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-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- = = - WELCOME TO THE SIXTEENTH ISSUE OF - = = - -=>PHANTASY<=- - = = - A PUBLICATION AND NEWSLETTER OF - = = - THE - = INTERNATIONAL = - INFORMATION - = RETRIEVAL = - GUILD - = = - Hacking,Phreaking,Anarchy,Survivalism,Commentary - = = -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Volume Number Four,Issue Number Sixteen Dated 04/15/93 Editor is Mercenary : mercenar@works.UUCP Article Submissions: The Mercenary/IIRG 862 Farmington Avenue Suite 306 Bristol,Ct 06010 IIRG World Headquarters BBS: The Rune Stone 14.4K HST Courier All H/P/A, 3000+ Files (203)-832-8441 Table of Discontents: [1] The "Rune Stone" Returns By: Anubis [2] Ripco : Not Dead Yet (Two News File Bulletins) By: Dr. Ripco of Ripco II BBS [3] Phone Preak Techniques By: Mercenary [4] DEF CON I Announcement [5] FOR THE PEOPLE Supplied By: Bulletin Boards Across the Country Edited by: Mercenary 1. American Dissident Voices 2. PHAGE Magazine Information [6] The Rumor Mill (Unconfirmed Rumors From the Underground) Edited By: Mercenary 1. PE vs TDT 2. TDT vs PE 3. SeCT News Announcement 4. IIRG Note on SeCT News Announcement [7] PHANTASY TIDBITS: News and Views of Interest 1. Pupils Had Bomb Guide 2. Highway Sign Has Officials Blushing 3. Vulgar Highway Messages an Outside Job, Police Say.. 4. IIRG Note on Highway Sign [8] Listing of IIRG Distribution Sites [9] Listing of PHANTASY Distribution Sites -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- OFFICIAL DISLAIMER... All information in PHANTASY is from USER contributed material The Publishers and Editors of PHANTASY and THE IIRG disclaim any liability from any damages of any type that the reader or user of such information contained within this newsletter may encounter from the use of said information. All files are brought to you for entertainment purposes only! We also assume all information infringes no copyrights and hereby disclaim any liability. PHANTASY is (C) 1990 by The IIRG IIRG and INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION RETRIEVAL GUILD is (C) 1982 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Section [1]: The "Rune Stone" Returns By: Anubis The Runes are there, for any fool to read. But only he who has Hung on the Tree,as did Father Odin. One who has gazed on the Abyss and suffered its emptiness, May know their true meanings or tap the Power that lies within. After almost 18 months, the long awaited event has arrived. The return of The Rune Stone BBS At last the Public Node of the Rune Stone BBS has been re-installed for the readers of Phantasy and the H/P Community at large. We hope those of you with an interest in Hacking or of the Underground community will call and join. We have No-Online Charges and no connect time charges. Online are the IIRG Archives of nearly 3000 files consisting of Hack/Phreak Text files,Magazines,Newsletters,etc. etc. with NO RATIOS!! Please, if you were on the old Rune Stone, call back and set up an account on the New system. The Rune Stone BBS (203)-832-8441 IIRG World Heaquarters NUP: Conspiracy 14.4 HST IIRG NOTE: Starting with Computer Underground Digest #5.26 the Rune Stone BBS will be listed as a CUD Distro Site. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Section [2]: Not Dead Yet From: DR. RIPCO Were not dead yet, but getting there... Well folks, things didn't quite work out as we planned, no surprise with messing with Unix based OS. Because of a limitation in the OS and the hardware on this end, the expected closing is going to be delayed for a while. We'll probably be playing with the new system on a different machine so things here will be normal, or as close to it for a while. Things are a bit screwed up though, since everything was transfered off and returned back in a different order a few minor items got messed up. I'll be tweaking things on and off so hang on to your shorts if you run into a problem. Dr. Ripco RIPCO II BBS (312)-528-5020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun 4-11-93, 10:26 pm From: DR. RIPCO To: All Subject: System Closing Update Just to clear up the situation around here and to answer the bunch o'questions I've received in e-mail... First off, the system will be gone sooner or later. Some things jumped the gun without proper forethought but since somewhat new ground is being broken around here, the earlier annoucement probably should not have been made when it was. Secondly the new system at this point in time will be a complete second system totally disconnected from this one. It'll be that way until the second system is stablized enough to run on it's own. I've even been toying with the idea of letting this system run on it's own, probably on a different phone number even after the second system gets going. Not sure on this matter, it depends much on how the newer system looks to me and what it's capable of doing. In any case, to answer the question of when and if it's worthwhile calling here for the mean time, the answer is soon, probably by mid-summer at the earliest and no later than fall. If things don't come together by then, I doubt if it'll come to pass at all. To answer the question of "why" is simple. The new system presented itself much easier in thought than in real execution. Everything is going along but each step taken creates another fork in the road. Rather than killing the current system off and making the users pay for it in frustration of it being here one day and not the next, it was decided to start from scratch and all the "messing around" will be done on another computer system. So consider things to be "as usual" for the immediate future. Dr. Ripco -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Section [3]: Phone Phreak Techniques By: Mercenary As companies attempt to secure there phone systems, many phreakers are once again turning to residential systems to secure there on-line time. I feel this may be the kiss-of-death for many of you out there. For everytime phreakers abuse residential systems a general uproar is usually started in certain Law-Enforcement circles after numerous complaints from residential customers. I present to you here some more of the popular scams being used by the phreaking community at this time. 1. THIRD PARTY BILLING This scam usually is pulled on someone the phreaker knows, but dislikes. It works well with traveling salesmen or others who's job requires them to spend a large amount of time away from home but leaves their family behind. The Phreaker will pose as the individual who is away and will have the operator call the real individuals home. The operator will inform the family Member that their "Loved-one" is making a third-party call and will they accept the charge. The unsuspecting family member will say, Yes we'll accept the charges thinking it is their real "Loved-one" And thus the phreaker has secured his access. 2. JUST SAY YES! With this scam the phreaker will pose as a Security Representative of an individuals long distance carrier (Sprint,AT&T,MCI) and say someone is using your phone line for some form of illegal activity. He will inform the unsuspecting "mark" that if he will accept a request to charge a long-distance call to his phone from the operator who will call him in several moments, it will allow them to trace the "criminal". The phreaker will of course explain to his "mark" that he will credit their account and they will not really be billed for the call. Being a law abiding "Americas Most Wanted" viewer, the mark will of course help the "Security Representative" get his man and accept the charges. Once again the phreaker has secured his access. 3. CALL FORWARDING SCAMS A phreaker posing as a telephone company technician will go to a "marks" house and present a legitimate looking ID they will have either scanned (stolen from a real employee) or created with a desktop publisher. He will inform the "mark" that they are having problems with the lines in his area and could he come in and do a quick check on the "marks" line. The phreaker will go to the "marks" phone and do what looks like just a quick check of the "marks" phone, but in reality he is call-forwarding the phone to a payphone where his accomplice will answer the phone. He will inform the "mark" that everything is fine and will leave. In the meantime, his accomplice will be answering the payphone and saying yes, I'll accept the charges for half of their phreaking buddies around the country placing third-party-calls. Sometimes the phreakers will not even enter your home to call forward your phone. they will clip into your lines with a homemade linemans handset and call forward from there. This is known as "Call Clipping". This particular technique works well in apartment complexes where almost all the junction boxes are located in the basement. 4. SOCIAL ENGINEERING In this scam, the Phreaker will call his "mark" posing as a police detective or some form of Law-enforcement official. The Phreaker will inform the "mark" that they have caught a family member or close friend commiting telephone fraud. The Phreaker will say that he cannot give out the name of the individual, because if he's innocent, the police do not want to make his name public. The phreaker will then ask the "mark" if they would help clear their family member or friend by accepting a collect call so they could trace the call to the real "criminal". Once again the phreaker gets his time. ----------- *** ------------- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Section [4]: DEF CON I Announcement Hey Schlenises: Pulled from the fringeware@wixer.cactus.org Finalized Announcement: 4/09/1993 We are proud to announce the 1st annual Def Con. If you are at all familiar with any of the previous Con's, then you will have a good idea of what DEF CON I will be like. If you don't have any experience with Con's, they are an event on the order of a pilgrimage to Mecca for the underground. They are a mind-blowing orgy of information exchange, viewpoints, speeches, education, enlightenment... And most of all sheer, unchecked PARTYING. It is an event that you must experience at least once in your lifetime. The partying aside, it is a wonderful opportunity to met some of the celebrities of the underground computer scene. And those that shape its destiny - the lawyers, libertarians, and most of all the other There will be plenty of open-ended discussion on security, telephones and other topics. As well as what TIME magazine calls the "Cyberpunk Movement". Las Vegas, is as you might have guessed a great choice for the Con. Gambling, loads of hotels and facilities, cheap air fare and room rates. It's also in the West Coast making it more available to a different crowd than the former Cons have been. Your foray into the scene and your life will be forever incomplete if by some chance you miss out on DEF CON I. Plan to be there! WHO: You know who you are. WHAT: Super Blowout Party Fest, with Speakers and Activities. WHERE: Las Vegas, Nevada WHEN: July 9th, 10th and 11th (Fri, Sat, Sun) 1993 WHY: To meet all the other people out there you've been talking to for months and months, and get some solid information instead of rumors. DESCRIPTION: So your bored, and have never gone to a convention? You want to meet all the other members of the so called 'computer underground'? You've been calling BBS systems for a long time now, and you definitely have been interacting on the national networks. You've bullshitted with the best, and now it's time to meet them in Vegas! We cordially invite all hackers/phreaks, techno-rats, programmers, writers, activists, lawyers, philosophers, politicians, security officials, cyberpunks and all network sysops and users to attend. DEF CON I will be over the weekend in the middle of down town Las Vegas at the Sands Hotel. Why Las Vegas? Well the West Coast hasn't had a good Convention that I can remember, and Las Vegas is the place to do it. Cheap food, alcohol, lots of entertainment and, like us, it never sleeps. We will have a convention room open 24 hours so everyone can meet and plan and scheme till they pass out. Events and speakers will be there to provide distraction and some actual information and experiences from this loosely knit community. This is an initial announcement. It is meant only to alert you to the time, dates and location of the convention. Future announcements will inform you about specific speakers and events. An information pack is FTPable off of the internet at nwnexus.wa.com, in the cd/pub/dtangent directory. The IP# is 192.135.191.1 Information updates will be posted there in the future as well as scanned map images and updated speaker lists. FINAL NOTES: COST: How you get there is up to you, but United Airlines will be the official carrier (meaning if you fly you get a 5% to 10% price reduction off the cheapest available fare at the time of ticket purchase) When buying airline tickets, call 1-800-521-4041 and reference meeting ID# 540ii. Hotel Rooms will cost $62 per night for a double occupancy room. Get your friends -- together and split the cost. Food is inexpensive. The entertainment is free inside the hotel. Reference the DEF CON I convention when registering, as we have a block of rooms locked out, but once they go it will be first come, fist serve. Call 1-800-634-6901 for the reservations desk. The convention itself will cost $30 at the door, or $15 in advance. Mail checks/money orders/cashiers checks to: DEF CON I, 2709 East Madison Street, Seattle, WA, 98112. Make them payable to: "DEF CON" we'nder what the HELL is going on in the PIRATE scene right now... [1] Public Enemy is the first group on the IBM that took another groups crack and game and released on their own, they are NEVER gonna get respect on the scene since they fucked up so badly, they will always be remembered as a NO BALLS GROUP. [2] The Grim Reaper is NO LONGER affiliated with TDT since he tried to run the group on his own and start to tell people this and that person was out of TDT I'm the only person in this group that can do that. [3] There is no changes in TDT except of one person i out of it. If you have any questions about this contact me on Unlawful Entry. PERSONAL NOTES: THE HAWK - How can you be so lame and calling me a lie'er when you know in your heart that you guys stole my crack and remove my name? SPEED MASTER - Don't try to put an attitude on anyone, a lowlife like will never kick ass like you always wanted, you should just crawl back to your whole and keep shut up BLADE RUNNER - Man, get a life. Your mates at PE dont even know how to spell SCRIPT LANGUAGE - Dont tell me you loose respect for me for doing this, you are the one loosing respect from everybody RESET OF PE - How can you guys stay in such a lame as group, where you guys dont have the balls even to admit you guys cant crack shit THE SCENE - Don't ever respect anyone in PE LAME. You can rag, you can bullshit, call each other lamers, but NEVER EVER steal somebody elses CRACK that that person spent 4 days to do, and then try to tell him he is a fuckhead. There were several persons that got the game and even HAL9000 said he dont even try on this one. NOBODY belives a slow fuck like terminator could do it, and besides, he just needed to change my crack a bit. FINAL WORD - A few positions left in TDT, if you are the one that want to be a part of a REAL CRACKING GROUP then contact us today! FIGHT AGAINST LAMERS!!! ============================================================================== ATTENTION ATTENTION ATTENTION SPA ALERT! SPA ALERT! WHOOOP! WHOOOOP! WHOOOOP!!!! This is a little text file warning to all Connecticut BBS's. The SPA is lurking in CT. Now the story! According to our information here at SeCT WHQ we have information for all the users out there about some recent activity in the area. Kevin B****, Yes the fool that writes the Connecticut BBS list, has called the SPA on (IIRG Delete) This board was a killer board run by the (DELETED) At this time we have no more information on why this was done, but we will be conducting an interview with each of the people involved,to get the truth. At this point we at SeCT think Kevin B**** is an asshole and should be destroyed. Also according to other information he had two other people who helped him do this their names are Lou R****** and Jason L*****. As I said before when we conduct the interviews we will have more information for you. For now our suggestion to all bbs's to delete these people if they are on your board and tighten security. Never know what board he will turn in next. So to Kevin B***** and his friends we at SeCT think you are a fuck'in asshole. P.S.- Kevin if you are reading this and feel we are in the wrong we will be conducting an interview with you to get your sidfe of the story. This has been a SeCT News Warning 03-22-93 SeCT Staff All users please pass this file around unchanged to everywhere you call! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IIRG NOTE ON SECT NEWS ANNOUNCEMENT The previous news file released by SeCT is partially correct. The IIRG has recieved a tape of a phone conversation that was apparently secretly recorded amongst some of the people mentioned in the SeCT file. The truth of the matter in what we've transcribed so far is that the only real person responsible was the person named "JASON". Mercenary recieved an E-mail letter from one of the persons mentioned in the file and this is what he recieved... (Edited of Course) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: SIN CITY BBS To: The IIRG <works!mercenar@uunet.UU.NET> Hello... this is Lou XXXXXXX... I have written to you in the past... I have seen an article floating around recently accusing me of having helped out in the turning in of XXX XXXXS... this is not true. it has come to my attention that Muther has given you the JASON TAPES as I call them... I think you know what I'm talking about... please help me clear my name... I was an active user and contributed much to XXX XXXX before its demise... why would I want it down? I had no motive whatsoever! Jason is fully responsible... not me, and not Kevin XXXXX. Please transcribe the JASON TAPES in the next issue of Phantasy so that justice may be done. Thank you, I appreciate this. please reply -------------------------------------------------------------------- The IIRG will be presenting a transcription of the Tape in Phantasy 17 and hopefully this will correct some of the dis-information floating around out there and clear the matter up once and for all. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Section [7]: PHANTASY TIDBITS: News and Views of Interest ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PUPILS HAD BOMB GUIDE --------------------- 150 - Page Manual Came from Computer Lebanon,CT. - A 150-page manual on how to make bombs and homemade explosives has been found in the hands of 13-year-olds in a Connecticut middle school. The inch-thick book, chock full of tips on bomb building and vandalizing schools was discovered last week at the Lebanon Middle School after a Mathematics teacher overheard a discussion among a few of his pupils. "It explained how to make bombs and how to cause mayhem at the school." said resident State Trooper Mark Maynard, who was called in to investigate. The manual had been obtained through a non-school computer bulletin board by an older brother of one of the middle school pupils. "The boy who obtained it is a computer whiz. He said he obtained it for the purpose of doing a class project," Maynard Said. But four or five copies of the manual wound up in the hands of middle school pupils and were being sold to seventh- and eighth-graders for $10.00 apiece. The older brother, a high-school student, apparently retrieved the computer information about two months ago, but it did not surface at the middle school until march 14th, not long after the bombing at the World Trade Center in New York City. "The first concern was that it was related to that," Maynard said. "It just happened to surface right after it". And while retrieving such information falls under Freedom of Speech and is not illegal, it is against school rules to sell anything not for a school Fund-raiser, said Bert Bosse, principal of the middle school. Superintendent of Schools Albert Vertefeuille said some disciplinary actions will be taken against the pupils for selling the computer document on school grounds, but he declined to elaborate on what that action would be. The computer information was not obtained through any school computers, but a copy was later placed on one of the computers at nearby Lyman Memorial High School. That also violated school rules, the school officials said. "The thing that bothered us was that there was specific things on how to terrorize schools,teachers,and principals," said Bosse. "My biggest concern was not that any of the kids we dealt with would have used this for terrorism, but they may have tried to attempt [to build explosives] themselves and caused serious injuries." Nationwide, hundreds of children and teenagers are maimed or killed every year from experimentation with homemade explosives. Information obtained from computer bulletin boards on homemade bomb making has been a major contributor to such mishaps, police said. "I think the problem is there is no law pertaining to this," Maynard Said. In connecticut, teenagers learning how to manufacture bombs through home and school computers contributed a nearly 50 percent increase in the number of homemade explosives discovered last year by state police. "We are definitely seeing more of it. Kids by nature experiment", said Sgt. Kenneth Startz, who supervises the emergency services ddivision of the state police, which includes the bomb squad. "Bosse described the boys involved with the incident at the middle school as good pupils who had not been in trouble before. He said he believed they were driven by curiosity than anything else. All of the kids were very cooperative, Bosse said. The parents were totally shocked when they read what was in it". ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HIGHWAY SIGN HAS OFFICIALS BLUSHING Fairfield,CT.-Thousands of motorists traveling South-bound on Interstate-95 got a terse message on an electronic traffic sign: "YOU ALL SUCK". We dont know how they did it," said State Police Lieut. Albert Masek of troop G in Westport. "We thought maybe a computer hacker did it" The incident was reported on the morning shift Sunday, Apr. 4th and responding troopers could not disable the large, yellow lights on the portable, 10-foot-high sign located near Exit 19. The sign displayed the message for several hours until a state Department of Transportation crew got it covered with a large tarp. DOT spokesman William Keish said Monday that the sign can only be programmed from DOT offices in Wethersfield or State Police headquarters in Meriden. Bill Stoeckerd, director of DOT's incident management office reprogrammed it Monday. "Were taking steps with the contractor to upgrade our security," said Stoeckerd. "We really don't know, whether [the pranksters] were able to come into access accidentally or not." He said the sign, in use since August, was recently the target of a similar prank, but not the exact same wording. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VULGAR HIGHWAY MESSAGES AN OUTSIDE JOB, POLICE SAY Connecticut State Police have concluded a computer infiltrator is responsible for two crude messages, the latest lambasting Gov. Lowell P. Weicker Jr., that have flashed on a highway electronic message board in Fairfield,Ct. in the past two weeks. CT State Police Master Sgt. Scott O'Mara would not comment on reports that police had identified a suspect, he said "the 10 day old investigation was progressing". The message board reportedly can only be operated from the state Department of Transportation operations center in Wethersfield or the state police communications center in Meiden,CT. but police believe the vulgar messages did not come from either of those locations. Instaed, "We believe it's a computer crime by modem through a phone line", O'Mara Said. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IIRG NOTE ON HIGHWAY SIGN At the time of the completion of this issue of Phantasy, a suspect has been caught in the Highway Prank situation in Fairfield,CT. We'll bring you more details in Phantasy Issue 17 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Section [8]: IIRG Distribution Sites (or Gateways to Oblivion) ////// ////// /////// //////// // // // // // // // /////// // //// // // // // // // ////// * ////// * // // * ///////// IIRG World HQ: The Rune Stone BBS 14.4k HST Phantasys Home Board Complete IIRG Archives 3000+ Files (203)-832-8441 IIRG Distribution Site 1: Wired World BBS INC Europe TPC Courier (WHQ) THP IIRG Distribution Site Sysop: Digital Justice +39-89-254138 IIRG Distribution Site 2: Cyberdyne Network Germany United Forces Sysop: E605 +49-5341-59004 +49-5341-54052 IIRG Distribution Site 3: The Sanitarium Sysops: Morbid Angel [INC/ACID] Spectral Illusion [ACID/RAZOR] IIRG Distribution Site ACID Member Board INC Courier Board RAZOR 1911 Courier Board VISA World Headquarters (817)PRI-VATE IIRG Distribution Site 4: The WareHouse (203)-231-8980 OVER A GIG ONLINE Sysop: Ionizer IIRG Distribution Site 5: Hollow Tree Productions Sysop: Phantasm Syndicate Extreme*Net (313)-EXE-TREME IIRG Distribution Site 6: The Web 203-869-0938 OOFNet/CCiNet ACiD Member Board VECTOR World HQ ESP Courier HQ Phantasy Dist. 9600+ Only -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Section [8]: Phantasy Distribution Sites Phantasy's Distribution Site's are continually growing,we apologize if you called a board and didn't find the Mag. Network Distribution Sites will have the Issues first, we suggest calling one of them if a problem does arise. 1. Lightning Systems (414) 363-4282 200 Million Bytes OnLine USRobotics Dual Standard HST/V.32bis 2400 thru 14.4k v.32bis/HST 2. The Works BBS Waffle Net v1.65 [617]/861-8976 3/12/24/96/14400b 7dy/24hr N,8,1 Lexington, MA 200 Megabytes of Storage 99.44% pure textfiles Remote cDc Node (Very remote) 3. Pipers Pit BBS 19,200-9600 HST ONLY!! 24 Hours a Day THG Distro Site 1300 Megs (203)PRI-VATE [2 Nodes] 4. The Dickinson Nightlight (713)-337-1452 Der WeltanSchauung Distro Site (World View Magazine) Phantasy Distro Site 5. Abiogenesis, 3/12/24/96/14400 Practical Peripherals 14400FXSA Fidonet 1:280/310. Phone (816)734-4732 Phantasy is also available on these systems, Ripco II BBS The Hell Pit (312)-528-5020 (708)-459-7267 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- PHANTASY(C) IIRG 1991,1992,1993 May Odin Guide Your Way! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- U.S. WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Illegal software valued in excess of $100,000 was seized from an electronic bulletin board computer system (BBS) headquartered in Baltimore, Md., marking the first U.S. case for the Business Software Alliance (BSA) against a BBS for pirating software. The BSA previously initiated an enforcement campaign against illegal bulletin boards in Europe and is investigating illegal boards in Asia. As part of the U.S. seizure, more than $25,000 worth of hardware was confiscated in accordance with the court order, and the BBS, known as the APL, is no longer in operation. Investigations conducted over the past several months found that through the APL BBS, thousands of illegal copies have been made of various software programs. Plaintiffs in the case include six business software publishers: ALDUS, Autodesk, LOTUS Development, MICROSOFT, NOVELL, and WordPerfect. The action against APL was for allegedly allowing BBS users to upload and download copyrighted programs. Neary 500 software programs were available for copying through the APL BBS, an infringement of software publishers' copyright. In addition, BSA seized APL's business records which detail members' time on the BBS and programs uploaded and/or copied. BSA is currently reviewing these records for possible additional legal action against system users who may have illegally uploaded or downloaded copyrighted programs. "Electronic bulletin boards create increasingly difficult problems in our efforts to combat piracy"' according to Robert Holleyman, president of the BSA. "While bulletin boards are useful tools to enhance communication channels, they also provide easy access for users to illegally copy software" Holleyman explained. Strict federal regulations prohibit the reproduction of copyrighted software. Legislation passed this year by the U.S. Congress contains provisions to increase the penalties against copyright infringers to up to five years imprisonment and a $250,000 fine. The APL investigation, conducted by Software Security International on behalf of the BSA, concluded with a raid by Federal Marshals on Oct. 1, 1992. In addition to the six business software publishers, the BSA action was taken on behalf of Nintendo. Bulletin boards have grown in popularity over the past several years, totalling approximately 2000 in the United States alone. Through a modem, bulletin board users can easily communicate with other members. The BSA has recently stepped up its worldwide efforts to eradicate the illegal copying of software which occurs on some boards. The BSA is an organization devoted to combating software theft. Its worldwide campaign encompasses education, public policy, and enforcement programs in more than 30 countries. The members of the BSA include: ALDUS, APPLE COMPUTER, Autodesk, LOTUS Development, MICROSOFT, NOVELL, and WordPerfect. The BSA operates an Anti-piracy Hotline (1-800-688-2721) for callers seeking information about software piracy or to report suspected incidents of software theft. CONTACT: Business Software Alliance, Washington Diane Smiroldo, 202/727-7060 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Section [3]: Nitro Tri-Iodide (Contact Explosive) By: The Ionizer How not to kill you self when making.. Nitro Tri-Iodide ( Contact Explosive ) I am not encouraging you to go blow up your rivals or anything like that, but if this is really something you want to make,GO right ahead. This text will help you make it without killing yourself which is what I came close to in preparing this file. First off, what is NitroTri Iodide? It's a very simple mixture to make and is stable as long as it is kept wet. When this mixture is dry it becomes VERY sensitive to pressure changes like dropping it or having your buddy sit on it. This stuff CAN NOT be moved,touched,or breathed on after it is dryed. Well let just get down to it and take you through a step by step on how to make the stuff. There are 2 MAIN Ingredients needed with 1 optional one. -------------------------------------------------------- MAIN: 1. Ammonia Hydroxide 2. Iodine Crystals Optional: 1. Ethel alcohol How do I get this stuff 1. You may get Ammonia Hydroxide from a graphics supply house It is used for certain copying machines. If you do not have the means of getting it you may use regular Household Ammonia. 2. You can either buy them from a chemical supply store or you may get some tincture iodine (iodine mixed with alcohol) and evaporate the tincture in a dish at room tempature. You will need about 5 to 10 time the amount of tincture iodine to get the correct amount of crystals. 3 ETHEL ALCOHOL can be bought as GRAIN alcohol or you may go to any local hardware store and get denatured alcohol which is the same with a poison added to make it undrinkable this is a STUPID bullshit routine for tax reasons. Ok now that you have everything lets get started.... WARNING DO THIS OUTSIDE with plenty of ventilation. I SUGGEST you get a fan to blow the air down wind from you. Ammonia fumes are deadly and can be really painful like tear gas. Fill a glass jar with 5 times the amount of ammonia used for every 1 part of crystals. If you are using household ammonia use 15 to 20 times as it verys in dilutions. Get a coffee filter to hold ALL the iodine crystals in. Place the crystals in the filter and completly submerge it in the ammonia. Every hour agitate the solution to speed up the process, this is not needed but is sugested. Let it sit for a day to make sure that all the iodine has reacted with the soultion. Not comes the messy part, Wear gloves for this part. The iodine and ammonia can burn you skin and stain it, you can't get it off very easily either. Take the coffee filter out you will notice a brown sludge in it. Take the alcohol and slowly pour it over the sludge washing off the ammonia. If you want you may do this with water but do not do it if for more then a min as it loses it effect the more you wash it in water. Place the sludge in a container with alcohol (STRONGLY ADVISED) or water. Well thats it, your all done KEEP it WET all the time if you let it dry PRAY and run. Place a drop of the sludge, not the liquid on what ever you want to destroy. let dry and throw a ball on it or something to set it off. If the drop is on something and theres nothing on top of the sludge the explosive force will go up. When you want it to go down,put something on top of it to allow the Explosive force to go down. The best use for it is injecting it in a key hole, it destroys the lock and scares the shit out of the person putting the key in the hole. How powerful is this stuff ??? Well i put 1 small drop on a penny and left it on a glass coffee table, Yes, I know a very stupid move on my part. I forgot about it and threw my jacket on the table as I walked in and it DESTROYED the table and blew a HUGE hole in my thick winter jacket. DONT touch it with you fingers when dryed!!! Unless you want to have only haver 9 fingers. Have fun but do it safely The Ionizer........ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Section [4]: FOR THE PEOPLE Supplied By: Bulletin Boards Across the Country Edited by: Mercenary ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Part [1]: Pirates Haven Sting Operation *!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!WARNING!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!* ! Be Aware that the numbers: (313)383-4520 and (313)383-2116 are ! * to an FBI-Sting operation. They have been using the BBS name: * ! "Pirates' Haven BBS". ! * "Pirates' Heaven BBS * ! They have a block of telephone numbers ranging between 383-4506, ! * to 383-4602; And: 383-2110, to 383-2264. Any of these numbers are * ! associated to current FBI projects and should be avoided! ! * * ! All calls going to these numbers are traced! As-soon-as the ! * connection is made, they have your number. No waiting! If they * ! answer, they have your originating number! ! * * ! This is no joke! ! * * ! Several people are in some real deep shit because of this sting! ! * If you call, you will be considered guilty, until,(or if), proven * ! innocent. Your machine will be confiscated, and searched. All data ! * therein being "evidence" and property of The Court. And, you will * ! be taken into custody and held for bond. ! * * ! Any attempt to screw with these "people", is a foolish risk. Many ! * wreckless, and stupid Hacks will be caught. Along with them, will * ! go a few, bright, ambitious, and clever souls who will be missed ! * dearly, (in certain circles). * ! ! * Beware! Know who you call! Check "New Boards" out before doing * ! anything "Questionable". Save copies of "policy statements" (in ! * hard-copy), as these may be usefull in your defense: (entrappment) * ! {See: Intellectual Rights, Entrapment, US Supreme Court, I forget ! * the case #. But, the persecution had "enticed" the defense, to * ! distribute "pornographic materials".} Any upload-ratio of Copy- ! * righted material might be interpereted as "enticement". * !*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Part [2]: Navy BBS Listings Navy and Other Military Bulletin Board Systems **** Be careful of March Lions **** ATTENTION Sysops and other interested parties: This is a list of Navy-interest Bulletin Boards. I can NOT personally verify each entry and rely on user inputs to correct errors and advise me of changes. I invite sysops of the various boards to submit a one or two line description of their boards' purpose and focus which I will add to the listings. Official Navy BBSs: Name Commercial Type ---------------------------- -------------- ----------- ADA ALS/Navy (202) 342-4568 ADAIC (ADA information) (703) 614-0215 RBBS ASN S/L (703) 746-2645 PCBoard BULLDOG West (805) 985-9527 Wildcat! CINCNCLANTFLT (804) 445-1146 QBBS COMNAVSURFPAC/COMNAVAIRPAC (619) 556-0135/36 RBBS COMRESPATWINGLANT (619) 564-8299 PCBoard COMSUBLANT (804) 445-8657 Wildcat! GPETE BBS (301) 862-8048 PCBoard HSETC MD (301) 295-2373 TCOMM Judge Advocate General (NAVY) (703) 325-0748 PCBoard Maintenance Control (301) 863-3626 PCBoard NAMARA (Jagnet member) (NAVY) (202) 889-9214 PCBoard Naval Gun Weapon System BBS (703) 602-1916 PCBoard Naval Justice School (401) 841-3990 PCBoard Naval Legal Service Office 011-63-47-384-6360 NLSO Subic Bay BBS Navy Drug and Alcohol Program (703) 693-3831 Wildcat! NCTS (NARDAC) Washington (202) 475-7885 PCBoard NMPC-408 Detailing (202) 693-1896 ?? OASYS formerly NCTAMSLANT (804) 445-1121 ?? Pacific Missile Test Center (805) 989-8722 Wildcat! Surface Warfare Officers BBS (703) 614-8059 TBBS SIMA/Portsmouth, VA (804) 396-0158 PCBoard Non-official Navy oriented BBSs: -------------------------------- DC Information Exchange (202) 433-6639 PCBoard Robin's Nest (301) 568-1679 Wildcat! American Veterans Network BBS (410) 761-3406 PCBoard Other official BBS's of interest to the Navy: --------------------------------------------- Geodetic Survey (703) 648-4168 Office of Personnel Management (202) 606-1040 PCBoard Other military BBS's: --------------------- Export License Status Advisor (703) 697-6109 RBBS Export License Status Advisor (703) 697-3632 RBBS DoD BBSs: --------- 2nd SRI Group BBS,Camp Lejeune (919) 451-2265 Wildcat! Mon - Fri 1630 - 0700, 24 hrs weekends (I've never connected here) Air Force Systems Command (301) 981-3663 rOverBoard DDN Access - NOT A BBS (800) 368-2217 DDN BBS (301) 238-2131 DoD LSA EBB (606) 293-3700 Fort Benning, GA (717) 686-3037 QBBS Fort Drum USAISC, NY (315) 772-7836 RBBS Fort Leavenworth C2MUG, KS (913) 684-7675,6 Major BBS Fort Myer Officers' Club (703) 524-4159 PCBoard Fort Richie BBS, MD (301) 878-4573 Wildcat! Grand Central DCASR, NY (212) 807-3529 RBBS Kelly AFB (512) 925-9096 RBBS Langley AFB SCTC (804) 764-3995 PCBoard Malmstrom AFB (406) 731-2503 Pentagon PC Users Group ASDRD (703) 614-4114 Wildcat! Unisys Desktop III BBBS (800) 228-3832 TBBS Government Technology Services (703) 222-5227 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Part [3]: Secret Service Frequencies SECRET SERVICE White House Communications Agency VHF/UHF Circuits CHANNEL FREQUENCY USE able 32.230 WHCA, DC area, Camp David link baker 165.7875 Surveillance, DC F.O. charlie 165.375 (165.9) Field Offices, WH Detail delta 169.925 WH Messengers echo 407.850 WHCA, AF1 r/t ground (uplink) foxtrot 415.700 WHCA, AF1 r/t aircraft (downlink) golf 166.400 Repeater rx hotel 166.2125 WH Police india 407.925 Treasury Guard Force juliette 170.000 WHCA, Camp David Paging Systems kilo 167.825 WHCA Staff, FBI lima 168.7875 WHCA Staff mike 165.2125 Ex-President Detail november 167.025 WHCA, Press Office oscar 164.8875 PPD papa 164.400 PID quebec 166.700 WHCA Key Staff romeo Repeater (charlie out/golf in) sierra 169.5125 WH Staff, Garage tango 164.650 VPPD victor 164.100 USSS, US Customs xray 166.4625 Treasury Common yankee 162.6875 WHCA, USSS AF1 r/t ground (uplink) zulu 171.2875 WHCA, USSS AF ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Part [4]: Slavelord Retires Dateline: October 28, 1992 Good day people,