Hw #7 Passwords exposed on ComCast

In the article “Passwords of 8,000 Comcast Customers Exposed” by Brad Stone posted at http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/16/passwords-of-8000-comcast-customers-exposed/ in the New York Times. He states that some passwords information for the users of the Comcast were revealed online, which could cause a lot of problems to the users due to the fact that users could have the same passwords in other accounts such as emails. He explains as an example that someone could get access to someone email account and stealing personal information from there such as credit cards. He also, states that Comcast did apology to their customers and remarked that it was not their fault that he was a phishing scheme. What do you think? can we trust in this company?