Hackers knocked Comcast.net offline late Wednesday night, preventing customers from getting to their Web mail and account records. The criminals somehow got their hands on passwords used to alter domain-name registration information with Comcast’s registrar, Network Solutions. The hackers were able to switch the DNS (Domain Name System) servers associated with Comcast.net and redirect Internet traffic to their own server. The attack is connected to recent defacement of MySpace.com profiles of Justin Timberlake, Hilary Duff and Tila Tequila.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2122844/domain-name-record-altered-to-hack-comcast-net.html