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Ding-Dong

2008
05.30

From cnet.com:


Comcast Hijacking

Three things from this article that are intriguing, beyond the hilarious quote about being raided by the police with his “dong” hanging out….

1) The teenage hackers were able to take over Comcast’s domain name without a whole lot of effort. That does not inspire trust in one of the nation’s largest ISPs.

2) They could have done a lot worse — stealing customer data would have been cake for them. Had this been an organized effort by some hackers who work for organized crime, this could have turned in to a blackmail scenario.

3) The domain hijacking was the result of one of the hackers being “tired of their [Comcast] shitty service.”

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