NEW YORK (AP) -- Hackers took over Comcast Corp.'s Web portal for several hours overnight, denying 14.1 million subscribers access to the cable company's site for e-mail, news and technical support.
The front page of Comcast.net went down shortly before 11 p.m. EDT Wednesday and was replaced with a note saying the hackers had ''RoXed'' Comcast, according to postings at BroadbandReports.com.
Comcast spokeswoman Jennifer Khoury said Thursday that the hijacking had been reversed in the morning, but that it was possible some users were still unable to access Comcast.net and Web-based e-mail.
There was no indication that e-mail or other private information was compromised by the attack, Comcast said. It didn't stop customers from getting their e-mail through programs like Outlook.
The hackers appeared to have seized control of the Comcast.net domain name at registrar Network Solutions Inc. and redirected it to other servers, Khoury said.
''We have alerted law enforcement authorities and are working in conjunction with them,'' Khoury said.
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