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╓OICE ═AIL ╚ACKING ----- ---- ------- ╨ART 1: ┬RIEF ╙UMMARY ---- -- ----- ------- ┴LONG ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO, ╔ WOULD DO JUST ABOUT ANYTHING TO GET MY OWN ╓MB. ╔ WOULD ALMOST SELL MY SOUL FOR ONE. ┬UT ALAS, AT THE TIME ALMOST NO ONE WAS GIVING ANY AWAY AND ╔ HAD NOTHING WORTHY TO TRADE. ╙O, ╔ STARTED HACKING MY OWN. ┴T FIRST ╔ HACKED PEOPLE'S BOXES, GUESSING THEIR PASSCODES. ╘HIS OF COURSE IS STUPID, BECAUSE ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS ALERT THE SYSTEM MANAGER AND POOF, NO MORE MAILBOX. ╙O, AFTER ╔ HAD EXPERIANCED THAT, ╔ STARTED TO DISCOVER THAT NO ONE MISSED EMPTY BOXES. ┴ND HERE ╔ AM TODAY - WRITING A FILE TO TEACH MOST OF YOU WHAT ╔ KNOW NOW. ╙O LET'S BEGIN, SHALL WE? ╘HE FIRST STEP TO HACKING ANYTHING - ANYTHING AT ALL - IS TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE HACKING. ╘HE SAME APPLYS TO ╓MB HACKING. ╙O, LET ME START OFF BY DESCRIBING SOME OF THE PROMINANT VOICE MAIL SYSTEMS. ┴DR --- ╘HESE ARE THE FAMILIAR MAILBOXES THAT ╔ AM SURE ALL OF YOU HAVE CALLED ONCE IN YOUR LIFE. ╘HESE ARE THE SYSTEMS WHERE YOU HEAR SOME CHEESY GREETING, HIT "*" TWICE, AND THEN ENTER THE MAILBOX NUMBER. ╫HEN YOU FIRST PRESS THE "*", THE SYSTEM THINKS THAT YOU OWN THAT MAILBOX AND ARE ENTERING IT. ╙O, IT WILL REPLY WITH "╚ELLO XXXX, PLEASE ENTER YOUR PASSCODE." ╙O YOU HIT "*" A SECOND TIME AND ABORT IT, AND FIND YOURSELF PLOPPED AT THE MAIN MENU, WITH THE FRIENDLY GREETING OF "╫ELCOME TO THE MESSAGE CENTER." ╙OME NOTES ON THIS SYSTEM IS THAT BOXES ARE USUALLY (SOMETIMES NOT) 4 DIGITS IN LENGTH - AS ARE THE PASSCODES. ╘HE MESSAGE LENGTH IS USUALLY PRETTY NICE, ANYWHERE FROM 1-5 MINUTES. ┬UT OF COURSE THIS ALL DEPENDS ON THE NAZI SYSTEM MANAGER. ┴NYWAY. ┴DR'S ARE GOOD LITTLE SYSTEMS. ┼ASY TO HACK - EASY TO USE. ┴SPEN ----- ╔'M SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS AT ONE TIME CALLED THIS, TOO. ╔F THERE IS NO SYSTEM GREETING, YOU WILL BE WELCOMED WITH "╚ELLO, THIS IS ┴SPEN. ╘HE AUTOMATED SPEECH EXCHANGE NETWORK." ╨RETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY, IS IT NOT? ╔F THERE IS A SYSTEM GREETING SET-UP, YOU WILL HAVE TO PRESS "*" ONCE TO SKIP THAT. ┘OU WILL THEN HEAR "╨LEASE DIAL THE NUMBER OF THE PERSON YOU'RE CALLING. ╔F YOU HAVE A MAIL BOX ON THIS SYSTEM, PLEASE PRESS POUND." ┴SPEN'S ARE CLEAR GIVE-AWAYS. ┬OXES ARE EITHER 3-4 DIGITS, PASSCODES 4-5 OR LONGER. ╚OWEVER, ╔ HAVE NEVER SEEN ANY LARGER THEN 5 DIGITS, BUT THEY CAN BE EXPANDED TO AS MUCH AS 9. ═ESSAGE LENGTH IS USUALLY AROUND THE 1 MINUTE RANGE, DEPENDING ON WHAT MAILBOX YOU HACK. ╔ HAVE ONE CURRENTLY ON AN ┴SPEN THAT IS UP AROUND THE 8 MINUTE RANGE, BUT THAT'S JUST BECAUSE IT'S LIKE A "├OSYSOP" BOX. ╔T CAN DO LIMITED SYSTEM MANAGER FUNCTIONS. ┴NYWAY. ╞RIENDLY SYSTEM, EASY TO HACK. ╟ENESIS ------- ╧K, ╔ WOULD SUPPOSE. ╫HEN YOU CALL, YOU'LL BE GREETED WITH (USUALLY) "╟OOD XXXX. ╨LEASE ENTER THE MAILBOX NUMBER YOU WISH". ╘HE "#" KEY TAKES YOU TO A DIRECTORY, WHERE YOU CAN JUST HIT THE FIRST LETTER (┴,┬,├,ETC.) OF SOMEONES NAME TO HEAR THEIR MAILBOX NUMBER. ╧F COURSE, ┴ ┬ & ├ ARE ALL ON THE SAME NUMBER, 2, SO THAT IS EVEN EASIER. ╩UST SCRIBBLE DOWN SOME BOX NUMBERS - THEY MAY BE WORTH PLAYING AROUND WITH. ┴FTER ALL, IT'S ALWAYS FUN TO DELETE SOMEONE ELSE'S VOICE MAIL. ╔F YOU PRESS "*" IT WILL USUALLY ADJUST THE VOLUME, OR JUST ABORT TO WHATEVER. ┬OXES ARE 3-4 DIGITS, 3 IS MORE PROMINANT. ╨ASSCODES ARE USUALLY 3-4, WITH 4 BEING THE MORE FREQUENT CHOICE. ╫HILE YOU ARE LISTENING TO SOMEONE'S GREETING, YOU CAN PRESS "0" TO ENTER THE PASSCODE FOR THAT MAILBOX. ╧VERALL, IT'S OK. ╬OT THE GREATEST, BUT NOT THE WORST EITHER. ╨ART 2: ╠OCATING ┴N ┼MPTY ┬OX ---- -- -------- -- ----- --- ╘HIS IS, FOR THE MOST PART, THE MAJOR STEP TO ╓MB HACKING. ╞OR IF YOU CAN'T FIND AN EMPTY, YOU'LL PROBABLY LOSE YOUR BOX THE NEXT BUISNESS DAY. ┴NYWAY. ╘HE MAIN PAIN-IN-THE-ASS ABOUT ╓MB HACKING IS THAT AFTER 3 INVALID TRYS THE SYSTEM USUALLY HANGS UP ON YOU. ╘O MAKE YOUR JOB EVEN HARDER, THEY USUALLY SPACE OUT BOXES, LEAVING LITTLE GAPS OF 3 OR 4 IN BETWEEN. ╘HAT WAY IF YOU SCAN STRAIGHT THROUGH YOU KEEP GETTING HUNG-UP AND GET DISCOURAGED. ┬UT OF COURSE, THERE IS A WAY AROUND THAT NASTY LITTLE FEATURE. ┴LL SYSTEMS HAVE A NIFTY LITTLE "┴BORT" KEY. ╔T'S USUALLY "*" OR "#", AND IT TAKES YOU OUT OF ALMOST ANY SITUATION. ╘HAT COMES IN VERY, VERY HANDY WHILE YOU ARE LOOKING OVER THE SYSTEM FOR AN EMPTY BOX. ╠ET ME PASS ON SOME TRICKS FOR EACH SYSTEM. ┴DR --- ╙O, YOU HAVE NOW FOUND YOURSELF AN ┴─╥. ┘OU ARE AT THE "╫ELCOME TO THE.." PROMPT. ╘HINGS TO REMEMBER ARE THAT BOXES USUALLY START AT 1000 OR 2000, AND THERE IS ALMOST ALWAYS A SYSTEM MAILBOX SOMEWHERE IN THE 9000 RANGE, USUALLY AT 9999. (╘HAT APPLYS FOR EVERY SYSTEM, SAVE THAT SOME SYSTEMS MAY BE 3 DIGIT BOXES, SO CHOP A DIGIT, THAT'S ALL.) ╬OW, TO DEFEAT THAT NASTY LITTLE 3 TRY HANG-UP, YOU MUST FIRST FIND YOURSELF A GOOD BOX. ╔T DOSEN'T MATTER WHOSE - EMPTY OR NOT. ╠OOK IN THE COMMON PLACES, EXPLAINED ABOVE. ┴S SOON AS YOU FIND ONE, JOT IT DOWN. ╬OW YOU CAN SCAN FREELY AND AFTER EVERY 2 BAD TRYS JUST PUNCH UP THE GOOD BOX, ABORT OUT OF THAT AND SCAN SOME MORE. ╙O, OK. ╠ET'S SAY YOU FIND A GOOD MAILBOX. ┘OU'LL BE HEARING THE GREETING. ╚IT "*" TWICE, YOU'RE BACK AT THE "╫ELCOME TO THE.." PROMPT. ╬OW YOU CAN SCAN 2 MORE INVALID TRYS WORTH. ┴ HINT IS THAT EMPTY BOXES ARE ALWAYS, AND ╔ MEAN ALWAYS, AT THE END OF THE GOOD BOXES. ╘O SAVE TIME ╔ SUGGEST SCANNING BY 100'S. ╧F COURSE, GOING BACKWARDS ONCE IN AWHILE A FEW DIGITS.. ┴NYWAY. ╫HEN YOU FIND AN EMPTY MAILBOX, INSTEAD OF A GREETING YOU'LL HEAR "═AILBOX XXXX" OR SOMETHING. ╚IT "*" ONCE, AND YOU'LL HEAR "╚ELLO MAILBOX XXXX, PLEASE ENTER YOUR PASSCODE." ╫HALLA, YOU HAVE LOCATED AN EMPTY. ╫RITE THE NUMBER DOWN, HIT "*" AND SCAN BY ONES ABOVE AND BELOW THE NUMBER. ╘HERE IS NEVER JUST ONE. ┴PSEN ----- ╘HE EASIEST WAY TO SCAN ┴SPEN'S IS TO PRETEND YOU'RE GOING TO ENTER YOUR MAILBOX. ╚IT "#", THEN A PROBABLE MAILBOX NUMBER, AS ╔ OUTLINED IN THE ┴DR'S ABOVE. ╧NCE YOU FIND ONE, YOU'LL HEAR SOMETHING LIKE "╩OHN ─OE, PLEASE ENTER YOUR PASSWORD." ╘HE NAME WILL BE IN THE OWNER'S VOICE - JUST TO MAKE EVERYTHING NICE AND FRIENDLY. ╚IT "*" AND SCAN AROUND. ╫HEN YOU FIND AN EMPTY, YOU'LL HEAR SOMETHING LIKE "═AILBOX XXXX, PLEASE ENTER YOUR PASSCODE." ╘HE REST IS BASICALLY THE SAME AS THE ┴DR'S. ╫RITE IT DOWN, SCAN AROUND. ╟EE, THIS IS SURE FUN, ISN'T IT? ╟ENESIS ------- ╫ELL, YOU GET THE GOOFY PROMPT ON THIS, AND THE EASIEST WAY IS JUST TO HIT "#" AND THEN "2" AND WRITE DOWN SOME NUMBERS. ╧R, YOU COULD DO 2-9 AND FIND THE HIGHEST NUMBER. ╘HEN SCAN JUST ABOVE THAT FOR EMPTYS. ╫HEN YOU ENTER SOMEONE'S BOX, YOU'LL HEAR THEIR GREETING. ╚IT "0", THEN HIT "#" TO ABORT. ┴S ALWAYS, REMEMBER THE 3 STRIKES RULE, AND KEEP GOING BACK TO A GOOD BOX AFTER 2 FAULTY TRIES. ╫HEN YOU LOCATE AN EMPTY, THE GREETING WILL BE "╔'M TAKING A MESSAGE FOR ═MAILBOX XXXX." ╚IT "0". ╘HEN YOU'LL HEAR SOMETHING LIKE "╨LEASE ENTER YOUR PASSWORD." ╨RETTY EASY, EH? ─O THE ROUTINE.. ╫RITE IT DOWN, SCAN AROUND. ╨ART 3: ╚ACKING ╘HE ┼MPTY ┬OX ---- -- ------- --- ----- --- ╫ELL, NOW YOU HAVE YOUR EMPTY'S ALL WRITTEN DOWN AND ARE READY TO JUMP INTO THEM. ╘HE THING TO KEEP IN MIND HERE IS TO KEEP IT SIMPLE! ╬O ONE WANTS TO BE TROUBLED WITH REMEMBER A 9 DIGITS TOTALLY RANDOM PASSCODE. ╘HEY WANT SOMETHING SMALL AND SIMPLE, LIKE A 4 DIGIT YEAR. ╥EMEMBER - THINK STUPID. ╘HE SYSTEM MANAGER IS USUALLY ABOUT AS SMART AS A SNAIL IN A BOWL FULL OF ╩ELLO. ╚E WANTS TO WORK LEAST OF ALL - SO HE'LL MAKE THE EMPTYS UP WITH CHEESY PASSCODES. ┴DR --- ╘HIS IS A BALL-BUSTER TO HACK. ┘OU GET 3 PASSCODE TRYS, THEN YOU GET DUMPED. ┴FTER YOU ENTER ONE PASSCODE, THAT'S IT - YOU CAN'T ABORT ANYMORE. ┬UT YOU CAN (SOMETIMES) HIT "*" RIGHT WHEN IT SAYS "╟OODBYE" AND FIND YOURSELF BACK AT THE "╫ELCOME TO THE.." PROMPT. ╙O PLAY AROUND SOME. ╥EMEMBER, PASSCODES ARE SIMPLE. ─ON'T BEAT YOUR HEAD IN TRYING TO GUESS SOME OUTRAGEOUS PASS, JUST SCAN ANOTHER SYSTEM AND MOVE ON. ╨ASSCODES ARE USUALLY THE SAME AS THE MAILBOX NUMBER, THE CURRENT YEAR, 1234, 0, OR THEY SOMETIMES DON'T HAVE ONE AT ALL. ╙O, PLAY WITH IT. ┴SPEN ----- ┴SPEN'S ARE ALWAYS FUN. ╘HE PASSCODES ARE 3 OR 4 DIGITS, AND USUSALLY NO LONGER - THUS MAKING IT A FUN LITTLE JOB TO PULL OFF. ╧N MOST SYSTEMS AFTER 2 BAD PASSCODES YOU CAN JUST ABORT OUT OF THE BOX, AND THEN DO IT AGAIN. ╧F COURSE, ON EMPTY BOXES YOU NEED NOT WASTE YOUR TIME WITH 4 BILLION TRYS, SO WHY BOTHER. ╨ASSCODES ARE SIMPLE, AS ON ┴DR'S, AND ALMOST EVERY OTHER SYSTEM FOR THAT MATTER. ╥EMEBER, THINK STUPID. ╟ENESIS ------- ╙AME AS ABOVE, BUT THERE IS A LITTLE TRICK. ═OST EMPTY BOXES HAVE PASSCODES SET TO "0", SO TRY THAT FIRST. ┴ND ╔ CAN'T STRESS THIS ENOUGH, THINK SIMPLE FOR CHRIST'S SAKE! ╨ART 4: ┴FTERMATH ---- -- --------- ╧NCE YOU ACHEIVE A BOX, YOU CAN BASICALLY FIGURE IT OUT FROM THERE. ╔F YOU'RE HAVING TROUBLE FINDING EMPTYS ON ONE SYSTEM, OR THE EMPTYS HAVE TWISTED PASSCODES, DROP THAT SYSTEM. ╙CAN YOURSELF ANOTHER. ╘HEY'RE ALL OVER THE DAMN PLACE. ╧F COURSE, ╔ KNOW YOU'RE ALL SITTING OUT THERE ASKING "─UH, WHY ARE THERE EMPTYS ANYHOW?" ╫ELL LOOK AT THE HUMAN RACE AS A WHOLE. ╫E ARE LAZY, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US. ╫HO IN GOD'S NAME WANTS TO SIT THERE EVERY OTHER SECOND AND SPRINT TO MAKE A NEW BOX FOR SOME NEW EMPLOYEE? ╬O ONE, THAT'S WHO. ╙O, THE SYSTEM MANAGER SETS UP 5-10 BOXES FOR FUTURE EXPANSION. ╚E SETS THE PASSCODES REAL CHEESY-LIKEM, SO THAT EVEN HE WITH HIS 2ND GRADE EDUCATION CAN REMEMBER THEM FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME. ╙O, THINK SIMPLE. ╘HINK LIKE A MORON. ╘HINK LIKE A MAN WHO HANGS OUT AT THE WATER-COOLER AND SELLS CHEESY HOUSES FOR A LIVING. ╨ART 5: ├LOSING ---- -- ------- ╙OME NOTES. ╔F YOU SHOULD HAPPEN TO STRAY ACROSS THE SYSTEM MANAGER PASSCODE, ─╧╬╘ ├╚┴╬╟┼ ┴╬┘╘╚╔╬╟, LEAST OF WHICH THE PASSCODE. ╩UST MAKE A FEW BOXES IN A NICE SHADY CORNER OF THE SYSTEM AND KEEP A LOW PROFILE. ╔F THE MANAGER CAN'T GET INTO HIS OWN MAILBOX, HE'LL KNOW SOMETHING'S UP FOR SURE AND GO LOOKING AROUND. ╘O BETTER HELP YOU IDENTIFY THESE SYSTEMS, CALL THESE. ╘RY TO REMEMBER THE VOICE, TOO. ╘HEY ARE CLEAR GIVE-AWAYS. ┴DR --- 1-800-326-5477 (24 ╚OURS, ╙YSTEM BOX AT 5000.) ┴SPEN ----- 1-800-800-1239 (24 ╚OURS, ╙YSTEM BOX AT 9999. ╚IT "*" THEN BOX NUMBERS.) ╟ENESIS ------- 1-800-999-2328 (24 ╚OURS, ┬OXES START AT 200 AND GO UP.) ╫ELL, HAVE FUN. ┴ND DON'T GIVE ALL YOUR FRIENDS TOO MANY MAILBOXES NOW, EH? ┴ND REMEMBER - DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME ON AN OLD SYSTEM. ╘HE NEWER, THE BETTER. ╘HE OLD ONES HAVE BEEN HACKED TO HELL AND BACK, AND THE MANAGERS MAKE EVERYTHING DIFFICULT. ╙CAN EXCHANGES LIKE MAD, GATHER VIRGIN SYSTEMS, HACK THEM. ╘HEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE UP AGAINST, SO THEY MAKE EVERYTHING NICE AND FRIEDNDLY. ╬ICE AND OPEN. ╬ICE AND EASY. ╫ELL, LATERS. -╚AIRY ╠EECH ╘YPED ON 2/22/91. ╙UPPORT THE FOLLOWING: ╞ALL0UT [206]862-2086 ┬EST ╔N ╘HE ╙TATES.. ╙OCIAL ─ISTORTION [908]303-0927 ╦ICKING ═AJOR ┴SS.. 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