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- # /he Remote Informer Newsletter! #
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- # November TRI Issue: 03 #
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- # The Editors: Tracker, Ye Cap'n, Norman Bates, and The Reporter #
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- ==============================================================================
- = Introduction =
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- It's been a month now, and ALOT has happened. So much, in fact, that the
- infromation will be split into several issues. This should be no shock since
- I mentioned in the first issue that we may put several issues out sometimes.
- I want to congratulate the readers for finally contributing to the
- newsletter. This first two issues were all on information that I, myself,
- obtained. Several people gave me information for these issues, and their
- handle and information is included in the articles.
- ==============================================================================
- = In The News! =
- ==============================================================================
- ITT has 9 digits! | Phreaky Phones Go Down! |Information!
- ==============================================================================
- For those of you who did| The famed Phreaky Phones are down| We have
- not know this, ITT has nine|again. Modem Man, the original person|so much info
- digit codes. They are said|that started them, has said that they|to put out,
- to give better connections|will be down until further notice. In|that we are
- to some extent. This info.|the meantime, other independent boxes|putting out
- was originally given to us|are being started. A listing can be|many issues
- by Party Beast. |made of current ones on request. |at one time.
- =================================================================|If you want
- Magnus Adept Gets Busted | Sprint Codes Are Dying Fast! |all issues
- =================================================================|that are out
- Fellow Atarian and well-| Sprint codes are hard to get and|now, then
- known phreak Magnus Adept|when they are obtained, they tend to|call one of
- got caught by MCI. Details|die rather quickly. Phreakers have|the boards
- of the how, when, and where|been saying that the 950-0777 port|at the end
- are not known at this time.|is dead, but on the contrary, it is|of the issue
- He got caught with 150 codes|still available in states that are|or look for
- and may have to pay up to|not highly abused by phreaks. Here|an editor on
- 50 dollars for each code.|again, rumors are being spread. |a hack BBS.
- ==============================================================================
- = The Best BBS of the Month =
- ==============================================================================
- Starting from now on, we will have a BBS of the month. We will choose a
- BBS, ragardless of computer type, and look at the user participation in phreak
- related matters, as well as quality discussions on the various illegal topics.
- A BBS can remain the BBS of the month as long as they reside above the rest of
- the BBS systems. Even though we will sometimes bring out more than one issue
- in a month, the board will remain BBS of the month until the first issue in
- the next month comes out.
- This month's BBS of the month is FBI PirawU9QsvU2Z[.,H:his board
- because of the large numbers of posts in the bases, and not only information,
- but discussions as well, with a minimum number of posts from raggers and
- braggers. The number for it is 516-661-7360. The SysOp of FBI PirateNet is
- The Phantom, not to be confused with an earlier narc.
- ==============================================================================
- = US Sprint Expected to Trim Staff, Consolidate Divisions =
- ==============================================================================
- New York -- US Sprint Communications Corp., the troubled long distance
- carrier, is expected to announce soon that it will cut its work force by
- several hundred people and reduce its seven regional divisions to 3 operating
- groups, sources familiar with the company said.
- The company's Pacific division is based in Burlingame, CA. The layoffs
- and reorganization are par4@O61y US Sprint's new president, Robert H.
- Snedaker, to reduce heavy operating losses, which analysts expect to reach
- more than $800 million this year.
- Snedaker replaced Charles M. Slibo, who was forced to resign in July
- because losses were running much higher than the parent companies had
- expected. Problems with the company's computerized billing system also
- contributed to Skibo's ouster. US Sprint is owned and operated by the GTE
- Corp. and United TeleCom.
- According to sources close to Snedaker, who was vice chairman and chief
- operating officer of United TeleCom, he is planning to consolidate the
- company's 7 divisions, which operate in the same geographical regions as the
- seven regional Bell operating companies, into 3 divisions.
- The rationale for the move, according to idustry analysts, is that the
- company will need a much smaller work force once it begins handling all it's
- phone traffic on it's new fiber optic network, which can carry a greater
- number of telephone calls at less cost. Company officials have said that
- they expect to have most of the traffic on the network by early next year.
- One source said that there would be more than one round of layoffs in the
- coming months and that the company ultimately plans to reduce its 14,000
- member work force by 15 percent.
- Several top managers are expected to resign as soon as US Sprint
- centralizes its marketing and support operations as its headquarters in Kansas
- City, MO., according to a report in the latest issue of Business Week
- magazine.
- A spokesman for US Sprint said on Friday that the company would not
- comment on the rumors. The company is the nation's third largest long
- distance company, after the American Telephone and Telegraph Co. (AT&T) and
- MCI Communications Co.
- Last year, Washington based MCI undertook a similar reorganization in
- which it posted a $502.5 million loss to write down old inventory and
- restructure operations.
- Analysts said that is US Sprint is to turn a profit, the company must
- increase its market share. "To do this, US Sprint must gain more large
- business customers, which account for about 80 percent of industry revenues,"
- said Robert B. Morris III, Sec]r6ties in San Francisco.
- Morris said that by using a slick marketing campaign to differentiate its
- all-fiber telephone network from those of competitors, US Sprint more than
- doubled its customer base last year. But "most of these customers were
- residential and small business users that added little to Sprint's bottom
- line," he added. "If the company expects to be profitable, it will have to
- concentrate on providing the best service to volume users."
-
- ] This information was supplied by Ye Cap'n
- ==============================================================================
- = Secret Service Cracks Down on Teen Hackers =
- ==============================================>e==============================
- Mount Lebanon, PA -- The US Secret Service and local police departments
- have put a scare into the hacker community with a nationwide crackdown on
- computer crime that has resulted in the arrests of teenage hackers is atleast
- three cities.
- "People who monitor the bulletin boards say there are a lot of nervous
- hackers out there, wondering who will be arrested next," says Ronald E.
- Freedman, vice-president of Advanced Information Management, a Woodbridge, VA
- base computer security firm.
- Nine teenagers from Mount Lebanon Junior-Senior High School near
- Pittsburg, PA, were arrested recently and charged with computer fraud. The
- juveniles allegedly used home computers to gain illegal access to a credit
- card authorization center. They obtained valid credit card numbers and used
- them to purchase thousands of dollars worth of mail order merchandise, the
- police said.
- Freedman says it appears the hackers used some relatively sophisticated
- techniques in the scheme, including specially written software that enabled
- them to bypass security controls and navigate through credit records to obtain
- key information.
- Police officials say that the hackers also obtained access codes from
- pirate bulletin board systems to make free long distance calls and gain access
- to various business and government computers.
- The arrests were the result of a 6 week investigation by the Secret
- Service and the Mount Lebanon police. The police were tipped off by parents
- who were suspicious about how their son managed to obtain a skateboard valued
- at $140.
- The Secret Service was also involved in investigations that led to the
- arrests of several hackers in San Francisco and New York last July.
- Secret Service spokesman William Corbett says that although some reports
- have portrayed the hackers as part of a national crime ring, the cases are
- unrelated. "It's just that a few of these computers hacking cases came to a
- head at about the same time," he says.
- Federal Legislation enacted in 1984 gives the Secret Service, part of the
- Department of the Treasury, a major role in investigating computer crimes.
- Under the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986, computer fraud is a
- felony that carries a maximum penalty of 5 years for the first offense, and 10
- years for the second. Displaying unauthorized passwords on hacking bulletin
- boards carries a maximum penalty of 1 year in prison for the first offense,
- and 10 years for the second.
-
- ] This information was supplied by Ye Cap'n
- ==============================================================================
- = German Teens Crack NASA =
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- Washington, D.C. -- A group of West German teenagers from the Chaos
- Computer Club penetrated a NASA network recently, saying they were doing it to
- "test the security."
- What they got into was SPAN Net, a computer network with about 700 notes,
- whi10 is actually based at the Goddard Space Center in Maryland. All that's
- in there is unclassified data, space science information, and post-flight data
- anaysis. "Anyone with NASA related research can apply for access to SPAN"
- says a spokesman, who adds that the network runs on DEC VAX hardware. "We
- picked up three attempts to gain access and put in security precautions so it
- would't happen." His personal opinion is, "We're happy that they couldn't get
- back in, and decided to go public." He also added that NASA has many other
- networks, many of the classified and "probably inpenetrable. But I do not
- want to challenge anybody."
- How'd they get in? Probably they got a West German NASA licensee, which
- gave them a visitor's pass, then they created new passwords with unlimited
- security for themselves, after which getting around the network was easy.
-
- ] Supplied by Ye Cap'n
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- We look for information in anyway related to the newsletter. If you have
- something of interests, or something that you saw on television, or in the
- newspaper, then upload it to one of the boards listed below. You will receive
- full credit.
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