| ugh "I wasn't even really thinking. Plus, I'm just so mad at Comcast. I'm tired of their shitty service."
So negativly impact all their customers... nice move. Another thing they could have done was just cancel service. |
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Although questionable whether going to jail for Federal crimes is worth the effort I am not surprised by people getting to this point of fed up with not just Comcast but all the corporations wringing more and more money out of the American consumer promising the world and delivering peanuts.
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cacoPremium
join:2005-03-10
Whittier, AK | reply to devnuller
Safe to say their service will be canceled pretty soon or more like their parent's service will be canceled and they won't be very happy. I see a very bright future for these 2 idiots.
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join:2000-11-21
Miamisburg, OH
kudos:3 | reply to lordofwhee
said by lordofwhee:This is one of the very few ways the average joe (or in this case, the average hacker joe) can make a statement to a giant corporation that will actually be heard. The only thing anyone hears from this is that some kid can't resolve his problems rationally. |
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said by devnuller:"I wasn't even really thinking. Plus, I'm just so mad at Comcast. I'm tired of their shitty service." So negativly impact all their customers... nice move. Another thing they could have done was just cancel service. I hope the FBI tracks them down and throws their sorry butts in prison. We'll see if they are still laughing then.
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You must not have ever tried to rationally resolve an issue with Comcast. It's next to impossible. Here in the Houston metro area, we had Time Warner/Road Runner service & they were bought out by Comcrap...errr, Comcast and let me tell you, the service is night & day different. It took them two weeks just to call me back to tell me if I could even get service in my subdivision that's at least 6 years old and I have friends down the street with their service. Then trying to get my own cable modem (which was the exact same model as the ones they hand out at the store front) I couldn't even get it online, for at least 4 weeks now....and I go get one of theirs, and it doesn't work about 90% of the time because the tech that came out initially didn't balance the connection or check for interference.
I have been transferred to every department & it never got resolved....I've went thru a few thousand 'roll over' minutes I had stored up on my cell phone....(i don't have a land line) so yes, it's VERY frustrating having to call back & get some NEW moron & having to spend countless amounts of time RE-explaining the situation because they are not adept enough to escalate you to someone that CAN fix the damn problem or at least have someone contact you that can.
I don't know HOW the hell they stay in business with the crappy customer service they have. |
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join:2001-08-30
Riverside, NJ
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said by lordofwhee:This is one of the very few ways the average joe (or in this case, the average hacker joe) can make a statement to a giant corporation that will actually be heard. It's a shame that you have to do something that will put you in prison in order to get Comcast to listen to you.
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I am sure they covered their tracks pretty well before doing this. No doubt they will eventually be caught but i have a feeling it will be from them boasting all over the net instead of a trace of the IP address where the attack originated. |
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 PlaceboPremium
join:2005-12-14
Huntley, IL | reply to kingofdsl
I'm a victim of the damn corporations!
Seriously, as a consumer, you get to choose who gets your money. Food, fuel, insurance, mortgage rates, and utility costs aside, YOU determine how much money you GIVE to these "evil corporations".
Why is everyone a victim?
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join:2002-06-01
Huntsville, AL
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Actually they appear to have done it without any real thought to the consequences. No real covering of the tracks at all. Fortunately they were only trying to piss off comcast. They could have very easily created a massive security breach in the comcast system [proxy servers, collecting information, trojan installs]. Comcast and basically anyone who uses network solutions dodged a bullet on this one.
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i am with you TK, and people wonder why comcast has such a bad name. There are plenty of people out there that could not access there email or the comcast.net home page and all they know is that comcast's having problems again not knowing that some morons were hacking the site. |
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 dadkinsCan you do Blu?Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
kudos:18 | reply to Modsquad
said by Modsquad:You must not have ever tried to rationally resolve an issue with Comcast. It's next to impossible. ... I have. They did quite well unf**cking the issue.
Modem snafu and ARRIS not being able to cope with Blast.
They sorted it out and I fly.
Ask anyone here! 
So, because you or someone else has an issue or a bad experience, doesn't mean we all will.
This "hacker" needs mommy to slap him.
I hope he does time with Bubba! 
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 NightfallMy Goal Is To Deny YoursPremium,MVM
join:2001-08-03
Grand Rapids, MI
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·Comcast
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said by Modsquad:You must not have ever tried to rationally resolve an issue with Comcast. It's next to impossible. Here in the Houston metro area, we had Time Warner/Road Runner service & they were bought out by Comcrap...errr, Comcast and let me tell you, the service is night & day different. It took them two weeks just to call me back to tell me if I could even get service in my subdivision that's at least 6 years old and I have friends down the street with their service. Then trying to get my own cable modem (which was the exact same model as the ones they hand out at the store front) I couldn't even get it online, for at least 4 weeks now....and I go get one of theirs, and it doesn't work about 90% of the time because the tech that came out initially didn't balance the connection or check for interference. I have been transferred to every department & it never got resolved....I've went thru a few thousand 'roll over' minutes I had stored up on my cell phone....(i don't have a land line) so yes, it's VERY frustrating having to call back & get some NEW moron & having to spend countless amounts of time RE-explaining the situation because they are not adept enough to escalate you to someone that CAN fix the damn problem or at least have someone contact you that can. I don't know HOW the hell they stay in business with the crappy customer service they have. Last time I checked 2 wrongs don't make a right. |
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 kadarPremium,ExMod 2001-02
join:0000-00-00 | reply to devnuller
said by devnuller:So negativly impact all their customers... nice move. Didn't affect me.
So where does the "all" come into play?
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said by lordofwhee:This is one of the very few ways the average joe (or in this case, the average hacker joe) can make a statement to a giant corporation that will actually be heard. It's either that, or take an ax down to the local office.
You know the old saying about training a mule... first you hit it as hard as you can with a 2x4; that's to get its attention. |
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CorydonCultivant son jardinPremium
join:2008-02-18
Denver, CO
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said by taar:I am sure they covered their tracks pretty well before doing this. No doubt they will eventually be caught but i have a feeling it will be from them boasting all over the net instead of a trace of the IP address where the attack originated. They aren't all that bright...they've already let slip that they have Comcast service, which narrows it down quite a bit (I suppose they might be former customers but people who've already left don't get this pissed off at the company).
Plus, they've revealed they called this engineer guy. How hard do you think it will be to track down where that call originated from?
Edit: These guys are dumber than I thought. The Wired News article has a picture of one of them hitting a bong.
I suppose they could be truly devious—maybe they're disgruntled 'torrenters from Sweden who have never had Comcast services, know their way around the PSTN well enough to disguise their tracks and set up fake MySpace profiles all as part of an elaborate ruse. I think it's far more likely that they are dumb kids who happen to know a thing or two about DNS.
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I'm not justifying what the kid did, interfering with everyone else's service is in no way the right thing to do, but rather I know how insane dealing with inept customer service people can make you feel. They have been driving me batty! Do I want to throw my comcast devices into the street & run them over with my Jeep? Yes! Do I want to make everyone else as mad as me by interrupting their service? No. |
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openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
kudos:2 | reply to fAcEtIOUs
said by fAcEtIOUs:I hope the FBI tracks them down Shouldn't be too difficult if the kid actually did call the Comcast tech rep at his house regarding the domain transfer. |
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 ChucklesPremium
join:2006-03-04
Saint Paul, MN | reply to yock
If it's okay for an old bat to come into a lobbby with a hammer then it's okay for someone to deface the website. Unfortunately customers were affected for a very short time. |
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