Hours ago, Comcast customers and users discovered that Comcast was hacked. Both the main website and several email accounts were affected. There is a sentiment amongst many in the cyberspace community that with this hacking, Comcast probably got what it asked for. It has been the target of much criticism and abuse since it supposedly started spying on its clientèle and also with its throttling policies. While some of these were done to protect itself, there was enough misinformation disseminated by the giant ISP when questioned about their activities, thereby angering many customers. Many of those who found their actions deplorable would probably have broken a smile when they hear that Comcast has been hacked.

The attack has so far been attributed to a group KRYOGENIKS EBK and DEFIANT, forgive me if I got that wrong for I am not sure what their full group name is. News of Comcast getting hacked started when customers went to their website and saw a message that said “KRYOGENIKS EBK and DEFIANT RoXed COMCAST” on the home page and nothing else. Right now, the declaration has been taken off and has been replaced with a parked page under Network Solutions, presumably with Comcast staff busy trying to repair the damage after being hacked.

There has been further news that perhaps Comcast email has also been hacked and many user account and passwords are being collected due to the hackers changing the settings of the DNS, supposedly. If this turns out to be true, there will be a lot of angry customers that Comcast has to deal with and major repair work. With email down, Comcast users will also find their work or activity crippled if they over rely on it. Really bad news for Comcast as a result of being a target of hackers. But sometimes there is no smoke without fire.

Many are now offering their opinions on why Comcast has been hacked. Much of it points to the ISP trying to position themselves as Internet police and secretly restricting their users’ online activities. They have also toyed with the bandwidth provided to users and many of them are not getting the kind of service they signed up for. However, with Comcast being one of the bigger ISPs around, it has been difficult for customers in certain areas to find alternatives. It might now bring some inconvenience to them, but it might not be surprising if these users are now finding it poetic justice that Comcast has been hacked.