Home network hacked

No because then the reboot would likely erase all ISP authentication information and you would then need to call your ISP to allow the router back on.

Your routermay need to be off for a substantial amount of time to get a new IP address to allow for the disassociation of the routers MAC Address and what is listed in the DHCP Lease table at the ISP.

So a simple reboot wouldn't necessarily change your external IP address.

My ISP only requires cable gateway's CM MAC and a house address. There is no other ISP authentication information. 

Edited by Ciceroo, 29 February 2024 - 01:40 PM.

That is the ISP Authentication Information, the Routers MAC Address and your address of service which might be in the ISP Uploaded firmware. prior to you getting it.

So you're saying it's possible my ISP has been hacked also ? Although the hacked cable gateway was old, I don't think I ever received any updates to firmware from my ISP. The manufacturer stopped firmware updates back in 2015.

Naw I'm saying what you say happened likely never happened and the people that claimed they hacked you were kidding / lying.

As a professional hacker, I would never admit or brag about hacking someone or something. I definitely wouldn't do it in such a outlandish way.

I'm not sure what you mean. I believe the hack began months ago over Discord social media platform. There are some outlandish and dangerous people there.

Edited by Ciceroo, 29 February 2024 - 02:30 PM.

The only way they could even hack you is if you downloaded something malicious and you opened it, and you had a port open on your router to allow access from the outside that was exploited. Many routers do not have any ports opened by default that could allow for any exploits.

The malware that they would send you would need to be crafted to exploit a certain vulnerable application or service on your machine.

I have downloaded some pictures from Discord during my years there. I did some research and as far as I know, even clicking a picture if it's send via DM will download it to Discord cache folder - no need to right click and save it on your hard drive. Also I did share my desktop specs including my OS with some people.

 

I often took down my firewall when I was playing on Steam. Some Steam games conflicted with my firewall and I was sadly too lazy to look up for other solutions. I may or may not have also downloaded some movies and series and took my firewall off then also.

I have downloaded some pictures from Discord during my years there. I did some research and as far as I know, even clicking a picture if it's send via DM will download it to Discord cache folder - no need to right click and save it on your hard drive. Also I did share my desktop specs including my OS with some people.

The above is true however you aren't downloading abd executing the program to be opened up in order to execute hidden malaware or scripts to fetch the malware.

I often took down my firewall when I was playing on Steam. Some Steam games conflicted with my firewall and I was sadly too lazy to look up for other solutions. I may or may not have also downloaded some movies and series and took my firewall off then also.

This in of itself won't cause concern with steam because steam verifies the integrity of your files prior to playing and if corrupted they are replaced. The second portion is possible avenues of infection, however, they woukd need to send you the makware laced files for them to gain access to you.

I also share my desktop specs and my other computer specs. You can see them in my signature block. That won't get you hacked.