DISH Hacked - Websites are BACK ONLINE!

[cpdretired]

I see a class action lawsuit sometime in months to come.

 

[Yespage]

I haven't seen the news today but there was nothing on the news yesterday about this. Why?

Because companies try to never admit this happened. It is much more common than let on.

 

[H2Guy]

Having worked for a major service provider for over 30 years I can tell you this is a major deal. While it is true some of the Dish infrastructure is still functioning, this is probably why this is not all over the national news.

If reception of programming begins to drop then the news media will jump all over it. One thing is for sure, they need to a very close look at hiring a new IT department.

 

[Yespage]

I see a class action lawsuit sometime in months to come.

Why? There is no evidence data was stolen as of yet. Ransomware works enough by locking the entire system down and companies trying to figure out how to restore the entire system, every single computer.

 

[Jim S.]

It's work on Firefox..

I didn't know it ever worked on Firefox.

 

[blackjackmark]

It has been 14 years since I opened my account with Dish and can't remember, but do they require a SSN when you activate their service? When I signed up, I had what I think was called a flex account and have never had a contract I was tied into - and I can't recall if they required SSN.

Time to freeze the three credit bureaus! I did it a few years ago and it's a lot of peace of mind...too many breaches to feel comfortable allowing a credit line to be opened without my knowledge.

 

[Yespage]

MSN

Not broken, turned off. Everyth8ng needs to be wiped and restored. I'm curious the firewall between broadcasting and everything else.

 

[Josephinelcajon]

It has been 14 years since I opened my account with Dish and can't remember, but do they require a SSN when you activate their service? When I signed up, I had what I think was called a flex account and have never had a contract I was tied into - and I can't recall if they required SSN.

I opened mine decades ago! I have no idea what they have of mine.

 

[BarnRat]

Time to freeze the three credit bureaus!

I did that eight years ago and never un-froze them. I will never need to get another loan. I haven't had the need to get a loan for over 30 years now.

 

[AZ.]

It has been 14 years since I opened my account with Dish and can't remember, but do they require a SSN when you activate their service? When I signed up, I had what I think was called a flex account and have never had a contract I was tied into - and I can't recall if they required SSN.

Yes Im sure you did,as they do credit checks on you for service.

 

[NYDutch]

Yep...The cats out of the bag now..Charlie can't hide it any longer...Those of you that pay using debt cards are now subject to your account being hacked..Never pay bills with debit card..Credit card companies will take care of unauthorized charges..Banks won't..

My bank debit card is issued by Mastercard and verified losses are reimbursed within 24 hours.

 

[Juan]

I haven't seen the news today but there was nothing on the news yesterday about this. Why?

Not enough customers any more

 

[NYDutch]

Yes Im sure you did,as they do credit checks on you for service.

When I opened my account in 2008 as a pay-as-you-go month to month plan, all they asked for was a credit card number, billing address, and service address. I've never gone on contract since then, so no additional info has been required.

 

[nelson61]

When an offsite backup system does not kick in within hours, I have to think they feel whatever happened can come back and whack their backup systems (the threat still exists).

 

[zippyfrog]

When I opened my account in 2008 as a pay-as-you-go month to month plan, all they asked for was a credit card number, billing address, and service address. I've never gone on contract since then, so no additional info has been required.

That is the type of account I have. The pay as you go setup. Never have had a contract either.

 

[zippyfrog]

As of this evening, they have added a troubleshooting/FAQ section. Looks like they are recreating some of this content from scratch.

DISH | Current Customer Support

www.dish.com

 

[Josephinelcajon]

Ok stupid question. With all the hacking and such or just plain old OPPPSSS! Wouldn't they have an offline back up operating system with a backup copy of everything just for this! And a very unlikely but not impossible they simply closed the doors and walked away.

 

[detuch254]

And a very unlikely but not impossible they simply closed the doors and walked away.

so they pulled an Orby? Website will be up for a few days then screw everyone over like Orby? I wouldn’t hold my breath lol

 

[Josephinelcajon]

so they pulled an Orby? Website will be up for a few days then screw everyone over like Orby? I wouldn’t hold my breath lol

I agree it's extremely unlikely. I just can't wrap my head around a company of this size not prepared for this. And for it to be affecting them so severely that almost everything is down.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

I agree it's extremely unlikely. I just can't wrap my head around a company of this size not prepared for this. And for it to be affecting them so severely that almost everything is down.

I find it hard to believe they had all these systems tied together like this. I am guessing they didn't have things segmented by VLAN. When my office got Cyber Insurance we had to implement all these things. This way if we did get attacked only one segment would go down. And we have numerous backups including backups two offsite locations as well as two different tape backups system so we can actually go back to restore points for over a year.