==Phrack Inc.== Volume One, Issue Eight, Phile #8 of 9PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWNPWN PWNPWN Phrack World News PWNPWN PWNPWN Issue Seven/Part One PWNPWN PWNPWN Compiled and Written by Knight Lightning PWNPWN PWNPWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWNOn The Home Front-----------------Well lots of things have been happening around here in the past few weeks.For starters, I received a call from Ralph Meola. Apparently someone had lefthis secretary with a message that I had called. Prior to this, someone namedSteve had left a message as well which Ralph had assumed was Slave Driver. Hecalled Steve first, mainly to discuss the letter that was sent to him via PWNissue V. Well eventually he got around to calling me. Not too much was said,but he wanted to clear up some misconceptions about his encounter with SigmundFraud. Meola claims that he never threatened Sigmund Fraud about getting hisaccount to Stronghold East. Futhermore, he claims only to have called himbecause SF had posted several AT&T Calling Cards on an unnamed west coast bbs.Sigmund Fraud still publicly claims that what he said originally was true,but privately admitted that he was lying.Some other developments would include an imposter of myself who is runningaround on bulletin boards. Two of the boards that he is on include EliteConnection (303) and Green Galaxy (714). I have never called these boards andI advise the sysops to remove "my" accounts as this is not me.On the lighter side, Metal Shop Private now has 20 Megs of online storage. TheG-phile library has been re-installed including most of the files from MetalShop AE and Metal Shop Private is once again the official Phrack distributioncenter.Metal Shop AE is down for the time being because Cheap Shades has left forcollege, but he has since brought forth a new system known as the Quick Shop.All former MS AE members have been entered into QS's bbs log. Metal ShopBrewery has lost its modem and its hard drive is fried, so it will be gone fora while.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -From TeleComputist Staff:We apologize for the unoriginality of the free issue. The free issue was putout with the intentions of gaining the trust of the public and in doing so weneglected to come up with completely original material. However, futureissues will be much shorter and contain only original information from theeditor's themselves.TeleComputist no longer consists of set writers and anyone may submit articles.Please note that if you submit an article, make sure that it has not beendistributed or seen by anyone else, otherwise we will not accept it.For subscription information and submission of articles; TeleComputist Newsletter P.O. Box 2003 Florissant, Missouri 63032_______________________________________________________________________________Boston Busts August 9, 1986------------A couple of weeks prior to the above date, Dr. Who came to visit Recent Changeand The Clashmaster. Well, he apparently had cashed roughly 16 checks belongingto one John Martino (a man who lives down the street from him). Around August4, 1986, Dr. Who and Telenet Bob were picked up in a store in North Adams,Massachusetts. They were trying to pass off another check.The police were on the scene very shortly and they were taken in. Dr. Who toldthe police inspector about a PDP-11/23 when asked about it. He had fraudedthis at Harvard University and told them that RC Modeler (also known as RecentChange) had it. They converged on a sleeping RC who confessed everything.Dr. Who is being charged with 16 counts of theft.RC Modeler is being charged with larceny & possibly as an accomplice to theft.Telenet Bob is being charged with 1 count of attempted theft.Dr. Who and RC Modeler are reportedly out of the scene permanently and Dr. Whomay be serving some prison time. Also, RC Modeler, when being questioned, wasasked about Legion of Doom. This is VERY strange since we cannot figure outquite WHY this was asked.Sysops are asked to clear their accounts form any bbs they were on.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------The following is the interpretation of the same events as described by theConcord Journal. The real names of the phreaks involved have been censored.Computer Theft Charge---------------------An 18-year-old Concord man was charged on August 5, 1986 with stealing a $3,300computer [PDP-11/23 with Venix software] from Harvard University and a portablestereo from an unknown store by using checks, police allege he knew to beforged, to pay for the items, police said.RC Modeler, was charged with two counts of larceny over $100, police said.[Also, accessory to the crime, RC says.]Police issued a warrant for RC's arrest after being tipped-off by the NorthAdam's police that he had allegedly made purchases with checks they alleged tobe stolen and forged.North Adam's police, according to reports, arrested Doctor Who, of Lenox, MA.[and Telenet Bob], and charged him with using stolen and forged checks earlierthis month. Police said Who told them about RC's purchases. They said Whowrote checks for the purchase of the computer equipment and the stereo for RC.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------Well, RC might get off with 3 years of probation (including possible drugtesting according to RC.). Dr. Who's court set is set for August 25, 1986.He will most likely be doing some prison time unfortunately. Please addressall further questions to The Clashmaster. Information Provided By The Clashmaster_______________________________________________________________________________Portrait Of The Typical Computer Criminal August 11, 1986-----------------------------------------from PC Week MagazineIn studying the typical computer criminal, the National Center for ComputerCrime Data, in L.A., may have recently shattered some common myths.Rather than being some genius computer programmer, according to the center'srecently published report, the typical computer criminal is just that: quitetypical. He's most often a male, with an average age of 22, and if not, he'snext likely to be 19. Chances are he's a programmer, but if that jobdescription doesn't fit, he's most likely a student or an input clerk.Less than 5% of the time, this criminal will be either unskilled or unemployed,and less than 2% of the time will he be a computer executive.In more than 40% of the cases that the center studied, criminals stole money,and if cash wasn't their style, they split between stealing information orprograms and damaging software.For these crimes, 4/5ths of those caught had to pay a fine or do communityservice or both, or serve less than 6 months in jail. In close to 1/5th of thecases, the criminal's only punishment was to make restitution.Some notes from Sally Ride:::Space Cadet----------------------------------------Pisses me off! How dare they suggest we are not GENIUS computer programmers! Ohwait a minute, I know why they screwed up the statistics! They haven't caughtthe geniuses, so we throw off the statistical skew since we're still free.Also I think it's high time computer executives start accounting for their fairshare of computer crime! They probably don't get in the statistics either sincethey pull off the really big money rip-offs and it doesn't get published by thehigh power companies they work for so the public keeps faith in them. Information Provided By Sally Ride:::Space Cadet_______________________________________________________________________________Dan Pasquale: Still Hostile or Ancient History? September 8, 1986------------------------------------------------Some updated information on Sergeant Dan Pasquale (Fremont, CA PoliceDepartment) aka The Revenger here. Supposedly he has been calling Oryan QUESTon several occasions and filling in Oryan as to his plans on whom to bust.However, an investigation into the truth of this matter shows otherwise.Most recently, Oryan QUEST informed me that Dan Pasquale was trying to gaininformation on The Yakuza. I told The Yakuza about this and had him call Danhimself to find out what was going on.Apparently he had no idea of who he was and had no idea of what he was talkingabout. He just said he'd no idea what I was talking about. He also said thathe'd heard about a Shooting Shark incident much like this one. The Rocker ofSpeed Demon Elite also has called him claiming a similar story. The weirdthing is, he also claims to not have talked to Oryan QUEST since around thebeginning of summer. [Please note that Shooting Shark and The Rocker have beendisliked by Oryan QUEST for some time and that situation has not changed].Dan seemed pretty lax, didn't get excited, and seemed like a decent person allaround. He said he hadn't been on a board for at least 3 months and that boardwas a legit one at that. He concluded by saying he didn't know who or whythese rumors were starting up.Some last things to add, Dan said that he isn't into busting phreaks/hackersand all that stuff anymore. He just proved his point with Phoenix Phortress,took his raise, and got out of the deal. He is now teaching at the academy andis doing patrols. But, aside from that, he claims to have nothing at all to dowith the modem world. Information Provided By [%] The Yakuza [%] Please refer to past issues of Phrack World News for more information on Dan Pasquale and/or Phoenix Phortress_______________________________________________________________________________Zigmond Exposed September 1, 1986---------------Finally after months of confusion and question, the truth about Daniel Zigmondis out. It would appear that Zigmond is not an on-staff programmer at CarnegieMellon University after all, but instead was a sort of part time worker there.Indeed, Daniel just graduated high school with the class of 1986 and currentlyattends the University of Pittsburgh this fall. He started part time work atCMU on April 1, 1984 (April Fools? Not this time).He does have a book coming out on Lisp programming which is what he did atCarnegie Mellon. All of this information came from his boss at CMU. As forAmiga World, Daniel has submitted a few articles, but he isn't "on staff."This came from his Amiga World editor.The reason there is nothing listed in his TRW account now is obvious since heis not old enough to have obtained credit cards, bought a car/house, or much ofanything else.Zigmond says he lied about his age because he thought he would get morerespect. He thought that people would think he was a rodent if they knew hewas only 17 years old.Daniel Zigmond received(s) quite a lot of prank phone calls, including a bombthreat that brought the police to his house, and I ask everyone to stop. Hetried to screw around with the phreak/hack community, but no damage was done.Its time to leave him alone because ragging serves no purpose.As for his article...only time will tell, but the general idea is that he madethat up too just so he could become involved with the phreak/hack community. Information Provided and Researched by Lucifer 666_______________________________________________________________________________Maxfield Strikes Again August 20, 1986---------------------- ---------------Many of you probably remember a system known as "THE BOARD" in the Detroit 313NPA. The number was 313-592-4143 and the newuser password was"HEL-N555,ELITE,3" (then return). It was kind of unique because it was run offof an HP2000 computer.On the Private Sector BBS (Sponsored by 2600 Magazine), Bill From RNOC hadposted a list of numbers that were related to John Maxfield and while none ofthe numbers were anything close to the bbs number listed above, Bill remindedus that Maxfield was the proud owner of an HP2000 computer.This started started several people (including Sally Ride:::Space Cadet andmyself) thinking that there might be a connection. Using resources that Icannot reveal, I was able to prove that "THE BOARD" was indeed aMaxfield/BoardScan operation. I also had learned that the BBS number itselfreally had call forwarding to one of Maxfield's own numbers. On August 15,1986 I made this knowledge semi-public and warned Sally Ride:::Space Cadet andAx Murderer (who lives locally to Maxfield). Unfortunately these warnings werein vain because on August 20, 1986 the following messages were found and sentto me by Sally Ride.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Welcome to MIKE WENDLAND'S I-TEAM sting board! (Computer Services Provided By BOARDSCAN) 66 Megabytes Strong 300/1200 baud - 24 hours. Three (3) lines = no busy signals! Rotary hunting on 313-534-0400.Board: General Information & BBS'sMessage: 41Title: YOU'VE BEEN HAD!!!To: ALLFrom: HIGH TECHPosted: 8/20/86 @ 12.08 hoursGreetings:You are now on THE BOARD, a "sting" BBS operated by MIKE WENDLAND of theWDIV-TV I-Team. The purpose? To demonstrate and document the extent ofcriminal and potentially illegal hacking and telephone fraud activity by theso-called "hacking community."Thanks for your cooperation. In the past month and a half, we've received allsorts of information from you implicating many of you to credit card fraud,telephone billing fraud, vandalism, and possible break-ins to government orpublic safety computers. And the beauty of this is we have your posts, yourE-Mail and--- most importantly ---your REAL names and addresses.What are we going to do with it? Stay tuned to News 4. I plan a specialseries of reports about our experiences with THE BOARD, which saw users checkin from coast-to-coast and Canada, users ranging in age from 12 to 48. For ourregular users, I have been known as High Tech, among other ID's. John Maxfieldof Boardscan served as our consultant and provided the HP2000 that this "sting"ran on. Through call forwarding and other conveniences made possible bytelephone technology, the BBS operated remotely here in the Detroit area.When will our reports be ready? In a few weeks. We now will be contactingmany of you directly, talking with law enforcement and security agents fromcredit card companies and the telephone services.It should be a hell of a series. Thanks for your help. And don't bothertrying any harassment. Remember, we've got YOUR real names.Mike WendlandThe I-teamWDIV, Detroit, MI.Board: General Information & BBS'sMessage: 42Title: BOARDSCANTo: ALLFrom: THE REAPERPosted: 8/20/86 @ 12.54 hoursThis is John Maxfield of Boardscan. Welcome! Please address all letter bombsto Mike Wendland at WDIV-TV Detroit. This board was his idea.The Reaper (a.k.a. Cable Pair)Board: General Information & BBS'sMessage: 43Title: BOARDSCANTo: ALLFrom: AX MURDERERPosted: 8/20/86 @ 13.30 hoursHey guys, he really had us for awhile. For any of you who posted illegal shit,I feel sorry for you. I just can't wait to see his little news article. CablePair, do you have some sort of problem? If you've noticed, just about*everything* posted on this board is *legal*!!! So fuck off! You wanna getnasty? Well go ahead, call my house! Threaten me! HaHaHa, so what are yougonna do, take me to court for calling a bbs? Freedom of speech. YOU lose!Ax Murderer-------------------------------------------------------------------------------Your guess is as good as mine as to what happens next. For those of you whoare interested, Mike Wendland can be reached at WDIV-TV, 313-222-0444,313-222-0540, 313-222-5000, 313-222-0532. Information Provided by Ax Murderer/John Maxfield/Sally Ride:::Space Cadet/Knight Lightning and the PWN Special Investigation Team- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Maxfield is in general pretty proud of his efforts with THE BOARD. He saysthat a lot of the people that he voice verified should have known it was him.However, it is believed that he had a kid helping him do some of thevalidations.According to John F. Maxfield the only reason this sting board was done was toshow "What is currently happening in the phreak/hack community." He said nolegal action will be taken at all, and besides, its fattened his "dossiers" ona lot of people!_______________________________________________________________________________PWN Quicknotes--------------There is a bulletin board called Alpha Center in the 514 NPA (Canada) that isbeing run by a guy named Mike Holmes who is writing a book on the personalitiesof phreakers and hackers. Mike will ask for your real name, address, phonenumber and other things, but it is not completely required. The board is 300baud only.The name of the book is reported to be "Phreak me out!" and it is supposed tobe "not about how to phreak or hack, but about hackers lives and their trialsand tribulations." If you would like to find out more about this board or thebook before calling, either contact Attila the Hun or leave Mike Holmes amessage at his voice mailbox (214)733-5283. For the general password contactanyone of the below contributors, myself or Taran King. Information Provided By (8/1/86) Attila The Hun/Ryche/Sticky Fingers/The Pyro-------------------------------------------------------------------------------People in foreign countries will soon be able to have the benefits of ourfamous 800 (toll free) numbers. In place of the 800 number, foreign callerswill dial 196. This will be followed by a unique prefix and the line numberfrom the company's domestic 800 service.It would work like this: 196-NXX-XXXX. AT&T will bill and record all thesecalls. This will give our overseas (and maybe Canada too) friends theopportunity to take advantage of the US toll network. Information Provided By Sally Ride:::Space Cadet (8/1/86)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------Mountain States Telephone and Pacific North West Bell are trialing workstations to be used to allow operators to work from home via the personalcomputer. Mountain States Telephone has over 100 people in various occupationsworking from home now, while Pacific North West has just built one entireoperating office equipped with IBMs and have several employees working remotelyusing the same technology. Information Provided By Sally Ride:::Space Cadet (8/8/86)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------Supposedly, Bug Byter, Soft Jock, Street Urchin, the Bandit, the Gray Elf,Sea-Saw, and Quick Zipper have all were busted on August 5, 1986. It has alsobeen reported that Street Urchin has to pay $7000 in restitution. Information Provided By Silent Assault (8/8/86)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Commodore Hacker, Hackin Hank was busted for abusing MCI codes and had to paya $2000 phone bill. He was caught after a person he called was called by MCIInvestigations. This person got scared and told them everything he knew. Information Provided By Red Baron (8/8/86)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------The following two phreaks were sentenced about 2 months prior to the date.MOB RULES, who was busted for MF Scanning that he had done 2 years previous,got 90 days in jail, 360 hours of community service, and 5 years probation.Video Vance has been given a flat 90 days in jail for being caught with 11cases of dynamite. Information Provided By <S><C><A><N><M><A><N> (8/8/86)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------There is a bulletin board in Australia with many users interested in learningto phreak and hack. They need experienced people to converse with. Tell thesysop that you are calling from America. The number is 61-3-509-9611. Information Provided By Mad Madness (8/14/86)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------Shadow Hawk 1 was busted for hacking two RSTSs in Chicago. They acquired allof his printouts and disks with information on it. Info by Shadow Hawk 1.(8/11/86)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------The Prophet, formally of the PhoneLine Phantoms, was recently contacted byauthorities for as yet unknown reasons. He has had his computer equipmentconfiscated, but as of this writing he has not been formally charged. And toclear up the rumor, I did not have anything to do with it. Information Provided By Solid State (8/23/86)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------Some notes about Night Stalker's bust here, I haven't really talked much to himbecause his phone line is bugged, I could tell that much from all of the clicksthat I heard after he had hung up while I was still on the line.Some of the reasons that he may have been busted were that credit Card numberswere frequently posted on The Underground and two months ago a member of theUnderground called the White House with a bomb threat and was later visited bythe U.S. Secret Service. They knew this person had used illegal extenders andcodes to make the call. They inquired to where he obtained them and he toldthem all about The Underground.He is currently under surveillance, the Secret Service thinks he istransferring funds and have been following him and taking pictures, especiallywhen he visited his bank. That's about all I know...end of the investigation. Information Provided By Night Stalker-------------------------------------------------------------------------------In the last week of July, Cyclone II mistakenly was playing with a local VAXand became a bit careless with his methods. He was caught. You may havenoticed that he hasn't been calling around for quite awhile. He won't be untilthis mess is cleared up, which should be in the near future.His computer was confiscated, as well as all of his files, papers, notes, andanything else the authorities could find that was illegal. He is laying lowand would prefer not to receive too many calls. Information Provided by Cyclone II (8/4/86)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------For those of us that subscribe to Home Box Office (HBO), did any of you see theHBO movie, Apology? Well the movie was based on fact and being that Apologycan be accessed from a phone line I feel that it could be considered aspossibly having something to do with phreaking. This Apology differs a littlefrom the movie, because with this one you can hear other people's Apology's aswell including the statements made from two phreaks in the Southern Bell area.These two phone phreaks/hackers/credit carders/anarchists as they describedthemselves apologized for all sorts of crimes including $200,000 phone bills totheir phone company, bomb threats to their school, and prank calls to HongKong, Egypt, and London. One of the phreaks identified themselves as "TheCop." Just thought you might be interested to know about it...-KL_______________________________________________________________________________
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