AS of this morning comcast.net is back on line and appears to be working well. A company spokesperson did in fact confirm that the Comcast portal had been hacked into Wednesday evening. The attack left subscribers unable to access their email and other services delivered through the company’s web site. It is still unclear what, if any, subscriber data may have been compromised.

By all appearances the Comcast.net home page has been hacked and as of this writing is currently down. The attack began Wednesday evening when unknown hackers broke into the Comcast system. Indications now are that the site is back under Comcast control. This break-in has left Comcast sucscribers if any of their personal information or email has been compromised. The answer to that is presently unknown.

This brings into sharp relief however the importance of provding your own safeguards for your online persona. While it is incumbent upon your ISP to do their best to protect you, the full burden of any data lost during the attack cannot lie solely on the ISP. Nee the end user the subscriber must accept some responsibility for any data loss that may have occurred. Heaven knows they are going to be responsible for any attempted data recovery.

Local applications such as virus protection, spyware blockers, and personal firewalls are all commercially available. Companies such as Norton and AVG Anti-virus should expect to see a run on their offerings THursday as millions of Comcast customers discover what has happened.

One protective measure to consider is a firewall. A computer firewall works just like a physical firewall does. It createsa a barrier to the movement of data and programs from one computer to another. The latest versions of Microsoft’s Windows operating systems include a personal firewall for no additional charge.

Perhaps the single most important protection to prevent attacks against your computer is to never open any attachment to any email. Email is frought with opportunities to move virus, keystroke loggers, and all manner of nefarious applications. Wrap that in a package called “Cutest Puppy Picture Ever” and you’ll get 90% of the INternet to open the file…and then the fun begins.

In short, know to whom you are giving your data, and know what they are going to do with it and how they’re going to protect it. IN the very least it makes it very difficult for you to go after an ISP like Comcast when they are unfortunate enough to be hacked. Be sure to check out My View of the News for more important news.

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