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- info about recent phreaking busts
- by pad (phreakers and distributors)
- compiled and re-edited by acid house
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- before taking off, let me make something perfectly clear. this g-file
- applies to all current and future phreakers. just for the so-called "elite"
- hackers that you heard all the time. if you have phreaked between dec 1988
- and this date, or are planning to start phreaking, this applies to you.
- in addition, this file is not bullshit. we have consulted many phreakers
- in different areas and they all knew what we said was true because of recent
- incidents in their area. you may have heard about these busts before, but
- its good to read this file just in case. we wrote this g-file on january 8,
- 1989, so all info is recent.
-
- recently, two services have been very popular to phreak with. they
- were both pitifully easy to hack, and they both had superb and quick
- connections with boards across the usa. in addition, thousands of phreaker
- used them--through modem and voice, and no one got caught. the two access
- ports were 950-0266 and 950-1729. the 1729 service is known as "futuretech",
- but the name of the 0266 still remains unknown to everyone, and is possibly
- a trap set up to catch phreakers. up until december, 1988, they were safe
- to phreak with and didn't even try to catch phreakers. however, starting
- in december, a major attack was relased on phreakers nationwide, and it
- is still going on as of this date.
- both servies joined forces with all of the major phone companies in
- december to, at first, find who called 950-0266 and 950-1729. from december
- 1st-december 31st, a trace was put on those two numbers and whoever called
- those numbers was contacted by their phone company and they were asked why
- they called those numbers. we are sure that many people reading this file
- received such a call, as some of our members did. however, since this was
- just the first stage of the tracing, and both futuretech and the 0266 company
- did not have their tracing equipment in yet, they were not able to tell
- what the callers of the access ports did once they were connected. in
- short, giving any story to the phone company about why you called those ports
- would do just fine, since they had no record about what anyone did once they
- called into the port. all they had on record was the fact that people called.
- however, once they found any phone number as one of those calling the access
- ports 950-1729 or 0266, they put a tap on the offending lines and monitored
- them carefully. however, there were still few busts because most people
- who got such calls from their phone company about phreaking decided that
- they would never phreak again.
- but remember, this was just stage one. it got worse. on january 1st,
- 1989, the phone companies welcomed in the new year with new equipment. the
- company that ran 0266 had the better equipment, and could tell where the
- calls were originating, however the 1729 company was only able to tell which
- numbers were called. futuretech (the 1729 company) took immediate action
- on the 1st and contacted all of the people and boards who were called, and
- asked for info on who called them at certain times, and if the people called
- knew any hackers or phreakers. with that info, they could tell the phone
- company to tap phone lines, and a few people ended up getting busted. there
- is rumor of 1729 getting the full tracing equipment in by now, but we have
- not verified it as of this date. overall, it is unsafe to phreak with 1729.
- 950-0266's company was much more harsh. on january 2nd, they found
- all of the big-time abusers of their codes, along with a handful of the
- "lesser" phreakers who only made a few calls, and took action. they sent
- feds and police to search houses and confiscate entire computer systems, in
- addition to throwing people in jail and pressing charges. this is still
- going on. many phreakers have been severely busted for using 0266,
- especially in california. this a warning: 0266 is very dangerous and any
- use of these codes almost guarantees you being caught. this is not bullshit,
- it is the truth. 0266 has a very sophisticated ani system (auto-number
- identification system), and they bust everyone that they can get the police
- to go after. if you have been using 0266, stop now! there is no point to
- get your life ruined over a few stupid wares from out-of-state bbs's.
- remember, they are busting all phreakers, not just the so-called "big-time"
- ones. even people who make less then $10 worth of illegal calls have a good
- chance of getting busted.
- this still leaves the question about what is safe to use from a pay-phone.
- do not use 1729 from a pay-phone. they will investigate the person you called
- called, and can put a tap on your line if they find out about the pay-phone
- phreaking. as far as 0266, they are more interested in hitting the
- computer phreakers, so it is still relatively safe to use 0266 from a pay
- phone, but don't press your luck. keep your phreaked-pay-phone calls to
- a minimum and you will probably be safe.
- your question now is probably, "but what can i do now?? what about
- all those rad wares on that board in georgia i'm on??" well, yes, there
- is still one way to phreak that is safe. pc pursuit. although several
- rumors have gone around about pc pursuit being dangerous, we have contacts
- and know for a fact that it is not. if you have pcp codes, don't give them
- out like they are simple to get. the more people that have them, the faster
- they die, and you will find that they are hard to get because there is no
- way to get your computer to hack them. the only way to get a pcp code is
- through connections, and if you have no connections, you should really
- value your pcp codes. if any further developments come up with pcp or the
- 0266/1729's, another g-file will be written.
- in a nutshell, lay off 0266 and 1729. you are almost guaranteed to be
- busted, especially at this point in time. this file has been true. it is
- not bullshit. and it may just save you from ruining your life.
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- -pirates and distributor
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