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- Date: 27-NOV-85 and afterwards
-
- To: All Fido Sysops
- Subject: Improper use of Fido and life threats
-
- Fellow Sysops:
-
- I had a user sign on and deposit a bomb. Fortunatly
- it was de-fused by me prior to it going off. It is an IBM
- BASICA program and will not run properly on the Rainbow
- anyway.
-
- The user used the following alias:
-
- Name : Harry Blackstone
- City : New York, NY
- Password : Magic
-
- He logged on to 102/110 on 17-NOV-85 at 3:55pm. The
- program he deposited is called FUTR2.BAS. It attempts to
- kill all files on A, B, C, & D drives. It is poorly
- written, as though by a 6th grader. It is easy to spot. It
- is about 2600 bytes long. Be aware of this user's name and
- password. Spread this message around. Keep a log of where
- and when you've seen him and his actions.
-
- About one month later, on 19-DEC-85, he came back. He
- saw a little note I had posted in my Free Message Area
- about him and his program. He also noticed that I had
- twitted him. He came back under the name of 'Blackstone
- Harry'. He had info about a home I own and people that
- is on file at the County Clerk's Office and free for all to
- see. He said he was going to put a bullet into a relative's
- head, and rape and sodimize another relative. Neither
- relatives are alive today as they both passed away about 6
- months ago. The house mentioned is not occupied by me but by
- tennants. However the threat was REAL. The police have a
- file on him. Other users have reported to me that they have
- seen him. The FBI knows about and has a file on him. The
- phone company knows about him. The FBI and the phone company
- offered to set line traps for him. I accepted the offer.
-
- One week later, he left messages containing Visa and
- American Express card numbers on them. These were turned
- over to the authorities. He claimed to have broken into a
- VAX 8600 and was trying to 'crash' it. Good luck. The FBI
- was involved because interstate crime may have been
- committed. They since suspect that he is operating out of
- the Los Angeles Area or has contacts here. In exchange for
- phone line trapping I have agreed to prosecute him to the
- fullest extent of the law if captured. He wants to use the
- name Harry Blackstone. He gets upset if he cannot use it.
- Please report any contact with him to either this Fido or
- preferrably the FBI. I am all for a good joke, and it is
- true that no harm was done so far by his program or him.
- But threats like he made (if it is a 'he') cannot be
- tolerated. Passing Visa card numbers around puts our Fidos
- in jepordy as well. We are to a certian degree responsible
- for what's on our boards.
-
- A short time afterwards, he called my voice number and
- posed as a beneficiary to a good cause. He wanted to come
- collect a donation. The only donation he gets from me is Pb
- in capsule form. It should be mentioned that he has called
- at least one other local Fido here and made the same public
- threat to me on that system.
-
- One thing this proves is that as Sysops we all have to
- be careful with other's uploads. Check everything, as I do.
- Sometimes a machine language program will get through so
- check these extremely carefully. The program STRING.COM
- available everywhere will assist you in doing this.
-
- If you are on any board and see Public Messages from
- him before I do, please inform me immediatly. Ignore the
- messages. If he causes you trouble, do as I did and call the
- police, FBI and telephone company. You will be surprised as
- I was to see that these people are very helpfull. Computer
- crime is easy to trace if you have a log as we do and keep
- your evidence updated. I will let everyone know how this
- turns out, and ignore it if he never calls again and makes
- no more threats. As for now, I keep my S & W loaded and
- ready for use. The police agree with this concept. I will
- not hesitate to use it if he finds my newer address and
- comes here. My house is overlooked by 6 others higher than
- it, and all neighbors are in tune to this message.
-
- Good luck in catching this nerd on your system!
- P.S. Forgive the terrible spelling!
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