Comcast Website Hacked

WDEL.com reports that hackers took over and defaced Comcast Corp.'s web portal for several hours overnight. They left a cryptic message on the site that the company's 14.1 million subscribers use to access e-mail, news and technical support. According to postings at BroadbandReports.com, the front page of Comcast.net went down shortly before 11 p.m. Wednesday and was replaced with a note saying the hackers had "RoXed" Comcast. Comcast spokeswoman Jennifer Khoury says the hijacking has been reversed, but some users on Thursday morning were still unable to access Comcast.net and Web-based e-mail. Comcast says there is no indication that e-mail or other private information was compromised by the attack. Khoury says Comcast has alerted law enforcement authorities and is working with them.