Hacking nightmare, sort of.

[pedstersplanet]

Hi,

I hope you can suggest a solution to this - and don't say, "Install Linux" lol - although its a good idea.

A few nights ago, my connection went down, which I thought was just a hitch on my ISP's part. But it turns out that a "hacker" did something to break my connection, I know this as "they" told me when I logged back in to a chatroom - they also told me how they did it.

Both of my PC's have firewalls (ZoneAlarm Pro) and are clean from viruses and trojans (I'm very careful about this as I value my security, I've got the best (so it seems) software installed on both PC's and I check both every night), however I just wondered if "they" could have targeted my local hub/proxy (or whatever I connect to my ISP is called) server, and somehow crashed it for a few minutes?

I have "their" I.P's, 216.47.84.73, 66.119.33.167 and 216.148.246.153, all one person. Should I contact the ISP's? Even then, I have no solid evidence.

I'd value your advice that you might have.

[mushroom]

I have "their" I.P's, 216.47.84.73, 66.119.33.167 and 216.148.246.153, all one person. Should I contact the ISP's? Even then, I have no solid evidence.

Yes you should report them.
But it is unlikely the those IP's are the true culprit, they are likely dumb windows robot zombie machines and should be cleaned up.