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- IN THIS ISSUE:
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- * Batavia Student Suspected in $24,468 Scam
- * REVIEW : Crusader's Tele-Net Scanner
- * Theft Finess -- Getting long lasting codes
- * The "new" Security System #7
- * AT+T Introduces a new NetWork
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- Batavia Student Suspected in $fcDI
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- Democrat and Chronicle
- Dec 22nd
- Rochester, NY
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- BATAVIA - A 17-year-old high school student is facing charges for his part
- in a home computer scam that left Wisconsin County with a $24,468 phone
- bill.
- The youth is suspected of gaining illegal acess to telephone lines by
- breaking computer codes, investigators said.
- He then would share the codes with other home computer operators -
- sometimes called Hackers - so they could communicate via their computers
- and charge the call to a third party, Genesee County Assistant District
- Attorney Robert Noonan said yesterday.
- Possibly up to 100 people used it, Noonan said.
- Investigators are discussing whether to take the case before a grand
- jury or offer the youth a deal involving crimunal charges and restitution,
- Noonan said.
- The youth was not identified because he is not charged now.
- In September another Genesee County man was believed to be the first
- person in the state to be convicted under a recent computer-tampering law.
- Robert F. Versaggi, 31, was convicted of two counts of second-degree
- computer tampering involving telephones at Kodak in Rochester.
- The boy is suspected of making $1,126 in calls himself that were
- billed to Winnebago County, Wis. Hackers made an additional $23,342 in
- calls.
- Noonan was contacted by Secret Service agents when their investigation
- into the Winnebago County phone bills led them to the Batavia youth.
- Authorities seized records and equipment used in the scheme from the youth's
- home.
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- -] Supplied by The Sparrow [Ts/Gary]
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- REVIEW : Crusader's "new" TeleNet Scanner
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- I juu2%9KMC&Us9%s6%+[+l\9 new TeleNet scanning program, and I
- have to say, I'll give it a thumbs up! The program is used to find valid
- TeleNet identifiers, very much similar to wardialing for modems. The
- program dials up your local TeleNet and starting at the area code, and id
- you define, sequentialy scans to find working systems. The program has a
- configuration menu that will allow you to change the baud rate, speaker
- on/off, (by changing the dialing string), the local TeleNet access number,
- starting Area Code and id, and whether or not you want it to scan auto-
- matically, or manually. You may also change the filename, or device that
- you wish to have the valid identifiers saved to...
- In Auto-Scan the program does everything itself, from dialing telenet
- to entering the terminal type and identifiers. When in manual scan, it
- acts like a terminal, and when you recieve the @ symbol, (prompt to enter
- id) you hit the proper consol key, and the program sends the next id in
- the series.
- The program can be set to work at any baud rate, but 1200 works best.
- When setting the baud rate, you must make sure ahead of time, that the
- TeleNet dialup you are using will accept that speed, or the program will
- lock up if it attempts to connect at 2400 baud, when TeleNet will only
- accept 1200.
- The dialing string parameter allows you to set certain registers on
- your modem if you like before dialing. The default setting is ATM0DT, which
- will first turn the speaker off, and then dial in touch tone. You can how-
- ever change that to ATM1DT it you would like the speaker to be on while
- it is scanning.
- To run TeleNet scanner, you must have an RS232 handler installed, and
- a hayes compatible modem connected. Using a Hayes(r) SmartModem is the
- best choice. The program may work with other hayes compatible modems, but
- we can't insure that it will work with other modems besides the Hayes.
- The program is protected against editing, so you can not modify it to
- suit your own needs, but it should fill most of the requirements you would
- need for scanning TeleNet. The program has a few minor bugs, which can
- usually be avoided. First of all, if the program dials up TeleNet, and
- TeleNet does not answer, or doesn not answer at the right baud rate, the
- program will lock up, and the only way to get out of it is by pressing
- System Reset, which will reboot the system, and previously found identifiers
- will be lost. Also if you experience line noise, the program will fail
- to execute properly, and many times the end result will also be lock up.
- At any time in the middle of a scan, you may hit the HELP key on your
- Atari XL, or XE and the program will abort and return to the configuration
- menu, while saving the results. There is no exit, or return to dos
- function, so when you are done using the program, return to the config.
- menu and press system reset, or turn the computer off to exit the program.
- Crusader is well known in many circles of the tele-com and hacking
- world. He has written many programs for hacking codes, and or war dialing
- modems for the Atari Computer and hayes compatible modems. Mosl`7f the
- programs he writes, he writes with a Hayes SmartModem, so they may not
- always work with other types of modems. You should keep this in mind if you
- are considering downloading a program he has written. Other programs that
- he has released include, CardHacker, the ProHack series, and several others.
- I talked to him recently, and he told me about a new program he will be
- releasing soon, called The Prowler. The Prowler is an advanced modem
- scanner with built in full featured terminal. It operates at 3, 12, and
- 2400 baud. The terminal feature includes baud, and translation settings,
- as well as a good sized buffer (over 5k) for capturing text. The Prowler
- will also can for dialtones, to find local pbx's, or new~r 950 dialups. It
- is all menu driven, and should be easy to use. The Prowler will ONLY run
- on Hayes SmartModem's, and compatibles.
- Also be watching for the ProwlPak, a disk that will be soon released
- containing a autoboot menu program, from where you can select and run The
- Prowler, TeleNet Scanner, or The Theif. Crusader wouldn't tell us much
- about The Theif, but he claims it will be the greatest code hacker ever
- written, with the most features, and the easiest to use. Also be looking
- for ARTS, The [A]tari [R]emote [T]rading [S]ystem. It is a small bulletin
- board system designed after the Apple AE concept. Most of his programs can
- be found on a good bbs near you, so ask around!
-
- -] Written by Norman Bates
-
- (If you have a program, or know of one that you think the rest of the
- phreaking/hacking world should know about, then drop us a line. It doesn't
- matter what kind of computer it is written for, we will be willing to give
- it a look...)
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- Theft Finess
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- Many of you are hacking your brains out with algoritims, math formulas, etc,
- to latch onto the ultimate communications bonanza. I offer an alternate
- method. It's much less exciting, less computer intense, but safer, surer
- and longer lasting!
-
- My method goes like this:
-
- First choose a victim long distance company, then apply for a travel card,
- or calling code. When asked, give them a phony business name and
- telephone number. An always busy number, or always ringing number is good.
- Alas, you will have to give them a legitmate address to get your account
- number. An abondoned house, or house for sale is good. If they ask you for
- a business reference, just make one up, or use a real company that you know.
- They will NOT check up on it! Now just kick back until the card comes!
-
- My experience and faith in the incompetence and stupidity of the corperate
- America yields the conclusion that they don't even look at your account
- until the bill begins to top $1000! Sometimes you will simply get lost in
- the maze of computers, billing, accounting etc and be left alone for a year
- or more!
-
- One example is when my old telephone number was disconnected. Then it was
- RE-connected to someone else, by a caprice of Ma Bell stupidity.(when she
- WAS Ma Bell) My OLD phone # was activated in MY HOUSE!! I had unlimited
- calling for over a year on that number. I never had any problems with the
- real owners of the number. I NEVER heard a peep about paying for their
- mistake.
-
- I just finished an 11 month long escapade with SPRINT. (or U~rS Sprint, or
- who-ever they are now) I never heard a word till the bill passed 1000
- dollars!
-
- The whole gist of the thing is, that there are so many bills and records to
- keep track of, that the telephone companies are drowning in their own
- paperwork! I applied through EASTERN TEL, got a temporary card in 1 week.
- Then it was cancelled because the witch at the customer service office
- cal}iled the phony number I left to find out how I liked the service! I even
- called THEM because I had never been caught so fast. I just told them I was
- a dumb employee working for the company name that I had made the application
- in, and didn't know anything! Although they took my name, which I made up
- for the occasion, I received my PERMANANT travel card in the mail in a week
- from EASTERN TEL!!!
-
- In conclusion, this is war: People die, lives are ruined, property is
- destroyed. Along wi}ith much of what America is supposed to be -- on paper.
- The devistiture is one more salvo against us -- those bottemless pits our
- parents told us never existed. It is up to US to stand up and hit 'em where
- it hurts -- the ONLY place to hit 'em: In the pocketbook!!!
-
-
- 'snuff said.
-
-
- -] Written by Malphigi
-
- (Any comments, personaly experiences or suggestions, please drop us a line
- on one of the bbs's listed at the end of this file.)
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- New Network
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- (TEXAS)-11/11/87
-
- AT+T has announced a new network. The only people I know of so far that will
- be on it are Tandy's Radio Shacks. I'm sure others will follow, but that's
- all the info I have so far, as I just got this tidbit about 2 hours ago.
- Now, I dont have time in life to type in all 340 nodes, but I will give
- you a handful. I know for a fact it's 300/1200 baud, and I imagine, it'll
- host 2400. This is to be released November 30, but I'm sure some of the
- numbers are up by now.
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- Happy hacking.
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- 205-942-4121 201-536-4471 501-225-0978 602-966-6601 602-747-5264
- 805-322-5661 818-346-0037 818-448-2679 213-410-0867 213-603-0110
- 213-739-6900 408-372-0733 714-752-6094 415-834-1850 805-486-4831
- 818-793-1427 714-983-5489 305-898-9402 904-386-7169 813-287-0043
- 305-655-1248 404-395-0662 808-836-1733 515-288-8608 312-454-4474
- 319-391-1370 505-265-1561 405-942-3718 918-492-9208 503-297-7741
- 401-738-8753 803-796-7026 615-265-1280 206-453-0015 414-738-9557
- 608-251-1493 414-778-6100 414-632-3133 304-342-3246 217-753-2025
- 219-423-9481 617-890-6924 617-755-9397 301-539-6100 301-722-7696
- 207-871-0278 616-965-3377 616-241-6797 517-482-8083 517-832-3014
- 313-827-7340 612-858-2210 612-252-2410 816-474-0421 314-862-6638
- 601-355-2092 704-372-6621
- Gimme 1 or 2 hundred hours to phool around with these and other numbers,
- and I'll get back to you with some more indepth info. Well, that should get
- you started. Post results, and we'll all benefit.
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- Laterness3])AABJ%5si
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