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HEYHEYHEYHEYHEYHEYHEYHEYHEYHEYHEY HEYHEYhey, hey, hey, it's ATI!HEY HEYHEYHEYHEYHEYHEYHEYHEYHEYHEYHEY issue 37 A continuation of ATI36.. May 5 1989 (Karl Marx's birthday!) =========================== = info following brought = = on by a need for more = = real information =) = =========================== Warning! A part of this issue contains explicit language. If you are offended by any such language, please do not read! Or, read with an open mind! ;) 800-833-news National Student News Service/ Hunger Campaign 303-499-7111 Atomic Clock Speaking of phone numbers.. Here are some more BBSs that you can find issues of ATI online: The Toll Center...........718-358-9209 Sycamore Elite............815-895-5573 Also,a fellow called "Steel Monkey" has offered to send back issues to anyone who has send mail thru the nets. Just send him mail at tk0eee1@NIU.BITNET and he will send you back issues of ATI! Would you like a neat international BBS to call? I thought so.. So call this one in England: 011 44 217112620. Speaking of BBSs.... -*- BBS Spotlight -*- Don Luby's ---------- By: The Operator (201) How many of you have gotten deleted from BBS's for being too offensive, or fighting, or using a double handle? Or maybe the fascist SysOp decided to erase a bunch of messages because HE decided he doesn't like them! Well, now there's a BBS for all the people who WANT to be offensive, and all that good stuff..... Don Luby's is run by a guy called 'Central Scrutinizer' (Remember Joe's Garage of Zappa fame?)...Just an ordinary guy with the mind of a madman. He put the BBS up for the people who want to excercise free speech. One of the most prominent groups on the BBS is a bunch known at the SOEG (Sons of Ed Gelb)... Ed Gelb was a fascist sysop back in the early-mid eighties...He ran a BBS beautifully titled 'ED GELB'S DATABASE' and loved to erase messages and kick users off his board for using foul language such as 'damn' or 'crap'... The SOEG is a group promoting and fighting for free speech on the BBS's. Among the many facets of the BBS, there are things such as: Asshole of the week, in which you can vote for the user of your choice to be AOTW... A Law of the Land, which is enforced by Sherriff Buford T. Justice, and if caught and arrested (WITH A REAL WARRANT!!) You must appear in one of the three courts to plead your case. If found guilty, you can spend time in 'Jail' which restricts all sub-boards except one called 'Jail'... There are vote questions, odd subs, port to port chat, everything a user could ask for except a free set of china... Be sure to call it! 24 hours, 300/1200 baud. Users over 16 please. This BBS is excessive when it comes to foul language and adult situations, so HBO will show this feature only at night.... Port 1: 201-751-5732 Port 2: 201-759-0169 Don Luby's..Where everyone's an asshole. Tell 'em The Operator sent ya... Here's a little song written by the sysop of Don Luby's, Central Scrutin- izer, also known as Dead Ed: "The Iron BBS 7590169" By: DEAD ED-RD54 On: Thu Jan 12, 1989 11:25 PM LR: Sun Jan 29, 1989 1:47 PM -- 1 Response -- There is a board called Don Luby's... Some call it a rising scum... And it's been the ruin, Of many a poor boy, And God I know, I'm one. My mother was a hooker, She sold herself for beans, My father was a retarded man, I'm the product of their genes. So if you can't get along so well, Or maybe you're a little deranged... Just come on down to Don Luby's... And wear that ball and chain. Oh mothers...tell your children, Not to do what I have done... Spend their lives in pain and misery, On the board of the rising scum. Now there IS a board called Don Luby's And maybe it's bucket of scum, And sure it's ruined a few little boys, But hey, we have us some fun. (201)759-0169/751-5732 The BBS for assholes...the BBS for YOU ($) ($) ($) ($) ($) ($) ($) ($) ($) "Terrorism of a 976 Phone Sex Chatline" "Hi, who's out there?", asks a sultry female voice. "Thomas". "Hi, Thomas", says the voice. "What are you doing right now?" "Playing with my dick". Suddenly, a loud British voice breaks in. "Yes, they're all playing with thier little schlongs!", blares the voice. At that point, the sounds of DTMF tones being hit was heard throughout the line. This meant that the chat line operator was searching through the line taking each caller briefly into private so she could find and cut off our "British" friend. Beep. "No, try again, bitch!" Beep. "No, try again!" Beep. "You can't cut me off!" He finally gets cut off, but some- how he gets back on the line in a matter of about two seconds-much faster than it would take to hang up and call the line back. "Mmmmmm...", moans a caller. "Ohhh.......", moans another. "Mmmm...So would you like to pinch my nipples?", asks Nikki, the chat line's operator. "Yes, pinch those nipples! Use wirecutters if you've got to!", screams the "Brit". Beep. Beep. "No, you can't get rid of me!", he yells. Beep. Click. He's gone. But suddenly, again,in a matter of about 2 seconds, the disruptive British fellow was back. "Oh yeahhhhh.. Nikki's gonna suck on that nice juicy cock of yours. Would you like that?", says Nikki. "Oh yeahhhh!" moans a caller. "Yeah!", cries another. "What a bunch of complete losers!" yells the Brit. "Hey fuck off, asshole", says one of the callers. "You're the loser". "You're calling ME a loser when YOU'RE the one who actually pays 2 dollars to talk for 3 minutes to some fake girl and pull your little dick?", shouts the Brit. "Ah fuck you", says the caller. "Remember guys, these operators you're talking to are midget, quadro- plegic, fuzzy-faces Eskimo women",says the Brit. "Who are you, anyway?", grunts the caller. "My name is Colin" says the Brit, as he gets cut off. And again, Colin is back on the line in about 2 seconds. "So", says Nikki, "Would you like me to ride that nice hard cock of yours?" "Ohh..", moans a caller. "Yeahhhhh", groans another. "Stop stroking your little tiny dicks! You'll get more hair on the hair on your palms!", yells Colin. "Why do you keep calling back?", asks Nikki. "Because I'm bored!", shouts he. "Don't you have anything better to do? Don't you have a girlfriend?", asks Nikki. "Yes, she's standing right next to me and thinks this whole mess id bloody hilarious!",answers Colin. "Isn't she jealous that you're calling here?",asks Nikki. "No, because she knows why I'm calling", says Colin. "Besides, she's a lot smarter than YOU. She goes to college and is learning about Psycho- gy unlike YOU. What are you doing with your life? You just sit there every day and moan to a bunch of perverted slobs who want to get off. All you are is a techno-prostitute!". "Hey look, asshole, why don't you just hang up already?", yells an exasperated caller. "No, I'm NOT ging to hang up! No one's going to come whils Colin's on the line! And you're all going to lose your tiny little erections!" Colin gets cut off, but again magically reapprers. "That's right!", he shouts. "Colin is on the line! Everyone's going to be really angry because they didn't get off, and tomorrow they'll still be retaining last night's sperm". A wave of confusion upon the line. Colin kept insulting the opertors and callers, while he kept getting cut off and returning to the line without delay. But after a while, Colin becomes bored of terrorizing the chat line and decided to leave it alone for the night. Colin returned to the line a few times after to that to cause more mayhem. Of course he elicited the same frantic behavior from the callers and the operators. How was Colin able to almost constantly be on the line while the operators were constantly disconnecting him? Well...we'll keep that one a secret. But, do take note of this item: It seems that the California 976 exchanges can no longer be reached through AT&T. Is it because of Colin? Who knows! -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Here's something a person encountered while he was attempting to hack long distance authorization codes by using a computer hacking program: RINGING RINGING BUSY atx0 OK atd CONNECT WARNING!Your call is being intercepted Error: Setting may not be changed by callers /------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- ) ( Welcome to: S o u t h e r n N e t I n c . ) ( You have reached the SouthernNet Fraud Department, the authorization code you are attempting to use is not valid. Hacking and illegal use of codes are violations of state and feeral laws. ) ( ) ( We are currently conducting an investigaion for code abuse in your area and we are coordinating the investigation with law enforcement authorities. Persons identified hacking or abusing codes will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. ( I'll see you soon, ) Hacker Tracker ) ( )-------------------------------------- -------------------------------------/ Hold for additional information -------------------------------------- --------------------------------------\ ( Hacker Tracker is unavailable right now; however, you may avoid possible arrest and/or prosecution by calling Hacker Tracker in person. ) You may contact Mr. Tracker between the hours of 9:00am and 5:00pm EST, Monday - Friday, simply by dialing the access number you have just used and code number 101010 or 011010 if the access # you have used requires a seven digit code . Just hold the line for 10 seconds and your call will automatically be routed to Mr. Tracker at no charge to you. ) This is NOT a trick and IT WILL BE THE INTENTION OF SOUTHERNNET INC. TO SETTLE THIS MATTER WITHOUT INVOLVING LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES IF YOU COOPERATE WITH OUR FRAUD DEPARTMENT 100% . ) ( ) ( It will certainly be to YOUR advantage to contact Mr. Tracker as THIS WILL REFLECT YOUR OWN DECISION TO AVOID POSSIBLE ARREST AND\OR PROSECU- TION BY OUR COMPANY!!! ) I'll be expecting your call. ) ( Hacker Tracker ) \-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------/ Hold a sec..... Engaging Auto Page for Hacker Tracker 50 seconds til disconnect 40 seconds til disconnect 30 seconds til disconnect 20 seconds til disconnect 10 seconds til disconnect 5 seconds til disconnect NO CARRIER Well.. Wasn't that special? I have tried to reach Mr. Hacker Tracker by calling several offices of SoutherNet. I managed to find a fraud dept. office, but no one ever answers the phone. I'd sure love to interview the genius who thought up the above scheme. I'll keep trying, folks! And now, it's time for more news by Nightcrawler (516): News articles for Activist Times Inc. Newsletter -- Reported from various sources... 'Retail group in antivirus role" At the request of specialty-chain MIS executives, the National Retail Merchants Association in New York has agreed to become a clearinghouse for information about computer viruses in general merchandise retailing. The Retail Virus Control Center is charged with recording reported virus attacks on retail communicarions networks and with collecting and distributing information about products and methods that can be used to ward off or recover from the effecst of a virus. "Cornell delays release of virus report" Ithaca, NY -- Cornell University officials have completed a lengthy report that details how the university's computers were used to inject a worm into the Internet computer network last November but have delayed publicizing the finding pending any criminal action. The report will not be made public until after the US attorney here decides whether to charge Robert Morris Jr., the Cornell computer science graduate student believed to have masterminded the worm attack, university officials siad last week. "My hope had been to release this report in full after I had an oppor- tunity to review it," Robert Barker, Cornell University's provost, said in a prepared statement. "However, based on discussions with university counsel and at the specific request of the US attorney and the attorney for Mr. Morris ... I have decided to delay release of the report until the US attorney decides the legal actions he intends to pursue in this matter," Barker said. "At that time, the report and all of its appendices will be made available for public inspection." Barker also said that he would reconsider March 31 whether to release the report if Frederick Scullin, the US attorney here, has not announced what legal action he intends to take. "I fully appreciate that the scientific community deserves to know of the findings of the investigation," he said. Morris could not be reached for comment. He is on a leave of absence from Cornell and is reportedly staying at his parents' home in Arnold, Md. Thomas Guidoboni, a Washington, DC, attorney representing Morris, con- firmed that he wrote a letter to Cornell University legal advisers expressing concern that the report, if it placed the blame on Morris, would influence his right to a trial with an impartial jury. "While I did not see the report, my view was that it might be prejudicial to Morris," Guidoboni said. "Apparently, the US attorney had concerns as well." Scullin and US Department of Justice officials in Washington, DC, did not return telephone calls seeking comment on the case. Cornell's report, which is between 160 and 200 pages including appendices, was compiled by a committee of university officials headed by Stuart Lynn, vice-president of information technologies. "It goes into the involvement of Cornell's computers, the role that Morris is alleged to have, Unix security and other issues related to networks," said Dennis Meredith, a university spokesman. A university disciplinary board will determine what actions, if any, it will take against Morris after the report is released, Meredith said. Justice Department officials are reportedly divided on whether to allow Morris to plead guilty to a misdemeanor or to prosecute him on more severe charges as a deterrent to computer crimes. If the US attorney [in Syracuse] had a clear view of this case, he would have made a decision by now," Guidoboni said. The decision will be made by Justice Department officials in Washington, DC, he added: "They are the ones who are dragging their feet. They are more interested in getting robbers and dope sellers; that is more important than getting Robert Morris. He is not some criminal kingpin. Robert would like the issue to be resolved, but I am not surprised that it would take this long. "Hacker pleads guilty to computer violations, is denied bail by judge" Los Angeles -- Kevin David Mitnick, the hacker deemed too dangerous to be let out on bail, pleaded guilty to two criminal counts last week. In early January, Mitnick was detained under strict measures at the request of prosecutor Leon Weidman, who asked the court to view him as a risk and a danger to the public. The US Attorney's Office asked the court to deny him access to telephones for fear he may have preprogrammed a computer to trigger programs with a phone call, according to Weidman. Mitnick pleaded guilty to two counts: computer fraud, for entering Digital Equipment Corp.'s computer system, and breaking federal law by having more than 16 unauthorized phone access codes. Under the original indictment, which included defrauding MCI Communica- tions Corp. and transporting stolen information across state lines, he faced 30 years in prison. Mitnick pleaded not guilty to the original charges in January. Both the US Attorney's Office and Mitnick's Lawyer agreed that in exchange for the plea, Mitnick would serve one year in jail and three years probation, according to a spokeswoman for the US Department of Justice. They are reccomending that the court follow the agreement. Mitnick is scheduled for sentencing in late April. The gargain was struck after it was determined that damages to DEC, including downtime and searching for the intruder, amounted to between $100,000 and $200,000, not the entire $4 million originally identified in court documents, according to the spokeswoman. While still in jail awaiting sentencing, Mitnick will be allowed to use telephones without direct supervision, a privilege he was denied while being held since his early December arrest. "TV news execs ousted after hacking charges from rival" Tampa, Fla. -- A Florida television station fired two news executives in the wake of reports that one of them allegedly penetrated a rival station's computer system and stole sensitive information. WTSP-TV (Channel 10), an ABC affiliate in St. Petersburg, announced last week that it had fired Assistant News Director Michael Shapiro and News Director Terry Cole. Shapiro was arrested Feb. 7 on felony charges for allegedly breaking into a computer system at WTVT-TV (Channel 13) on at least six occasions in january. He was once employed by WTVT as an assistant manager and was responsible for administering the station's computer systems. Law enforcement officials seized from Shapiro's home a personal computer, 200 floppy disks and an operating manual and user guide for software used at the rival station. He has been charged with 14 felony counts under Florida Statute 815, which covers computer-related crimes. Each count carries a maximum sentence sentence of 15 years and a $10,000 fine. Vince Barresi, WSTP's vice-president and general manager, refused to comment on the two firings. However, in a prepared statement, he said that he told viewers during an 11 PM newscast last Tuesday that the station acted to "avoid any questions about the objective way we do our business in keeping the public informed." Cole, who hired Shapiro last September, has not been charged by Florida law enforcement officials. He was fired, according to one source, because as director of the news room operations, he is held ultimately for the actions of news staffers. Shapiro and Cole were unavailable for comment. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Abbie. I can't find the words to express how I feel about his death. He was a great person, one who was an outspoken activist and remained so while others in his generation came to abandon the fight. He wrote many books, and never stopped lecturing at colleges around the nation, trying to get the younger generation to work for a better world as he was. We may soon have a full article written by a friend of mine. We will release it as soon as we get it. In the meantime, read the article People magazine had on him. It's in the May 1st issue, the one with him on the cover. I never thought I'd reccomend that anyone read People with any seriousness, but I feel that the article they wrote was good. And I'd also like to share with you something taken from Usenet: Path: jolnet!killer!rpp386!texsun!pitstop!male!sun-arpa!ames!rex!uflorida!gatech!udel!rochester!kodak!doering From: doering@kodak.UUCP (Paul F. Doering) Newsgroups: talk.bizarre,alt.activism,talk.politics.misc,talk.rumors Subject: In praise of Abbie Hoffman Message-ID: <1844@kodak.UUCP> Date: 20 Apr 89 18:19:01 GMT Reply-To: doering@kodak.com (Paul F. Doering) Followup-To: talk.bizarre Distribution: na Organization: Kodak Research, Rochester NY Lines: 30 The unexpected death of Abbie Hoffman has triggered some articles on the net, some of them a bit absurd. Something factual needs to be said, something reasonable, something decent. When he was under cover, Abbie lived 5 cottages away from my place in the stretch of the St Lawrence River know as The Thousand Islands. I knew him there as Barry Freed. He was a neighbor in all the good senses: caring, involved, unintrusive, helpful, pleasant, gentle. He was a great cook, and at our picnics he would always show up with a dish that clearly represented a lot of hard work. You may know that he spearheaded the growing concern for the quality of the river and was a founder of Save The River, a citizens' group active and successful today, a kind of unintended memorial to Abbie, surely a positive force in resisting exploitation and promoting conservation. It is strange that he and I should have been cooperating neighbors, because I have been characterized as being slightly to the right of Ghengis Khan. My opinion of Abbie's activities in the late 1960's was formed through the filter of the media and is unreliable. My opinion of him in his recent years is first-hand, and I say: the world does not have so many worthwhile people that it can afford to let even one pass unpraised. I'd trade a bunch of my so-called conservative allies for just one Abbie Hoffman. And so we grow.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . On April 23rd, I attended a march/rally for Earth Day. I marched at the front part of the procession, and stood in the front row of spectators at the rally. The speakers were marvelous, and performers like Roger McGuinn (of the Byrds) and Richie Havens were inspiring and excellent. Over 10,000 people showed up to show their displeasure over the Exxon's Alaskan oil spill and the overall corporate greed polluting our land and waters. One of the speakers was a Maine woman who lost her 2 year-old son one Christmas due to pollution. Another speaker read parts of Exxon's message to stock- holders after the spill. The message said nothing that showed any concern forthe environmental effects of the spill. Nothing about the carnage of animals and birds killed by the spill. The message only assured that profit loss was minimized. Can you believe it? Before the march started, McGuinn and Peter from the 60's group Peter, Paul and Mary did a duet of a song I have always loved: ...How many times must a man look up Before he can see the sky? How many years must one man have Before he can hear people cry? How many deaths will it take 'till he knows That too many people have died? The answer, my friend Is blowing in the wind The answer is blowing in the wind.. How many years can a mountain exist Before it is washed to the sea? How many years can some people exist Before they're allowed to be free? How many times can a man turn his head And pretend that he just doesn't see? The answer, my friend Is blowing in the wind The answer is blowing in the wind... That one's dedicated to Abbie, whereever he may be. And that's all for ATI37. The struggle continues.