The Butler did it

It was the Doctor Who "Max Headroom" Hacker, i tells ya!

Time Warner did it

...And find out WHO HACKED INTO MY SYSTEM!

/Ocean's 11'd

@Flame: in the Study

They call in the FBI because an employee screwed up trying to watch porn and check the game?

Excellent use of FBI resources.

Also, I've heard a cat is stuck in a tree. GO GET 'EM, MEN!

FBI = new big brother?

Great to know that all those white-collar, million-dollar criminals are safely locked away for decades and their assets returned. And that Terror, Inc has sent out a press release announcing they're giving up on attacking the US.
Wait - boobies! What was I saying?

@Jonbo298: With the candlestick.

Good luck with that investigation. What are they going to do, dust for prints? I could have been a dozen people at dozens of points in the network, all with a reason the be there, and no logging on the video systems to look at.

@jchabotte: Hey! I actually saw that live! It was kind of creepy at the time. Ah, memories.

@TheDustball: It's like playing telephone!

as mentioned in the previous discussion of this topic - its just a dick people! unclench!

I love how the article says "viewers...were subjected to a 30-second clip from a pay-per-view porn channel." Like the clip held them down and went all medieval on their ass. Is the sight of a male member really that damaging to people in Tucson?

Uhh, why the FBI? Wouldn't this more accurately fall under the purview of the FCC?

We already have enough federal oversight of our communications.

@ThickSkinned: That's not why Comcast asked the FBI to help. Comcast can't figure out why it happened and they've asked the FBI to find out if somebody did it maliciously.

I got this story over twitter, and expected something entirely different:
Here's my screenshot: [farm4.static.flickr.com]
"Comcast says their systems were fun?!?"

@Rhayader: Comcast can't figure out why it happened and they've asked the FBI to find out if somebody did it maliciously. It doesn't have to do with the content of the programming. It has to do with a possible investigation of outside tampering.

@Rhayader: Didn't you know that in the New Conservative United States of America porn is a crime.

Meanwhile, all other crimes have been solved.

@Davan: Oh sure, unclench. I know where that THING goes after that lowering of the guard. Do not want!

@rubinow: Yeah, but outside tampering with a broadcast signal, right? It's about the unaccounted broadcast of something. Sound like it's right up the FCC's ally to me.

Wouldn't this be an issue for the FCC? If not, why?

Someone at Comcast turned a silly little case over to the FBI? Gah, what a dick!

@snowburnt: I'd say the FBI is the original big brother.

@midwestkel: As mentioned a dozen times before, this does not have to do with the subject that was seen, but rather HOW it happened, because Comcast is claiming it wasn't a technical problem, meaning that someone else did it, which would then be a federal crime.

Am I horrible for thinking that the FBI is only there to watch it?

"Ok, rewind"

"There."

"Ahh yeah, that's great."

"What are we looking for, sir?"

"Ahh...well...uhm..."

If they had let it run for 5 or 6 seconds before catching it, that would be one thing, but to let it run for 30 seconds? Who was asleep at the switch?

@midwestkel: Because this is Cable, not broadcast. The issue didn't involve normal broadcast TV, so no FCC jurisdiction.

I personally hate that the FCC is the censor for the airwaves.

In this case Comcast wants to see if it was done maliciously.

Please use my tax dollars for something important and relevant, please.

Honestly, who cares?

STFU and GBTW on DOCSIS 3.0 roll out please Comcast.

@corsec67: From wikipedia: The FCC was established by the Communications Act of 1934 as the successor to the Federal Radio Commission and is charged with regulating all non-federal government use of the radio spectrum (including radio and television broadcasting), and all interstate telecommunications (wire, satellite and cable) as well as all international communications that originate or terminate in the United States.

@MercyEleusis: That is not an answer. Isn't the FCC in charge of methods of communication as much as they are in the content? Isn't this ultimately a question of the method by which this was broadcast? Sounds like a perfect fit to me.

Phew. I am relieved that this issue is being handled by the FBI. After all, we now know that the financial collapse had its roots in the Janet Jackson Super Bowl wardrobe malfunction.

FBI investigating the porno blunder? are you effing serious?

where the hell are we? cuba? check it out folks... communism won! you heard it here first!

@Davan: They should consider themselves lucky it wasn't a Max Hardcore clip.. now THAT would be epic.. the clip from the superbowl was like a high school kid discovering it's hillarious when you swing your manhood and make slapping sounds.. it was more like farting infront of your friends and laughing than offensive.. kind of a let down really.

@snowburnt: Hmmm? FBI investigating who illegally hacked into Comcast's systems and interrupted their broadcast is 'big brother'?

@Applekid: Well, in order to properly assess the damages, they're going to need to evaluate a broad selection of titles from throughout the pornographic ouveure... you know, both for background research and to identify exactly what the viewers were exposed to... and therein lies the porn industry bailout. ;)

The U.S.- Severed head - OK / Giving head - Not OK

@Flame:

He only did it after the lights went out, the maid screamed, the chandelier crashed, the wolf howled, and the mistress died of tea poisoning.

TWIST!! The Butler was really her SISTER the whole time! So the Butler didn't do it!

@Applekid: Damn. Doesnt work on my girlfriend either :(

@shorty63136: If you did that you would have to probably about 99% of the government employees.

@Twinrevanoe: But will they know it when they see it?

[en.wikipedia.org]

What the fuck is this?

I'm pretty sure it was sabotage, a hilarious one at that.

American Football is definitely primitive bible thumping "Redneck Shit" as mentioned in a previous article. What better to see the reaction of these bible thumpers to hard core porn. Hell, if I were a comcast engineer, especially in a state where there are maybe 100 high school graduates for the whole state, I would do it to.

Who is the FCC going to fine on this?

@Rhayader: Hijacking someone's broadcast signal is a federal crime. FBI.

@rubinow: The FCC is a federal institution too, no? They investigate federal violations that fall within their scope? Still failing to see the distinction.

Dust for prints? More like get a DNA sample.