection problems are Cox related.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20571508 Sun, 01 Jun 2008 01:52:22 EDT Re: Comcast hacked? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20571407 said by Bartleby Here :



Not sure I made much difference, but I tried. ;)
Bartleby, You always make a difference. And a very positive one at that. Your knowledge is phenomenal and willingness to share is greatly appreciated.. :)

ciao, bj]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20571407 Sun, 01 Jun 2008 01:14:47 EDT Re: Comcast hacked? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20571101
CCCarole...In case you haven't gotten the OE identity fixed, just go to File>Identities>Manage Identities, in OE. You'll see yours, and a drop down list below that says which one to use at startup. Not sure how it got deselected, but that's where you fix it. (And I'll bet you've figured that out, or got the answer in CHF, by now.)

I'm still on CHF "vacation". And a nice one, so far.

Thanks for the kind words re: my efforts to wade in when I knew many regulars might not be able to. Not sure I made much difference, but I tried. ;)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20571101 Sat, 31 May 2008 23:20:24 EDT Re: Comcast hacked? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20570835 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20570835 Sat, 31 May 2008 21:53:54 EDT Re: Comcast hacked? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20569269 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20569269 Sat, 31 May 2008 14:38:25 EDT Re: Comcast hacked? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20569058 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20569058 Sat, 31 May 2008 13:50:48 EDT Re: Comcast hacked? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20568656
(And mady, forgot to mention the links here did go to that thread, when I tried them again while already logged in to the forum. Opened fine as another tab. In between the random "boots" back to the home page, of course.)

Apologies to the regular BBR member named "Bartleby" (excellent choice of ID, by the way). I would prefer not to borrow it any longer, even with the slight variation that allowed me to.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20568656 Sat, 31 May 2008 12:11:58 EDT Re: Comcast hacked? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20568388 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20568388 Sat, 31 May 2008 11:03:17 EDT Re: Comcast hacked? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20568016 I am no longer getting redirected when accessing »forums.comcast.net/comcastsupport]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20568016 Sat, 31 May 2008 08:52:26 EDT Re: Comcast hacked? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20567788 said by Joel:

These redirects are a pita. I'm taking the rest of the weekend off. See you guys Monday... maybe.
"Come Monday, it'll be all right...."
Jimmy Buffett]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20567788 Sat, 31 May 2008 06:11:13 EDT Re: Comcast hacked? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20567408 said by blog.wired article :

Comcast boasts 14 million subscribers nationwide, and handling the massive traffic aimed at Comcast.net was no easy task. The hackers stayed up most of the night opening new webhosting accounts, and constantly moving the DNS to follow them. In all, they claim, they burned through 50 different hosts to keep their defacement alive. "You know how hard it is to find hosting handling that kind of traffic?" says EBK "The first one went in two minutes."•Wouldn't that 'web hosting' sort of thingy cost some serious "El Moolah"?
•Mebbe burning through 50 of them in a couple hours would attract some attention, create a e-trail.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20567408 Sat, 31 May 2008 01:25:47 EDT Re: Comcast hacked? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20567310 blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/0···cke.html
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Sunday is supposed to be the better day of the two.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20567275 Sat, 31 May 2008 00:40:37 EDT Re: Comcast hacked? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20567225 --
There is no dark side of the moon really, matter of fact it's all dark]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20567225 Sat, 31 May 2008 00:28:44 EDT Re: Comcast hacked? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20567220 said by Bartleby Here :

CCCarole,

By the way, mady, I couldn't use at least your first link, even after I completed the signin page. Got a "can't find that message" message. But at least ended up being able to access the help forum.
Hmmm...I just tried and got the post. At least you know which thread it's from.

mady
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We now return you to the general consternation, wailing and gnashing of teeth. Some justified, and some clearly not.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20566998 Fri, 30 May 2008 23:27:02 EDT Re: Comcast hacked? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20566941 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20566941 Fri, 30 May 2008 23:16:19 EDT Re: Comcast hacked? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20566892
That "unavailable" message is exactly what happens when you've changed passwords on accounts that you previously used mailbox manager to set up and allow access to, from another account.

(And fixing it was the problem I noted earlier in this thread.)

I found that I could persuade webmail to get me back to the webmail preferences page, under the account I wanted to allow access to the others from. (It took some patience, and even a few "back" browser requests and retries--hence my term "persuading".) Eventually, I could use the mailbox manager link from preferences to select and remove them, then re-add them. It basically clears then reestablishes the necessary links after you changed passwords. Even happens if you change the primary, but not the secondaries it has access to.

And even before this incident, that was the "fix", only it was easier to navigate through.

By the way, mady, I couldn't use at least your first link, even after I completed the signin page. Got a "can't find that message" message. But at least ended up being able to access the help forum. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20566892 Fri, 30 May 2008 23:06:09 EDT Re: Comcast hacked? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20566860 said by Douglas Goodall :

Should I type in my credit card number using my Comcast Internet service?
So you no longer trust SSL ?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20566860 Fri, 30 May 2008 22:59:01 EDT Re: Comcast hacked? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20566830 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20566830 Fri, 30 May 2008 22:51:48 EDT Re: What to do now http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-What-to-do-now-20566809 said by Douglas Goodall :

They have compromised my basic trust. Where do we go from here?
Prozac ?? :o :D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-What-to-do-now-20566809 Fri, 30 May 2008 22:45:37 EDT Re: What to do now http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-What-to-do-now-20566765
I can browse to www.comcast.com but when it asks me for my username and password, I freeze up. I have no confidence that I am connected to their real servers. I want to change my email password, but the process requires me to type in my password. This is a chicken and egg situation I don't see an answer to. They have compromised my basic trust. Where do we go from here? ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-What-to-do-now-20566765 Fri, 30 May 2008 22:33:08 EDT Re: Comcast hacked? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20566697
I think they still have some big trouble.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20566697 Fri, 30 May 2008 22:18:59 EDT Re: Comcast hacked? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20566680 said by eddieozzie:

FYI-
I can get to webmail and also to Outlook Express as well (have OE set to leave a copy on the server) Mailbox Manager is showing three out of four e-mail addreses as "Unavailable". Did change all the passwords earlier, so maybe that has something to do with it? Still get the re-direct when trying to get to the Help Forums- However, I have not disabled Javascript yet... Might try that.
Carole, did you see my post about this problem in the Help Forums? See these:

»forums.comcast.net/comcastsuppor···6#M23226

»forums.comcast.net/comcastsuppor···2#M23242

»forums.comcast.net/comcastsuppor···5#M23245

mady
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said by not :

I have a feeling that Comcast didn't know what exactly was going on to begin with...
not,

While conspiracy theories can be fun, I can assure you that this is not even close to what happened. We were aware of the actual problem early on and took the necessary steps to get control of the domain back. Also, with regard to the referenced article, you are only getting one side of the story. I would caution against accepting everything you read as fact.
The "one side of the story" is the only side I've seen available in the e-media©...

*IF* a Comcast corporate official would care to go on the record in an exclusive interview with me, I would be more than happy to provide a venue for the "other side of the story" on my website.
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68.87.72.130 & 68.87.77.130 are the ones I am using.

If you are less tech savvy, or helping a family/friend, and don't want to physical do it on their machine, you can use my tool below. (Windows 2k, XP only)

1) Click here to download


2) Double-Click the icon on your desktop to run the program


3) The program should run, and appear as below


4) Once the program has completed the changes, this message will appear


Again Y.M.M.V, and it is at your own risk. Just figured I would pass along the tool I am using the help clients/relatives.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20565261 Fri, 30 May 2008 17:36:16 EDT Re: Comcast hacked? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20565208 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20565208 Fri, 30 May 2008 17:26:41 EDT Re: Comcast hacked? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20565132 I can get to webmail and also to Outlook Express as well (have OE set to leave a copy on the server) Mailbox Manager is showing three out of four e-mail addreses as "Unavailable". Did change all the passwords earlier, so maybe that has something to do with it? Still get the re-direct when trying to get to the Help Forums- However, I have not disabled Javascript yet... Might try that.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20565132 Fri, 30 May 2008 17:14:17 EDT Re: Comcast hacked? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20565104 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20565104 Fri, 30 May 2008 17:07:43 EDT Re: Comcast hacked? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20565046
Wonder if the domain issues are causing problems for external mail systems to forward email to Comcast servers?

Anyone know if this is an issue?
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But when you try to go to the web mail site you get an error and a redirect.

I am also getting very few emails.
Service Unav···mail.pdf
Comcast .net···site.pdf
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You are the #2 host in the US after all. Ooops, that should read #2 ISP, not host.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20564997 Fri, 30 May 2008 16:47:28 EDT Re: Comcast hacked? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20564974 said by Michael2:

said by not :

I have a feeling that Comcast didn't know what exactly was going on to begin with...
not,

While conspiracy theories can be fun, I can assure you that this is not even close to what happened. We were aware of the actual problem early on and took the necessary steps to get control of the domain back. Also, with regard to the referenced article, you are only getting one side of the story. I would caution against accepting everything you read as fact.
Well, like you said, we can sit here all day and speculate without the facts (which the big C isn't forthcoming with). The bottom line is, if you guys can't get Netsol to simply see the error of their ways and escalate the reversal of such an unauthorised change, there's no hope for anyone else in such a situation. Trust me, I've had my fair share with domain registrars and their hoopla of domain control and changes, we all know it's not fun, even when legit. I find it interesting that Netsol apperently didn't expedite this or see a need to expedite this change BACK after it was clear that someone got the better of both companies. Surely someone higher up could have intervened and put stuff back and locked it down tighter then a frog's you know what in no time at all. You are the #2 host in the US after all. If you can't get that kind of responce from them, that should say something about Netsol in general. I find it weird that it wasn't handled just as that. After all, doesn't matter what happened after it was changed or what it was pointing to. If nothing was affected on Comcast's end servers, then the only thing changed were the DNS pointers. Fix that and you fix the problem (after propegation). All this hosting changes that you guys are going through makes no logical sense, if and only if, the DNS records were the only things changed/hacked. Either way, what's done is done... I think everyone who has a brain has seen how badly this could have gone if the hackers would have put up sites that looked identical to Comcast's websites. Ouch... if anything, provisions will probably be made now with registrars to make domain changes even more of a pain because of this.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20564974 Fri, 30 May 2008 16:44:20 EDT Re: Comcast hacked? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20564820 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20564820 Fri, 30 May 2008 16:18:21 EDT Re: Comcast hacked? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20564639 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20564639 Fri, 30 May 2008 15:46:10 EDT Re: Comcast hacked? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20564585 said by Morac:

said by JCK:

said by Morac:

In any case, it looks like the forum scripts have been fixed which is good.
Forum is still redirecting for me. :(
Try clearing out your browser cache and if that doesn't work also clear out your cookies.
Thanks, tried both no luck. Keeps redirecting to:

»www6.comcast.net/a/?prvtof=8b2Vk···r06ss%3D ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20564585 Fri, 30 May 2008 15:36:35 EDT Re: Comcast hacked? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Comcast-hacked-20564539 said by JCK:

said by Morac:

In any case, it looks like the forum scripts have been fixed which is good.
Forum is still redirecting for me. :(

Still redirecting for me also.

said by Morac:

Try clearing out your browser cache and if that doesn't work also clear out your cookies.

Tried that . . . no dice . . . still fubared.

The ONLY thing that allows me into the forums is turning off javascript immediately before clicking the link off the portal page to enter the forums.
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