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PHILADELPHIA — Federal prosecutors have charged three men with diverting traffic from the Web site of Philadelphia-based telecommunications provider Comcast Corp.
Authorities on Thursday charged a 19-year-old from Newark, Del., a 20-year-old from Tumwater, Wash., and a 27-year-old from Kalamazoo, Mich. The men are accused of conspiring to disrupt service of Comcast's consumer site, comcast.net.
The site features news, sports and entertainment stories and has sections for shopping, games and dating. It also has links to Comcast's customer support for its cable television, Internet and telephone services.
Investigators say the men on May 28, 2008, redirected traffic to a site they controlled, costing Comcast $128,000.....
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jRiIV27Opn4YoYawYhZ- WZYmKRYwD9C2RE2O0 |
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| Re: 3 charged in Pa. with redirecting Comcast traffic | |
| Posted: 11/22/2009 3:18 PM |
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Woops. Comcast needs to better safeguard its servers. How does someone redirect the traffic away from a domain anyway???
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| Re: 3 charged in Pa. with redirecting Comcast traffic | |
| Posted: 11/22/2009 8:13 PM |
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How does someone redirect the traffic away from a domain anyway???
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That's what I was wondering. Probably something they learned in college. I don't feel sorry for comcast though, lol. |
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