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- ==Diet Phrack==
-
- Volume Three, Issue Thirty-Six, File 4 of 11
-
- The History ah MOD
- Revision c3 -- November 1991
- Written by Wing Ding
-
- [Originally From The MOD Technical Journal, Issue 4: File 6 of 10]
-
- NOTES: I approximated all dates, as my records are not totally complete.
- If I left anyone out or put someone in that shouldn't be in, fuck off!
- I tried and did spend considerable time researching the dates and
- BBS files, the old MOD BBS software, etc. This file is from MOD and
- was intended for internal group reading only. Non-MOD versions are
- being translated at this time, and will be released at a later date.
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- [ De Hist'ry uh MOD ]
-
-
- BOOK ONE: De Originals
-
- In de early time part uh 1987, dere wuz numerous amounts uh busts in de US and
- in New Yo'k in particular. Word to ya motha'. Fo' de most part, many uh de
- so-called "elite" had gone underground o' had plum gotsten scared out of
- hackin'. Many sucka's, as always, dought hackin' would die cuz' of de raids.
- It wuz right befo'e dese raids dat MOD had fo'med.
-
- It came about when Acid Phreak, den usin' anoda' handle, had been runnin' a
- semi-private fuckin'bbs off his Commodo'e piece uh shit and 10 generic Commie
- drives. It wuz called KAOS, and it attracted hacks and phreaks fum across de
- country (as well as de usual amount uh k0dez d00ds). Nynex Phreak had been
- co-systum mastuh (havin' been AP's partna' fo' about 2 years befo'e dat) and da
- damn bo'd started off wid about 140 users but wuz weeded to de best 60 o' so.
-
- On dis fuckin'bbs, Acid Phreak had gotsten along wid some few "kewl dewds" who
- enjoyed da damn mischievous aspect uh phreakin'. Dey wuz Silva' Surfa' in
- Califo'nia, and Quick Hack in Texas. When de raids came however, Silva' Surfa'
- gots nabbed fo' usin' some PBX in 404 and derefo'e, retired. Quick Hack and
- Acid stayed low and called each oda' less frequently dan usual. Soon dey had
- bod stopped completely. Slap mah fro!
-
- In early time 1989, Acid had jet back into de scene and had called some local
- New Yo'k bo'd wid some somewhut "k0dez-e" attitude called ShadoWo'ld in 212.
- Of course dere wuz lots uh neophytes eaga' to learn mo'e about hackin' and how
- t'call places fo' free. Word! Most uh dem had been in de "duz 950 trace?"
- stage, 'sept fo' someone who went by de handle Harry Hazardous. Unda' de
- handle Phuck Dis (also Bell Bandit which had o'iginally been Nynex Phreak's
- oda' handle), he met wid Harry. Slap mah fro! Soon dey had gained enough
- respect fo' each oda' and decided t'meet. Harry turned out t'be HAC, some
- cyberpunk t'de "T".
-
- In numerous conversashuns between de two, AP had muhntioned de sweetness uh
- tela'fone binnis computa's and how interestin' deir intricate structures wuz.
- HAC wuz some hardco'e systums gangsta' himself, but he had also been partners
- wid someone who came across (and had an impressive knack fo') some telco
- computa's. He went by de name Sco'pion and he also lived in de NYC area.
- Sheeeiit. Soon de dree wuz partakin' in all so'ts uh mischievous pranks and
- unda' de guise of numerous handles (ie. Word! De Potent Rodent, Dream Master,
- Phuck Dis) dey took t'knockin' down de locals who dought "I know all dere be
- about hackin'". It wuz in de midst uh all dis fun dat dey agreed t'fo'm an
- underground group called MOD (approx. June 1989).
-
- About one mond latuh, Acid had been on Altos (revisitin' some chat dat wuz
- once, but neva' again, de heart uh a lot uh fresh gangsta' convos since early
- time '84 o' so) when he came across someone ax'in' fo' Unix gurus. Hims handle
- wuz De Win', and he ran some Unix systum fum his crib in Pennsylvania.
- Sheeeiit. Sco'pion wuz always some Unix guru while Acid had only jet across it
- in college two years back. De Win' offered Acid an account on his systum and
- soon he became "Phreak-Op" on De Sevend Dragon, his fuckin'bbs run off de Unix,
- usin' yet anoda' old alias "Depeche Mode".
-
- Relayin' de info'mashun t'Sco'pion on yet anoda' fresh addishun to de group,
- dey decided t'recruit him into MOD. De fun, it seemed, had plum started...
-
-
- BOOK TWO: Creative Mindz
-
- Wid de addishun uh De Win', came some shitload uh pranks and loads uh fun. 'S
- coo', bro. He hadn't knode much about tela'fone systums, but one thang he
- knowed wuz how t'make Unixes do nifty thangs. Of course, he and Sco'pion had
- undertakun de tax' uh takin' on some wo'dwhile projects and providin' de group
- wid some healdy side-benefits (which kinnot be muhntioned o' commuhnted on at
- dis particular momuhnt in time).
-
- At dis point, de group consisted uh de 4 o'iginal founders (flounders??)
- -> Acid Phreak, HAC, Sco'pion, and De Win'.
-
- Around dis time, 2600 Magazine had 2 bo'ds in opuh'shun. De Central Office,
- and De Toll Center. Word to ya motha'. OSUNY had gone down fo' some funky
- reason a sho't time eardisr. Word to ya motha'. It wuz on De Toll Centa' (Red
- Knight's fuckin'bbs) dat AP had fust met da damn next memba' of de group (and
- coincidentally Red Knight which be de most recent memba' to de group). He
- called himself "Supuh'nigga" and had much de same ideology as de rest uh de
- group. It wuz followin' his group's o'iginal "knock down dose who dink dey
- know everydin'" attitude dat MOD also adopted da damn same muhntality. Slap mah
- fro! Supuh'nigga' wuz drafted and wid him came hours uh discusshuns on REAL
- phreakin' and Social Engineerin'. Dere wuz also some loooong puh'iod of time
- where MOD had some conference bridge set up by SN. Hours of enjoymuhnt and fun
- fo' de whole family and kids uh all ages...
-
- Anoda' gangsta' and telco computa' specialist also seemed t'be real prominent
- and knowledgeable den as sheeit. He wuzn't likesd real much a'cuz he seemed
- t'gots' some rada' large ego, which ah' may add, makes it coo' t'gots' when ya'
- know so's much as he dun did. He went by two oda' handles some long time
- befo'e, and when AP had fust called him up he had an idea he wuz also dose 2
- oda' sucka's, but he had refused to admit so. He declared he wuz "Phiba' Optik
- uh de LOD. Word! " and ax'ed whut AP wants'ed. Sco'pion, Acid and Phiba'
- exchanged ideas on switchin' thera fo' some long while, but den came da damn
- time when PO wants'ed t'know Acid Phreak's digits since he found it "unfair".
- AP muhntioned dat he could prove himself by findin' it fo' himself. Word!
- Armed wid a dialup, PO called Acid back on his real numba' and casually
- proclaimed victo'y. Slap mah fro! And so, Phiba' Optik wuz "brought into" de
- group. What wuz different however, wuz de fact dat he and AP had similar
- interests and started "hangin'" as homeys "around da damn way" along wid HAC
- and Sco'pion in de Village (NYC).
-
- De Toll Centa' went down weeks latuh and PO, AP, and Sco'pion found demselves
- callin' random "newjacks" t'de scene. Word! In dis way dey stumbled across
- Crazy Eddie and some "quesshun and answa' fo'um" among de foe uh dem ensued wid
- Crazy Eddie proclaimin' his eagerness t'learn. 'S coo', bro. Coincidentally
- afta' a few calls t'CE on his crib line he challenged de MOD crew t'find his
- oda' number. Word to ya motha'. Sho' nuff dey called it but coincidentally
- enough, some few days on latuh in de week, some rada' nasal soundin' boy had
- called him sayin' he wuz ITT security(?) and had tried to convince him he wuz
- in deep shit fo' usin' c0des and dat he knows de "numbers uh de gangsta's dat
- gots' been callin'" him. 'S coo', bro. In some rada' idiotic fashion, de ITT
- sucka' attempted t'coax de 3 MOD members t'call him usin' 10488 (equal access,
- fgd). He gave some bullshit numba' to where he wuz at and chilled by his
- little dermal printa' fo' de digits to pop up. Of course, dey realized whut
- some futile attempt t'catch dem dis wuz, and Crazy Eddie had repdisd dat "dey
- say dey duzn't feel likes usin' equal access but dey'll call de numba' anyway".
- It turns out da damn number wuzn't even real and afta' meetin' wid de ITT boy
- on some loop he declared dat dey wuz smarta' dan he dought.
-
- Afta' a few monds, Crazy Eddie wuz introduced t'de group and so, he had gotsten
- t'know de group real well. Unfo'tunately, so's had de Secret Service. Word!
-
-
- BOOK THREE: A Kick In De Groin
-
- Sheeit, suffice it t'say, de fun couldn't last fo'ever. Word to ya motha'. On
- January 24, 1990, de Secret Service visited da damn cribs uh Acid Phreak,
- Phiba' Optik, and Sco'pion.
-
- De raid dun didn't cum as some surprise since dey had been somewhut weary of
- Domas Covenant's behavio' as uh late. Acid Phreak had been away fo' 2 weeks
- (visitin' relatives in some fo'eign country) and wuz *somewhut* surprised
- t'meet such unoppo'tune guests some day afta' his arrival. Phiba' wuz equally
- amused at da damn "cleanin' service" he found so diligently wo'kin' in his
- bedroom. 'S coo', bro. Sco'pion on de oda' hand, 'estremely *enjoyed* de
- do'ough job dey had puh'fo'med at bod his do'm and his house and even saved
- some hardware dey had left behind fo' de next time dey visit (which dey dun
- did).
-
- Days latuh, dey had gone t'meet De Win', which wuzn't able t'rap fo' too long
- since he wuz too busy. Slap mah fro! He had been anticipatin' dis little
- visit fo' awhile dough. His dad dun didn't 'esactly likes de idea uh deir
- presence and kicked deir lack-of-a-warrant asses out befo'e dey gots some
- chance t'put to use deir years uh interrogashun techniques classes. Seems dey
- dink he showed his teacha' a credit repo't o' sump'n...
-
- A few weeks go by, and MOD gits t'know Seeker. Word to ya motha'. He sounds
- def enough, and he knows his electronics so's he be a real valuable addishun
- t'de group. Seeka' made his way in and so's dun did de million-and-one MOD
- stickers and funny-colo'ed-little-box-din'ies. De stickers, uh which, made deir
- way t'Ground Zero's big-ass butt at some 2600 meetin'.
-
- Anyways, de MOD Unix went down, and 3 local gangsta's wid much potential caught
- attenshun t'dem. 'S coo', bro. Dey wuz: ZOD (a Unix gangsta'), Outlaw (just
- a general dude), and sum nigga name Co'rupt (Vax kin'). Afta' days uh gettin'
- t'know dem, dey wuz pulled in. 'S coo', bro. Countless weeks went by wid whut
- seemed likes a dozen MOD fuckin'bbs's on 800s, packet switched netwo'ks, etc...
-
- De group's popularity so'ed in such some sho't puh'iod uh time, but many
- gangsta's disagreed wid de MOD style much in de same way Phiba' Optik had
- enjoyed humiliatin' dose "in de know" publically. Slap mah fro!
-
- ZOD wuz de last uh de group t'be raided (o' at least da damn most recent), but
- gots 'em sum since made much 'haidway into de telecom wo'ld. Outlaw gots 'em
- sum also been somewhut adept wid telco speak. Sum nigga' name Co'rupt, havin'
- been real active befo'e, duzn't gots' some wo'kin' computa' anymo'e and so..
- sheeit, duh.
-
- Two new members wuz introduced around da damn time uh de writin' uh dis
- chapter. Word to ya motha'. De fust wuz De Plague. Word! He had some
- professional attitude and wuz certainly wo'd trustin'. Of course, wid all de
- media attenshun drawn to him and MOD in general, he gots 'em sum decided
- t'remain low and not brin' any mo'e t'himself. Word!
-
- Red Knight wuz o'iginally on trash runs wid Acid Phreak in '89 but wuz not
- brought in until July '90. It seems RK gots 'em sum learned some lot about
- telco ways since he fust put up De Toll Center. Word to ya motha'. RK also
- seems to enjoy reminiscin' about da damn trash run days (of which dere wuz
- quite a few).
-
- As uh August 1, 1990, dere are 14 members. Dese include, dig dis:
-
- Acid Phreak (r)
- HAC
- Sco'pion (r)
- De Win' (v)
- Supuh'nigger
- Nynex Phreak (r)
- Phiba' Optik (r)
- Crazy Eddie (r)
- Seeker
- ZOD (r)
- Outlaw
- Sum nigga' name Co'rupt
- De Plague
- Red Knight
-
- (v) signifies sucka' wuz visited but nodin' took
- (r) means eida' raided o' retired, it's some pickem. 'S coo', bro..
-
- - - -> MOD be now *CLOSED* t'membership. <- - -
-
- Dis be de official (and most likesly t'be da damn final) list
- uh dewds. Of course, members may use some GROUP account o'
- anoda' handle, but da damn fact remains dat dese are da damn ONLY
- members in de group. Unlikes LOD, we know who be in and who
- isn't..
-
- We should also note Julian Dibbell (Dr. Bombay) fo' his wo'k on "Rebel Hackers"
- in De Village Voice on July 24, 1990. He po'trayed de scene da damn way it
- really be and uh course gave us de amount uh coverage we deserve. Word! And
- uh course, we came out da damn way we really are and not as gangsta's out
- t'destroy de wo'ld. Dr. Word to ya motha'. Bombay wuz invited t'de MOD Unix
- right befo'e da damn raid. 'lo and behold.. some front-page cover sto'y.
- Word!
-
- "We rule".
-
- MOD/Fo'eva' We Hack
-
-
-
- BOOK FOUR: End uh '90-1991
-
- Two weeks befo'e his bust, Lo'd Micro wuz introduced into de group.
- Unfo'tunately he wuz busted fo' hackin' FON cards off de 800/877-8000. Sho'
- nuff, he knowed he wuz gonna git busted but he dun didn't listen, o' care fo'
- dat matter. Word to ya motha'. Afta' hours (and hours, and hours) uh
- community service, LM lived t'joke about his o'deal bein' dat he IS some funny
- guy. Slap mah fro! Don't eva' get dis guy drunk.
-
- Fo' quite some long time now, MOD gots 'em sum jet to realize whut some bunch
- of idiot posers de LOD wuz (wid de 'sepshun uh a few). It plum goes t'show,
- ANYONE kin be some great gangsta' as long as enough sucka's dink so's too. Why
- boda' resparkin' interest in MOD? Why boda' keepin' de damn thang goin' when
- de new members ain't half as fresh as de o'iginals? ah' duzn't know, but ya'
- kin ax' Erik Bloodaxe who be de self-proclaimed "leader" at dis point in time.
- Word! Jeez, and ah' dought brin'in' back TAP wuz stupid.
-
- Anoda' posa' dat came out uh de woodwo'k be Skandle (STAN), who somehow decided
- he had powa' in DPAK (Supuh'nigger's group). Afta' hours of tryin' t'figure
- dis one out, we plum had t'conclude wuz plum anoder dumb Jersey hick. Oh
- sheeit.. so's much fo' dat.
-
- A new group, FORCE 1(ONE) Hackers led by Expose(which sounds fuckin gay if ya
- ax' me), decided t'declare war on MOD. Assisted by Hellrat, he says, dig dis:
- "You's guys (MOD) should stay out uh de hackin' buziness 'cuz none uh my fellas
- are 'fraid uh ya'. I'll snatch all uh ya' out mah'self. Word! " ...along wid
- some lot of oda' nonsense about 10-way billin' and oda' ca-ca he's read in one
- too many g-files.
-
- One thang dat's def be de addishun uh a lama' database online (on wingnet now
- MODNET). It's great when you be plannin' roll-ups and shit and it's some great
- o'ganiza' dat takes care uh all dat rummagin' drough sheets and shit. Hundreds
- uh losers fo' hours uh fun. Word!
-
- Durin' de fust week in February, MOD finally declared,"Dat's it. Word! It's
- official now. LOD declares war on MOD. Word! " Oh broder. Word to ya
- motha'...eenie-meenie-minie-moe. Word! I declare war on......YOU. Word!
- Nyah-nyah. Sheeit, it be now de second week uh February and da damn only thang
- dat gots 'em sum happened so's far in de "MOD-LOD War" be dat dere wuz about 5
- invalid login attempts on modnet. It seems dat "MOB" gots 'em sum decided
- t'join in de war. Word to ya motha'. What some fuckin' joke, dey are tied wid
- MCWS fo' lameness (which isn't hard t'do).
-
- De legacy uh de underground "clandestine" netwo'k continues and so's duz de
- war (and ridiculin') against all de self-proclaimed, so-called "elite".
-
-
- BOOK FIVE: Who are dey and where dun did dey jet from?
-
- Sheeit, it's time again fo' anoda' journul. It's now de
- middle uh summa' 1991. Lately we've heard some few fresh sto'ies
- out uh de mouds uh sucka's we duzn't even know. Dere gots'
- even been some few funny occurances in de past few weeks.
-
- 1) Dere are rumours dat Phiba' Optik wuz wuztin' his life
- away and not usin' his talents wisely. Slap mah fro!
- Sheeit, de trud of de matta' is, he gots 'em sum been some
- speaka' in many public debates and conferences on hackin' in
- general and computa' security. Slap mah fro! He be also wo'kin'
- as some programmuh/developuh' fo' some computa'
- firm in NYC. Also, he be wo'kin' closely wid de EFF (which
- recently gots' set up deir own systum fo' deir o'ganizashun).
-
- 2) COMSEC be fo'med. De *new* LOD (whose only member
- consists uh Erik Bloodaxe) goes into de computa' security
- binnis. Nodin' t'date be documuhnted on deir services and
- we gots' yet t'see whut de hell dey kin provide. Word! EBA fo'
- one be an o'iginal memba' and he knows close t'nodin'
- (except fo' de thangs dat he ax'ed Phiba' Optik t'tell
- him). Not t'muhntion dese guys are hardly co'po'ate and gots'
- NO 'espuh'ience in de binnis end uh computa' security; which
- 'esplains why dey gots caught misrepresentin' demselves as
- Landmark Graphics t'oda' well-established computa' security
- firms. Also, dey gots' bragged about narkin' on some few members
- uh MOD in deir jealous rage. Word! Dis we kin prove drough
- insiders.
-
- MOD wuz neva' a text stash "how-to" group. It wuz always based
- on some broderhood type deal and everydin' done be secretive
- and gots 'em sum some purpose behind it. LOD on de oda' hand, never
- made sense t'any uh us anymo'e. Word! It wuz fresh at fust, when
- all de o'iginal (knowledgable) members wuz active, but
- lately it's become t'be knode as some group uh guys wid
- real sparce telecom knowledge ridin' on some name dat once
- actually stood fo' sump'n.
-
- Even Phiba' Optik quesshuned wheda' LOD meant Legion uh Doom
- o' Lump uh Doo-doo (on Gyrotechnic's private fuckin'bbs). He stood
- firm against all de oda' members on de systum until finally
- dey wuz dumbfounded and speechless. Sheeit, de bo'd died.
- Now, PO and da damn rest uh de MOD bunch snatch t'dem likes a
- swatta' to fdiss. Give it up fellas.. it'll neva' wo'k.
-
- 3) Renegade Hacka' (a NYC local) dinks he's def. He gits
- raided, starts rapin', and when confronted by MOD, hides
- behind mommy. Slap mah fro! Den he says he hates MOD (which
- be funny since he wuz sweatin' MOD's nuts since da damn day he
- fust gots some modem; dose who wuz at da damn 2600 know whut
- ah' mean. 'S coo', bro..) De fact remains he be a real losa'
- out t'make some name fo' himself by tryin' t'inspire dose who
- gots' less contact wid de better gangsta's in de community.
- Slap mah fro!
-
- NASTY (his group) = BIG Joke. Word!
- (dey scribble files..de Nashunal Enquira' of de h/p wo'ld)
-
- *Rent-A-Gay Hacka' changed his fone c.. please note da damn new
- one in de database. Word! *
-
- 4) Lo'd Micro gits Xenix and creates whut gots'ta be modnet 2.
- (De Win' be de mina'strato' uh c1 in PA) Crazy Eddie
- plans t'put up some fuckin'bbs (open fo'um) in de 2600 Magazine
- fo'mat (likes OSUNY, Central Office, De Toll Center).
- NO illegal shit...plum deo'etical discusshun..whut real
- gangsta's are made of. Word!
-
- 5) Vinny (De Technician) be "outed". He be an admitted
- homosexual. I'm tellin' ya'.. watch out fo' dese SSWC
- guys..dey're some little funny, ya know?
-
- 6) Mind Rape, o' sump'n likes dat, uh NSA be a new pest.
- Gimme some break. When gots'ta dey eva' learn? Infiniti wuz
- anoda' one, but ah' guess he's kept quiet..which be fresh.
- Let's plum hope he duzn't ax' Mind Dweeb fo' help. Add
- Purple "no-show" Mustard (c0dez kid..see MOD/database fo' mo'e
- info) t'dis catago'y. Slap mah fro! Also, dere's anoda' guy usin'
- Acid's handle in 216. Wasn't home when we called twice. Word!
-
-
- Special danks t'Jack Hitt and Paul Tough uh Harpuh''s Magazine. Word!
- Great guys, fresh scribblers/edito's.. damn dat stuff wuz fun.
- 'S coo', bro.
-
- Hello t'State Police Offica' Donald Delaney. Slap mah fro! Not such
- some bad-ass guy, plum dat he IS some cop and he DID bust some uh us.
- But he also gots dose guys piratin' cellular service in Queens, which
- really wuz a majo' bust. Nice tie. Word!
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- = Anoda' MOD.duh =
- = file = "Mo'e eLiTenezz in one pinky
- = = dan 2 kans uh LOD. Word! "
- = All repdiss kin =
- = be sent to, =
- = dig dis: =
- = =
- = MOD@modnet.UUCP =
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