Kryogeniks gang in prison for Comcast hijack
By Gina on September 28, 2010 | Phishing, Kryogeniks gang, Comcast.com, hijack, phishing
Two men of Kryogeniks gang were sentenced for 18 months in prison for Comcast.com domain hijack. There third one, James Robert Black Jr., 21, was sentenced in August to four month in prison and made a pact to collaborate with FBI in trying to caught other partners in crime.
Christopher Allen Lewis, 20, of Delaware and Michael Paul Nebel, 28, got 18 month sentence in prison and ordered to pay $89,778.13 each.
The gang members put their hands on Comcat.com domain and got IP addresses that enabled them to hijack the site to their own simple page named “KRYOGENIKS EBK and DEFIANT RoXed COMCAST sHouTz To VIRUS Warlock elul21 coll1er seven.”
The situation in May on 2008 was really big and it cost $89,578.13 for Comcast. It seems like one of hackers realized what a serious situation it was: “The situation has kind of blown up here, a lot bigger than I thought it would. I wish I was a minor right now, because this is going to be really bad“, said Black at the time.
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