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- Volume Three, Issue Thirty-Three, File 11 of 13
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- Sir Hackalot Raided By Georgia State Police
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- "They were pretty pissed because they didn't find anything on me."
-
- Those were Sir Hackalot's remarks to Crimson Death shortly after his run
- in with the authorities. Sir Hackalot was raided by Georgia State Police in
- connection with Computer Fraud. The odd thing about it is that Sir Hackalot
- has been inactive for over a year and no real evidence was shown against him.
- They just came in and took his equipment. Although Sir Hackalot was not not
- arrested, he was questioned about three other locals bbs users who later found
- themselves receiving a visit the same day. Sir Hackalot is currently waiting
- for his equipment to be returned.
-
- Could this recent raid have anything to do with the infamous seizure of
- Jolnet Public Access Unix from Lockport, Illinois in connection with the Phrack
- E911 case? Sir Hackalot was a user on the system and in the mindset of today's
- law enforcement community, that may well be enough for them to justify their
- recent incursion of SH's civil rights.
- _______________________________________________________________________________
-
- Square Deal for Cable Pirates
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- by David Hartshorn
-
- National Programming Service has signed an agreement with 12 programmers
- representing 18 channel for an early conversion package for consumers with
- illegally modified VideoCipher II modules. The deal will be offered only to
- customers who convert their modified VideoCipher II modules to VC II Plus
- Consumer Security Protection Program (CSPP) modules. The program will be an
- option to NPS' current five-service minimum purchase required for conversion
- customers.
-
- Participating programmers have agreed to offer complimentary programming
- through the end of 1991 for conversion customers. To qualify, customers must
- buy an annual subscription which will start on January 1, 1992 and run though
- December 31, 1992. Any additional programming customers want to buy will start
- on the day they convert and will run for 12 consecutive months.
-
- NPS president Mike Schroeder said the objective of the program is to get
- people paying legally for programming from the ranks of those who are not. If
- a customer keeps his modified unit, he will be spending at least $600 for a new
- module in late 1992, plus programming, when he will be forced to convert due to
- a loss of audio in his modified unit. If a customer converts now to a VC II
- Plus with MOM (Videopal), then the net effective cost to the customer will be
- only $289.55 (figuring a $105 programming credit from Videopal and about $90
- complimentary programming).
-
- Included in the deal are ABC, A&E, Bravo, CBS, Discovery Channel, Family
- Channel, NBC, Lifetime, Prime Network, PrimeTime 24, TNN, USA Network, WPIX,
- WSBK, and WWOR. The package will retail for $179.99.
-
- Details: (800)444-3474
- _______________________________________________________________________________
-
- Clark Development Systems Gets Tough
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- by Crimson Death (Sysop of Free Speech BBS)
-
- Most of you have heard of PC-Board BBS software, but what you may not have
- heard is what Clark Development Systems are trying to do with people running
- illegal copies of his software. The Following messages appeared on Salt Air
- BBS, which is the support BBS for PC-Board registered owners.
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- Date: 08-19-91 (11:21) Number: 88016 of 88042
- To: ALL Refer#: NONE
- From: FRED CLARK Read: HAS REPLIES
- Subj: WARNING Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE
- Conf: SUPPORT (1) Read Type: GENERAL (A) (+)
-
- ********************************** WARNING **********************************
-
- Due to the extent and nature of a number of pirate PCBoard systems which have
- been identified around the US and Canada, we are now working closely with
- several other software manufacturers through the SPA (Software Publisher's
- Association) in order to prosecute these people. Rather than attempting to
- prosecute them solely through our office and attorney here in Salt Lake, we
- will now be taking advantage of the extensive legal resources of the SPA to
- investigate and shut down these systems. Since a single copyright violation
- will be prosecuted to the full extent of $50,000 per infringement, a number of
- these pirates are in for a big surprise when the FBI comes knocking on their
- door. Please note that the SPA works closely with the FBI in the prosecution
- of these individuals since their crimes are involved with trafficking over
- state lines.
-
- The SPA is now working closely with us and the information we have concerning
- the illegal distribution of our and other software publisher's wares. Please
- do not allow yourself to become involved with these people as you may also be
- brought into any suits and judgements won against them.
-
- We are providing this information as reference only and are not pointing a
- finger at any one specific person or persons who are accessing this system.
- This message may be freely distributed.
-
- Fred Clark
- President
- Clark Development Company, Inc.
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- Date: 08-19-91 (08:28) Number: 47213 of 47308
- To: AL LAWRENCE Refer#: NONE
- From: DAVID TERRY Read: NO
- Subj: BETA CODE IS NOW OFFLINE Status: RECEIVER ONLY
-
-
- PLEASE NOTE! (This message is addressed to ALL!)
-
- The beta code is now offline and may be offline for a couple of days. After
- finding a program which cracks PCBoard's registration code I have taken the
- beta code offline so that I can finish up work on the other routines I've been
- working on which will not be cracked so easily. I'm sorry if the removal
- inconveniences anyone. However, it's quite obvious that SOMEONE HERE leaked
- the beta code to a hacker otherwise the hacker could not have worked on
- breaking the registration code.
-
- I'm sorry that the few inconsiderates have to make life difficult for the rest
- of you (and us). If that's the way the game is played, so be it.
-
- P.S. -- We've found a couple of large pirate boards (who we have not notified)
- who should expect to see the FBI show up on their doorstep in the not
- too distant future. Pass the word along. If people want to play rough
- then we'll up the ante a bit ... getting out of jail won't be cheap!
- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
-
- Seems to me they are trying to scare everyone. I think the FBI has
- better things to do than go around catching System Operators who didn't
- purchase PC-Board. At least I hope they do. First they put in a key that was
- needed to run the beta version of PCB and you could only get it by typing
- REGISTER on Salt Air, it would then encrypt your name and give you the key so
- you could register you beta. Expiration date were also implemented into the
- beta code of 14.5a, but the first day this was released on Salt Air, pirates
- already designed a program to make your own key with any name you wanted. It
- appears that with this "new" technique that Clark Systems are trying failed
- too. As it is cracked already also. Maybe they should be more concerned on
- how PC-Board functions as a BBS rather than how to make it crack-proof. As
- most pirate system don't run PC-Board anyway!
- _______________________________________________________________________________
-
- Georgia's New Area Code
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Telephone use in Georgia has increased so rapidly -- caused by increased
- population and the use of services like fax machines and mobile telephones that
- they are running out of telephone numbers.
-
- Southern <Fascist> Bell will establish a new area code -- 706 -- in
- Georgia in May 1992. The territory currently designated by the 404 area code
- will be split.
-
- Customers in the Atlanta Metropolitan local calling area will continue to
- use the 404 area code. Customers outside the Atlanta Metropolitan toll free
- calling area will use the 706 area code. The 912 area code (South Georgia)
- will not be affected by this change.
-
- They realize the transition to a new area code will take some getting used
- to. So, between May 3, 1992 and August 2, 1992, you can dial EITHER 706 or 404
- to reach numbers in the new area. After August 2, 1992, the use of the 706
- area code is required.
-
- They announced the the new area code far in advance to allow customers to
- plan for the change.
- _______________________________________________________________________________
-
- Unplug July 20, 1991
- ~~~~~~
- From AT&T Newsbriefs (and contributing sources; the San Francisco Chronicle
- (7/20/91, A5) and the Dallas Times Herald (7/20/91, A20)
-
- A prankster who intercepted and rerouted confidential telephone messages
- from voice mail machines in City Hall <of Houston, Texas> prompted officials to
- pull the plug on the phone system. The city purchased the high-tech telephone
- system in 1986 for $28 million. But officials forget to require each worker to
- use a password that allows only that worker to retrieve or transfer voice
- messages from their "phone mailboxes," said AT&T spokesman Virgil Wildey. As a
- result, Wildey said, someone who understands the system can transfer messages
- around, creating chaos.
- _______________________________________________________________________________
-
- The Bust For Red October
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- By Stickman, Luis Cipher, Orion, Haywire, Sledge, and Kafka Kierkegaard
-
- At 8:00 AM on August 7, 1991 in Walnut Creek, California the house of
- Steven Merenko, alias Captain Ramius, was raided by Novell attorneys
- occompanied by five federal marshals. All of his computer equipment was
- confiscated by the Novell attorneys; including disks, tape backups, and all
- hardware.
-
- Novell officials had filed an affidavit in the United States District
- Court for the Northern District of California. They charge Merenko had
- illegally distributing Novell NetWare files.
-
- A Novell investigator logged on to Merenko's BBS as a regular user 11
- times over a period of a several months. He uploaded a piece of commercial
- software from another company, with the company's permission, in order to gain
- credibility and eventually download a file part of Novell NetWare 386 v3.11,
- which with a full-blown installation costs more than $10,000.
-
- Novell issued a Civil suit against The Red October BBS, and because of
- that Merenko will not go to jail if he is found guilty of letting other people
- download any copyrighted or commercial software. The maximum penalty in a
- civil case as this one is $100,000 per work infringed.
-
- The Red October BBS was THG/TSAN/NapE Site with four nodes, 4 gigabytes of
- hard drive space online and had been running for four years.
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- Novell's Anti-Piracy Rampage
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Novell's raid on the Red October BBS on August 7, 1991 is the latest in a
- two-year ongoing anti-piracy venture. In the same week as the Red October
- bust, the original Wishlist BBS in Redondo Beach, California was also raided.
- Last April (1991), Novell sued seven resellers in five states that were accused
- of illegally selling NetWare. In the fall of last year they seized the
- computer equipment of two men in Tennessee accused of reselling NetWare over
- BBSs. According to David Bradford, senior vice president and general counsel
- at Novell and chairman of the Copyright Protection Fund of the Software
- Publisher's Association, the crackdown on software piracy has paid off.
- _______________________________________________________________________________
-
- Lottery May Use Nintendo As Another Way To Play September 1, 1991
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Taken from Minneapolis Star Tribune (Section B)
-
- "Several kinks have yet to be worked out."
-
- Minnesota gamblers soon could be winning jackpots as early as 1993 from
- the comfort of their own living rooms. The state will begin testing a new
- system next summer that will allow gamblers to pick numbers and buy tickets at
- home by using a Nintendo control deck. The system, to be created by the state
- and Control Data Corporation, would be somewhat similar to banking with an
- automated teller machine card. Gamblers would use a Nintendo control deck and
- a state lottery cartridge. The cartridge would be connected by phone to the
- lottery's computer system, allowing players to pick Lotto America, Daily 3 and
- Gopher 5 numbers, and play the instant cash games. Players would gain access
- to the system by punching in personal security codes or passwords. Incorrect
- passwords would be rejected. Only adults would be allowed to play.
-
- A number of kinks, including setting up a pay-in-advance system for
- players to draw on, computer security and adult registration, must be worked
- out. 32% of Minnesota households have Nintendo units. About half of those who
- use the units are older than 18. Those chosen to participate in the summer
- experiment will be given a Nintendo control deck, phone modem and lottery
- cartridge.
- _______________________________________________________________________________
-
- 15,000 Cuckoo Letters September 8, 1991
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Reprinted from RISKS Digest
- From: Cliff Stoll
-
- In 1989, I wrote, "The Cuckoo's Egg", the true story of how we tracked
- down a computer intruder. Figuring that a few people might wish to communicate
- with me, I included my e-mail address in the book's forward.
-
- To my astonishment, it became a bestseller and I've received a tidal wave
- of e-mail. In 2 years, about 15,000 letters have arrived over four networks
- (Internet, Genie, Compuserve, and AOL). This suggests that about 1 to 3
- percent of readers send e-mail.
-
- I've been amazed at the diversity of the questions and comments: ranging
- from comments on my use of "hacker" to improved chocolate chip cookie recipes.
- Surprisingly, very few flames and insulting letters arrived - a few dozen or
- so.
-
- I've tried to answer each letter individually; lately I've created a few
- macros to answer the most common questions. About 5% of my replies bounce, I
- wonder how many people don't get through.
-
- I'm happy to hear from people; it's a gas to realize how far the book's
- reached (letters from Moscow, the South Pole, Finland, Japan, even Berkeley);
- but I'm going to spend more time doing astronomy and less time answering mail.
-
- Cheers, Cliff Stoll cliff@cfa.harvard.edu
- stoll@ocf.berkeley.edu
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