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==Phrack Inc.== Volume Two, Issue 24, File 13 of 13 PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN P h r a c k W o r l d N e w s PWN PWN ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ PWN PWN Issue XXIV/Part 3 PWN PWN PWN PWN February 25, 1989 PWN PWN PWN PWN Created, Written, and Edited PWN PWN by Knight Lightning PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN The Judas Contract Fulfilled! January 24, 1989 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "...the other thing that made me mad was that I consider myself, at least I used to consider myself, a person who was pretty careful about who I trust, basically nobody had my home number, and few people even knew where I really lived..." -The Disk Jockey The following story, as told by The Disk Jockey, is a prime example of the dangers that exist in the phreak/hack community when sharing trust with those who have made The Judas Contract. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Let me briefly explain how I got caught... A hacker named Compaq was busted after someone turned him in for using Sprint codes. While executing the search warrant, the state police noticed that he had an excessive amount of computer equipment which had origins that Compaq could not explain. After checking around (I imagine checking serial numbers that Compaq had not removed), the police found that the equipment was obtained illegally. Compaq then proceeded to tell the police that I, Doug Nelson (as he thought my name was) had brought them to him (true). Meanwhile, Compaq was talking to me and he told me that he was keeping his mouth shut the entire time. Keep in mind that I had been talking to this guy for quite a long time previously and thought that I knew him quite well. I felt that I was quite a preceptive person. As time went by, little did I know, Compaq was having meetings again and again with the state police as well as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) concerning finding out who I was. He gave them a complete description of me, and where I (correctly) went to school, but again, he was SURE my name was Douglas Nelson, and since my phone had previously been in that name, he felt assured that he was correct. The Police checked with Illinois and couldn't find license plates or a driver's license in that name. He had remembered seeing Illinois license plates on my car. They were stuck until Compaq had a wonderful: He and I had went out to dinner and over the course of conversation, I mentioned something about living in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. After telling the state police this information, they wrote to Bloomfield Hills and gave a description and asked for any pictures in their files that fit that description. The problem was that several years ago, some friends and I were arrested for joyriding in a friend's snowmobile while he was on vacation. The neighbors didn't know us and called the police. Charges were dropped, but our prints and pictures were on file. Bloomfield Hills sent back 12 pictures, which, according to the police report, "Kent L. Gormat (Compaq) without hesitation identified picture 3 as the individual he knows as Douglas Nelson. This individuals name was in fact Douglas..." A warrant was issued for me and served shortly afterwards by state, local and federal authorities at 1:47 AM on June 27, 1988. Lucky me to have such a great pal. In the 6 months that I was in prison, my parents lived 400 miles away and couldn't visit me, my girlfriend could come visit me once a month at best, since she was so far away, and Compaq, who lived a whole 10 miles away, never came to see me once. This made me rather angry as I figured this "friend" had a lot of explaining to do. As you can see I am out of prison now, but I will be on probation until December 15, 1989. -The Disk Jockey _______________________________________________________________________________ Bogus Frequent Flyer Scheme February 13, 1989 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >From Associated Press An airline ticket agent piled up 1.7 million bonus air miles via computer without leaving the ground, then sold the credits for more than $20,000, according to a published report. Ralf Kwaschni, age 28, was arrested Sunday when he arrived for work at Kennedy International Airport and was charged with computer tampering and grand larceny, authorities said. Kwaschni, a ticket agent for Lufthansa Airlines, used to work for American Airlines. Police said he used his computer access code to create 18 fake American Airline Advantage Accounts - racking up 1.7 million bonus air miles, according to the newspaper. All 18 accounts, five in Kwaschni's name and 13 under fake ones, listed the same post office box, according to the newspaper. Instead of exchanging the bonus miles for all the free travel, Kwaschni sold some of them for $22,500 to brokers, who used the credits to get a couple of first class, round trip tickets from New York to Australia, two more between London and Bermuda, and one between New York and Paris. It is legal to sell personal bonus miles to brokers Port Authority Detective Charles Schmidt said. Kwaschni would create accounts under common last names. When a person with one of the names was aboard an American flight and did not have an Advantage account, the passengers name would be eliminated from the flight list and replaced with one from the fake accounts. "As the plane was pulling away from the gate, this guy was literally wiping out passengers," Schmidt said. _______________________________________________________________________________ Massive Counterfeit ATM Card Scheme Foiled February 11, 1989 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ By Douglas Frantz (Los Angeles Times) The U.S. Secret Service foiled a scheme to use more than 7,700 counterfeit ATM cards to obtain cash from Bank of America automated tellers. After a month-long investigation with an informant, five people were arrested and charged with violating federal fraud statutes. "Seized in the raid were 1,884 completed counterfeit cards, 4,900 partially completed cards, and a machine to encode the cards with Bank Of America account information, including highly secret personal identification numbers for customers." The alleged mastermind, Mark Koenig, is a computer programmer for Applied Communications, Inc. of Omaha, a subsidiary of U.S. West. He was temporarily working under contract for a subsidiary of GTE Corporation, which handles the company's 286 ATMs at stores in California. Koenig had access to account information for cards used at the GTE ATMs. According to a taped conversation, Koenig said he had transferred the BofA account information to his home computer. He took only Bank Of America information "to make it look like an inside job" at the bank. The encoding machine was from his office. Koenig and confederates planned to spread out across the country over six days around the President's Day weekend, and withdraw cash. They were to wear disguises because some ATMs have hidden cameras. Three "test" cards had been used successfully, but only a small amount was taken in the tests, according to the Secret Service. The prosecuting US attorney estimated that losses to the bank would have been between $7 and $14 million. Bank Of America has sent letters to 7,000 customers explaining that they will receive new cards. _______________________________________________________________________________ STARLINK - An Alternative To PC Pursuit January 24, 1989 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ STARLINK is an alternative to PC Pursuit. You can call 91 cities in 28 states during off-peak hours (7pm-6am and all weekend) for $1.50 per hour. All connections through the Tymnet network are 2400 bps (1200 bps works too) with no surcharge and there are no maximum hours or other limitations. There is a one time charge of $50 to signup and a $10 per month account maintenance fee. High volume users may elect to pay a $25 per month maintenance fee and $1.00 per hour charge. The service is operated by Galaxy Telecomm in Virginia Beach, VA and users may sign up for the service by modem at 804-495-INFO. You will get 30 minutes free access time after signing up. This is a service of Galaxy and not TYMNET. Galaxy buys large blocks of hours from TYMNET. To find out what your local access number is you can call TYMNET at (800) 336-0149 24 hours per day. Don't ask them questions about rates, etc., as they don't know. Call Galaxy instead. Galaxy says they will soon have their own 800 number for signups and information. The following is a listing of the major cities covered. There are others that are a local call from the ones listed. Eastern Time Zone Connecticut: Bloomfield Hartford Stamford Florida: Fort Lauderdale Jacksonville Longwood Miami Orlando Tampa Georgia: Atlanta Doraville Marietta Norcross Indiana: Indianapolis Maryland: Baltimore Massachusetts: Boston Cambridge New Jersey: Camden Englewood Cliffs Newark Pennsauken Princeton South Brunswick New York: Albany Buffalo Melville New York Pittsford Rochester White Plains North Carolina: Charlotte Ohio: Akron Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Dayton Pennsylvania: Philadelphia Pittsburgh Rhode Island: Providence Virginia: Alexandria Arlington Fairfax Midlothian Norfolk Portsmouth Central Time Zone Alabama: Birmingham Illinois: Chicago Glen Ellyn Kansas: Wichita Michigan: Detroit Minnesota: Minneapolis St. Paul Missouri: Bridgeton Independence Kansas City St. Louis Nebraska: Omaha Oklahoma: Oklahoma City Tulsa Tennessee: Memphis Nashville Texas: Arlington Dallas Fort Worth Houston Wisconsin: Brookfield Milwaukee Mountain Time Zone Arizona: Mesa Phoenix Tucson Colorado: Aurora Boulder Denver Pacific Time Zone California: Alhambra Anaheim El Segundo Long Beach Newport Beach Oakland Pasadena Pleasanton Sacramento San Francisco San Jose Sherman Oaks Vernon Walnut Creek Washington: Bellevue Seattle STARLINK is a service of Galaxy Telecomm Division, GTC, Inc., the publishers of BBS Telecomputing News, Galaxy Magazine and other electronic publications. _______________________________________________________________________________ Suspended Sentences For Computer Break-In February 20, 1989 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >From Personal Computing Weekly "Police Officers Sentenced For Misuse Of Police National Computer" Three police officers hired by private investigators to break into the Police National Computer received suspended prison sentences at Winchester Crown Court. The private investigators also received suspended (prison) sentences, ranging from four to six months. The police officers were charged under the Official Secrets Act of conspiring to obtain confidential information from the Police National Computer at Hendon. One of the police officers admitted the charge, but the other two and the private investigators pleaded Not Guilty. The case arose out of a Television show called "Secret Society" in which private investigator Stephen Bartlett was recorded telling journalist Duncan Campbell that he had access to the Police National Computer, the Criminal Records Office at Scotland Yard and the DHSS (Department of Health & Social Security). Bartlett said he could provide information on virtually any person on a few hours. He said he had the access through certain police officers at Basingstoke, Hampshire. Although an investigation proved the Basingstoke connection to be false, the trail led to other police officers and private detectives elsewhere. Most of the information gleaned from the computers was used to determine who owned certain vehicles, who had a good credit record -- or even who had been in a certain place at a certain time for people investigating marital infidelity. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Of course, the actions for which the officers and others were sentenced, were not computer break-ins as such, but rather misuse of legitimate access. _______________________________________________________________________________ Virus Hoax Caused As Much Panic As The Real Thing February 20, 1989 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >From Popular Computing Weekly "A Virus Is Up And Running" Michael Banbrook gave his college network managers a scare when he planted a message saying that a virus was active on the college system. Banbrook's message appeared whenever a user miskeyed a password; the usual message would be "You are not an authorized user." It was replaced by the brief but sinister: "A Virus is up and running." When the message was discovered by the college network manager, Banbrook was immediately forbidden access to any computers at the St. Francix Xavier College at Clapham in South London. Banbrook, 17, told "Popular Computing Weekly" that he believed the college has over-reacted and that he had, in fact thrown a spotlight on the college's lackluster network security. The college has a 64 node RM Nimbus network running MS-DOS. "All any has to do is change a five-line DOS batch file" says Banbrook. "There is no security at all" Banbrook admits his motives were not entirely related to enhancing security: "I was just bored and started doodling and where some people would doodle with a notepad, I doodle on a keyboard. I never thought anyone would believe the message." Banbrook was suspended from computer science A-level classes and forbidden to use the college computers for a week before it was discovered that no virus existed. Following a meeting between college principal Bryan Scalune and Banbrook's parents, things are said to be "back to normal." _______________________________________________________________________________ Phrack World News -- Quicknotes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For those interested in the 312/708 NPA Split, the correct date for this division is November 11, 1989. However, permissive dialing will continue until at least February 9, 1990. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anyone who is wondering what Robert Morris, Jr. looks like should have a look at Page 66 in the January 1989 issue of Discover Magazine. _______________________________________________________________________________ d telecommunications and the increasing reliance on this equipment by American and international business create a potential for serious harm," he said. Authorities said they discovered the scheme last December after a Rolling Meadows real estate broker reported that hackers had invaded his company's voicemail system and changed passwords. Authorities said they traced the calls into the Rolling Meadows voicemail system to telephones in private homes in Chicago, Columbus, Ohio, and suburban Detroit, Atlanta and Boston. Checks on those phones led them to voicemail systems in companies around the country, they said. [For more information see Phrack World News XXVII/Part One and the article entitled, "Computer Intrusion Network in Detroit," dated as May 25, 1989 --KL] _______________________________________________________________________________ Phreaks Abuse East St. Louis Phone Card September 24, 1989 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ East St. Louis, IL, a dirt-poor minority suburb of the larger Missouri city by the same name was victimized for several months by phreaks without realizing it until the phone bills for a one year period were audited recently. According to a recent story in the Belleville, IL (News-Democrat), the city is being billed for phone calls to dial-a-porn services and from points as far flung as Florida and Texas. The monthly phone bill for the city of East St. Louis averages $5000, and over the past year it has included calls to nearly every state as well as to "900" area adult talk lines. City Treasurer Charlotte Moore said the number of questionable calls in each month's phone bill, which is usually two inches thick, shows the "need for better policing of phones." No kidding! The (News-Democrat) obtained copies of the phone bill for several months under the Freedom of Information Act, and set about reviewing the places and people called. For example, from March through May of this year, hundreds of dollars in calls were made from places in Texas, Florida and elsewhere, and charged to a Calling Card number assigned to the city. In one instance, a caller in northern Florida made a 288-minute call to Miami that cost East St. Louis $39.27. The (News-Democrat) called the Miami number, and reached a man named John, who refused to give his last name, and claimed he "...had never even heard of East St. Louis..." Calls from one certain number in Houston to places all over the United States accounted for more than $1000 in charges over several months. A man who answered the phone at the Houston number refused to give his name and refused to discuss the matter, or explain how his phone might have been used for the fraudulent calls. Prior to intervention by the newspaper, the city had done nothing. Apparently they were not even aware of the abuse. On notification, the local telco cancelled all outstanding PINS, and issued new ones. Meanwhile, the city of East St. Louis continues to plead poverty. They are barely able to meet payroll for city employees, and have skipped a couple of paydays at that. The city has an extremely poor tax base, and will likely file bankruptcy in the near future. _______________________________________________________________________________ The Cuckoo's Egg October 1, 1989 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage by Cliff Stoll, Doubleday, 1989, ISBN 0-385-24946-2 ($19.95) Book Review by Louise Bernikow, Cosmopolitan, October 1989 Here is a first -- the true story of a man who notices a seventy-five cent discrepancy in a computer's accounting system and runs the error down until it leads to a real live spy ring. Even if you don't know a byte from a bagel, this book will grip you on page one and hold you as ferociously as the best mystery stories. It is astrophysicist-turned-systems-manager Cliff Stoll's first week on the job at a lab in Berkeley, California. The error turns up, and he tries to figure out why, partly as an exercise in learning about the computer system he's going to be working with. Almost immediately, he discovers that somebody had been breaking into the computer network using a fake password. That discovery leads him to other break-ins in other computers, including some in military installations. He alerts the FBI, which, since he has lost neither half a million dollars nor any classified information, says, "Go away, kid." Stoll presses on, sleeping under his desk at night, monitoring the system -- a hound waiting for the fox to come out in the open. There is suspense aplenty, but it's the intensely human, often funny voice of the man on the trail that makes this book so wonderful. Stoll's girlfriend, Martha, a law student, seems like one smart and delightful cookie, and she puts up with his obsession pretty well. In the end, Stoll becomes a national hero. The play-by-play is nothing short of fascinating. [I wonder if anyone got those cookies --KL] _______________________________________________________________________________ Hackwatch Spokesman Charged October 2, 1989 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Taken from Computing Australia Self-styled computer security expert Paul Dummett, alias Stuart Gill, has been charged with making false reports to the Victoria Police following an investigation into claims he made in the daily media late in 1988 and early this year. The articles often quoted Gill, introducing himself as a spokesman for either "Hackwatch" or the "DPG monitoring service". Gill claimed hackers in Australia had gained access codes from others in the US and lifted $500,000 (US) from the International Citibank, United States. Other claims include credit card numbers had been posted on bulletin boards for BBS users' access; drugs, including steroids, were being sold using bulletin boards; evidence of this had been given to the police by informers; and in response, the police had raided several hackers' homes. The police, including the Criminal Investigation Bureau and the Fraud Squad's Computer Section, repeatedly denied the claims. Gill had disappeared, but returned again on September 22 and was charged in the Frankston Magistrates' Court under his real name, Paul Dummett. According to court documents, police investigating Dummett's claims allegedly found Citibank's computer network had not been illegally accessed on its New York number as Dummett had claimed. When Dummett appeared in court his legal aid counsel Serge Sztrajt applied successfully to adjourn the case until October 20. Dummett did not enter a plea. _______________________________________________________________________________ PWN Quicknotes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Hire A Hacker? -- "Some very notable people in the computer industry started out as hackers tinkering around in a mischievous fashion," Ron Gruner, president of Alliant Computer Systems Corporation told Computerworld why he would probably hire Robert T. Morris Jr., of Cornell and creator of Internet worm. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2. Computer Hackers Rip Off Corporate 800 Lines -- Computer hackers pride themselves on never having to pay for long distance calls. How do they do it? Sam Daskam, president of Information Security Association (ISA), explains: Hackers call corporate numbers until they find one with an automated switchboard. The fingers do not do the walking. Automatic caller software is used. Then they link their computer to try all combinations of three or four-digit numbers until they find one which connects them to the company's outside toll or 800 line. Once they get a dial tone, they can make calls anywhere at the firm's expense. Taken from the Security Letter 1989. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3. 900 Service Considered -- There has been talk among some companies about switching from using the 800 toll free numbers to 900 numbers since the ease of use of the 900 numbers has been shown so vividly. This would save the corporations a large degree of money. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4. Grocery Store "Hackers" Sell Drugs And Women -- The VMB (voice mailbox) system of a wholesale grocer in Los Angeles was commandeered to a small band of "hackers," who used the system to run a prostitution ring and disseminate data about drugs. Finally, valid VMB users complained that they could not use the service since their passwords were invalidated. An investigation disclosed that the "hackers" overrode security features and acquired 200 VMBs for their own use. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5. Phone Phreaks Busted In Upstate New York -- Once again it seems that Syracuse, New York is ripe for the picking for law officials to grab hackers involved computer related crimes. In August the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) put a local area police sergeant in charge of contacting a list of local computer users that were using a local long distance service that offered national and international calling. It seems that one user of the service contacted the company about a large bill, $10,000, that he received. The company then put a trap on the code and accumulated a list of unauthorized users to that code. So far the local authorities, the state police, and the FBI have been brought in on the case. They have been interviewing those on the list and so far most have cooperated fully with the police (most offenders are underage). One user called Gunter has even allowed the police to use his computer bbs accounts. The service used by those caught (25 people) where to place long distance calls to France, Dominican Republic, Kenya, and Germany. The callers also used the service to call locally in Syracuse, as one person said that it cleaned up the line noise. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6. Bulletin Board Scanning Saves Boy (August 24, 1989) --Undercover police in San Jose, California, have been watching bulletin boards for several years, looking for computer users who boast about their criminal exploits. It was such activity that led them to Virginians Dean Ashley Lambey, 34, and Daniel T. Depew, 28, who have been accused of conspiring to kidnap a young boy to be filmed as they molested him and then killed him. (Article by Tracie L. Thompson of the San Francisco Chronicle.) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7. German Hackers Attempt To End Smoking (August 29, 1989) -- On Saturday, August 26, 1989, ZDF (the second German television station and one of the 2 nationwide television channels) asked their viewers whether they thought smoking should be banned in public areas. The viewers could reply by telephone, dialing one telephone number for "yes" and another telephone number for "no." Within a time frame slot of 14 minutes, 52,942 telephone calls came in, with a ratio of 54:46 in favor of prohibiting smoking. This means that 29,669 voted in favor of a prohibition, and 25,273 opposed it. On Monday, August 28, 1989, a group of South German hackers claimed to have manipulated the quota by dialing the "yes" number with 83 personal computers at a rate of 4 times a minute; virtually all of their calls came through so that about the maximum of 4,648 "yes" votes came from their computers. These circumstances led to new results in the poll: "Yes" = 25,021 and "No" = 25,273, giving the "no" group a small majority. Story by Klaus Brunnstein - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8. Immigration Chief Proposes National Computer Screen (June 22, 1989) --LA JOLLA, CA, -- The Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, Alan C. Nelson, today proposed a nationwide computer system to verify the identities of all job applicants in order to halt the widespread use of fraudulent documents by illegal aliens seeking jobs. Mr. Nelson also suggested standardized identity cards for immigrants so as to get fuller compliance with a 1986 law prohibiting employment of illegal aliens. Creating a national identity card and other ways of checking legal status or identity have been repeatedly suggested in Congress as tools in fighting unlawful immigration, but have also been consistently rejected as potential infringements on civil liberties. The national computerized database on everybody is one bad idea that simply refuses to stay dead, no matter how many times we drive a stake through its heart -- if the INS didn't resurrect it, the drug czar or the FBI would. "Eternal vigilance..." Story by Roberto Suro (New York Times) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9. West German Computer Hackers Accused Of Spying For Soviets (Aug. 17, 1989) -- Associated Press (Frankfurt) -- Three computer hackers, suspected of giving the Soviet Union information from military and industrial computers worldwide, have been indicted on espionage charges, prosecutors said yesterday. The West German government called the breakup of the spy ring, which gave the KGB secret data from 12 countries, including the United States, "a major blow" to the Soviets. In a four-page statement, Kurt Rebman, the chief federal prosecutor, said it was the first time his office had prosecuted hackers for endangering national security. Taken from the Boston Globe - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10. Challenge To Phreaks! (August 31, 1989) -- Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. (Tokyo) is offering a $7,000 reward to any person or organization that can invade its FEAL-8 private communication and data system, according to an Associated Press report that NTT America Inc. officials could not confirm. The reward offer supposedly expires 8/31/91. No telephone number or other information was included. Taken from the Wall Street Journal. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11. Shadow Stalker Loses Out (August 7, 1989) -- A 17-year-old Michigan boy has been charged with posting stolen long-distance telephone codes on a bulletin board system operated in his home. Brent G. Patrick, alias "Shadow Stalker" online, was arraigned this week on one count of stealing or retaining a financial transaction device without consent. Patrick was released on $2,500 bond, pending his hearing. The youth faces a maximum of four years in prison and a $2,000 fine if convicted. His bulletin board, Wizard Circle, has been closed. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 12. Philadelphia Hackers Change Speed Limit -- Recently an unknown hacker got into the computer that controlled the speed limit on the Burlington-Bristol Bridge. He proceeded to change the speed limit from 45 m.p.h. to 75 m.p.h. A lot of people were stopped and ticketed and judges say they will not hear any appeals because, "the public should know better than that no matter what the sign says." The police claim to have leads, however this is doubtful. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 13. Two Story Jump To Escape From Secret Service (July 26, 1989) -- Red Rebel, a known hacker in Florida was busted by the United States Secret Service and local authorities. It seems that in attempt to to escape he actually jumped out a second story window and ran for a while. The Secret Service confiscated two computers and a load of disks. To make matters worse, similar to Oryan QUEST, Red Rebel is not an American citizen and is likely to be deported. Red Rebel is charged with resisting arrest, interfering with evidence, and something concerning credit card fraud. Information provided by The Traxster. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 14. Fraud Alert (September 1989) -- PBX fraud is busting out all over. Long distance carriers are being overwhelmed by corporate customers demanding refunds for fraud perpetrated on them. No long distance carrier covers their customer's long-term fraud. If you got fraud you got to pay. This is not like stolen credit cards. This is real serious stuff. Thieves are dialing into 800 INWATS lines and, via auto attendants, hacking their way to overseas. The big calls go to drug-related countries, especially Colombia, Pakistan, Dominican Republic, and Ecuador. But no one really knows which countries are drug-related and which aren't. Taken from Teleconnect Magazine. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 15. Motorola Introduces Network Encryption System (August 4, 1989) -- Motorola Government Equipment Group (GEG) has introduced its Network Encryption System (NES), which features the latest in security services for the protection of Local Area Networks (LANs). Designed in accordance with Secure Data Network System (SDNS) standards including SDNS electronic key management, the NES is a flexible internet security solution for Type I applications. The NES is unique in COMSEC technology because the protocol software is loaded via diskette. The NES is installed in the drop cable between the computer and the transceiver, or as a gateway device separating a LAN from a backbone network. The product supports both DoD and ISO internet standards allowing protection over wide area networks. The initial product accommodates connection to IEEE 802.3 and IEEE 802.4 medias. Motorola Inc. has a Memorandum of Agreement with the National Security Agency and anticipates product endorsement in the first quarter of next year. The LAN product represents the first of a family of SDNS products that will provide complete, interoperable system security solutions. Additional information on the NES can be obtained from Joe Marino at (602) 441-5827. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 16. The Death of Shadow 2600: No Accident (July 6, 1989) -- The following is a message taken from The Central Office: 89Jul06 from fdg @ The Central Office MY CONDOLENCES TO DAVE FLORY'S FAMILY AND FRIENDS. Do you all realize WHY a 22 year old died? It says one thing to me. He was killed by some insane ex-CIA types. Most likely under orders from the idiots who tried to prosecute him in 1985. This kind of thing is getting more common under President Bush. He ran the CIA, and he is now encouraging the same dirty tricks to silence people who cause "problems." Abbie Hoffman was done in the same way. A small hypodermic full of prussic aced. You will hear about more ex-hippies, yippies, and hackers/phreaks dying mysteriously in the foreseeable future. You have been warned. And who am I to know all this? Believe me, friends, I am highly placed in the government. You will see more friends die. You may laugh now, but I decided to leave a public message in hopes of saving a few lives. Special Thanks to Epsilon - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 17. Legion Of Doom Members Raided In Atlanta (July 21, 1989) -- The Leftist, The Urvile, and The Prophet, all of the world famous hacking group known as the Legion of Doom, were raided on July 21, 1989. The day in question is interesting because two years prior, that was the same day that a nationwide sweep netted over 80 hackers across the country including famous names such as Oryan QUEST, Solid State, and Bill From RNOC. The charges against the LOD members range from toll fraud to illegal entry into government computer systems, although as it is told, the government systems were entered by the Urvile and the other two had nothing to do with it. Currently, all three LOD-Atlanta members are still waiting to find out what will happen to them as charges have not yet been brought against them, very similar to what happened to the hackers in 1987. It has been said by security personnel at Michigan Bell that these LOD busts were a spinoff of the supposed arrest of Fry Guy on July 19 for his role in the Delray Beach, Florida probation officer scam (detailed last issue). It is believe that he had been working closely with LOD-Atlanta (especially The Leftist) and when caught for the probation office scam, he got scared and turned over what he knew about LOD. _____________________________________________________________________ nces for as much as 3,500 yen. Sakaki also sold about 320 tampered cards for about 2 million yen. One of the presiding judges ruled that using tampered telephone cards on public telephones is the same as misleading Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation into believing the cards -- false securities -- were genuine. Taken from The Japan Times - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7. Computer Virus Hits Japanese Quake Data (October 30, 1989) -- Tokyo; A computer virus has destroyed information at the University of Tokyo's seismological and ocean research institutes, a university official and local reports said yesterday. An official of the university's Ocean Reasearch Institute said the virus was detected earlier this month in five of the center's 100 computers, but was believed to have first infected the computers in September. The virus was found only in personal computers being used by researchers and not major computer systems, the official said, requesting anonymity. He said the damage was not serious. He declined to discuss further details, but a report by the Japan Broadcasting Corporation said a virus had also been found in the computers at the university's Earthquake Research Institute. Thanks to Associated Press news services. (Related article follows) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8. First Virus Attack On Macintoshes In Japan (November 7, 1989) -- Six Macs in University of Tokyo, Japan, were found to have caught viruses. Since Since this September, Professor K. Tamaki, Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, has noticed malfunctions on the screen. In October, he applied vaccines "Interferon" and "Virus Clinic" to find his four Macintoshes were contaminated by computer viruses, "N Virus" type A and type B. He then found ten softwares were also infected by viruses. A Macintosh of J. Kasahara, Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, was also found to be contaminated by N Virus and Score Virus. These are the first reports of real viruses in Japan. Later it was reported that four Macintoshes in Geological Survey of Japan, in Tsukuba, were infected by N Virus Type A. This virus was sent from United States together with an editor. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9. Hackers Can Tap Into Free Trip (October 1989) -- Attention Hackers: Here is your chance to break into a computer system and walk away with a grand prize. The "hacker challenge" dares any hacker to retrieve a secret message stored in a KPMG Peat Marwick computer in Atlanta. This challenge is being sponsored by LeeMah DataCom Security Corporation, a Hayward, California, consulting firm that helps companies boost computer security. The winner gets an all-expense paid trip for two to either Tahiti or St. Moritz, Switzerland. Hackers with modems must dial 1-404-827-9584. Then they must type this password: 5336241. From there, the hacker is on his own to figure out the various access codes and commands needed to retrieve the secret message. The winner was announced October 24, 1989 at the Federal Computer Show in Washington. Taken from USA Today. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10. Groaning Phone Network Survives Millions Of Calls (October 18, 1989) -- The nation's telecommunications network was flooded Tuesday (October 17) night by an estimated 20 million attempted telephone calls from people around the nation concerned about friends and family after the earthquake in the bay area. Except for brief failures, the system did not break down under the record load in the areas damaged by the earthquake. AT&T officials said that as many as 140 million long-distance phone calls were placed Wednesday (October 18), the highest number for a single day in history. Excerpts thanks to John Markoff (New York Times) >--------=====END=====--------<