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THE SYNDICATE REPORT
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Information Transmittal No. 11
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Released May 19, 1987
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Featuring:
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Pacific Bell Delays Testing on Project Victoria Device (i.w 5\12)
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Coalition Fights Efforts to Deregulate Bell (i.w 5\12)
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Hackers at High School Make Report Cards (cmp.chn 5\14)
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Gambling Hackers Break Casino Computer (cmp.chn 5-14)
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FBI Warns Computer Stores In Wake of Serial Bombings (i.w 5\18)
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State Bill Protecting Electronic Communication (i.w 5\18)
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New England Bell Planning to Offer ISDN (i.w 5\18)
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by The Sensei
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Exposition:
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Once again, TSReport now excepts outside sources. Anyone can write/provide
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information to the Syndicate Report. The Syndicate Report is also altering
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format. Rather than concentrating mainly on BELL orientated information,
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the Syndicate Report now has a more broad interest. Thus, TSR now handles
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all types of news gatherings.
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All articles have been presented by me unless shown at the end of the
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article as the information provider(s).
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Extra Note: 10 Days as of this date before summer freedom!
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PACIFIC BELL DELAYS TESTING ON PROJECT VICTORIA DEVICE:
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In a responce to an FCC decision concerning Project Victoria equipment,
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Pacific Bell said it has postponed its fall LA field test of that technology
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and further development on it.
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Project Victoria is a technology that uses multiple-channel access
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system at each site to allow a single telephone line to carry up to seven
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simultaneous voice and data channels. The lineis divided into two 32-kbps
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voice channels, one 9600-bps datachannel, and four 1200-bps data channels.
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Currently, seven telephone lines are needed to provide this capability.
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The Common Carrier Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission ruled
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March 30 that the multiple-channel access system must be treated as customer
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premises equipment (CPE). In other words, the bureau said the device was
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similar to a telephone and consequently could be provided by an vendor.
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Pacific Bell had wanted the device to be classified as a multiplexer, which
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would allow it to be considered part of the service and not available from
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other vendors. Pacific Bell recently filed a statement with the FCC asking for
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reconsideration.
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The companies that have opposed Pacific Bell include IBM, Tymnet,
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Telenet, Western Union, and the Independant Data Communications Manufacturers
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Associations (IDCMA).
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COALITION FIGHTS EFFORTS TO DEREGULATE BELL:
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The unlikely coalition of computer manufacturers, consumers, and AT&T is
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opposing efforts by the Department of Justice to deregulate the regional Bell
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Operating Companies (BOCs), which would allow them full entry into computer and
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information service activities.
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Currently, the BOCs are restrained from making equipment and providing
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many information services. Those restrictions are being challenged in the
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courts via a Department of Justice brief, and in Congress via H.R.2030, a bill
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introduced on April 9. "The Justice Department, three short years after the
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breakup (of AT&T), is proposing another round of radical chang in the system --
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change that could drive rates up and bring service down," said Sen. Howard
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Metzenbaum in April 30 hearings on the Justice Department's move.
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Officials from BOCs testified that current regulations hamper
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their efforts to provide services and harm the United States' utilization of
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existing phone networks.
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The Justice Department's proposal is being considered by Judge Harold
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Greene of the US District Court in Columbia, who presided over the breakup of
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AT&T three years ago. Department of Jusice officials do not except him
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to make a decision until late summer at the earliest.
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:::::::::::::::::::::Information provided by HP Hatcher:::::::::::::::::::::
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HACKERS AT HIGH SCHOOL MAKE REPORT CARDS:
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Northwest Virginia- Most public high schools in Virginia uses desk top
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computers. But, Northdual High school uses these computers not only to educate
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the students, but also to develop report cards. It seems that a group of
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hackers from the school got into the school's computer via datacommunications,
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and copies the desk top and file for making the report cards. They sold the
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report cards to fellow students with pre-marked grades. The hackers were
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caught after a locker search. Each student hacker are suspended till the end
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of the year. No charges were pended.
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GAMBLING HACKERS BREAK CASINO COMPUTER:
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Las Vega- A group of computer hackers employed at a Casino in downtown
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Las Vegas were charged with tampering with Casino Computers. Apparently the
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computers were used by the Casino Room to pre-radomly pick cards and
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distribute them to the players. The Casino Hackers cracked the gambling
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computer and copied from defined cards in decks. The hackers used them to bet
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millions of dollars on the card game. They were caught with the numbers while
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exchanging valid codes. The Casino Room's name and Hackers were not
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identified.
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FBI WARNS COMPUTER STORES IN WAKE OF SERIAL BOMBINGS:
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An unidentified serial bomber who has already killed one man and injured
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21 others may be targeting computer-related businesses and university depart-
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ments, the FBI said last week.
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The agency is warning computer retailers and universities that the
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bomber may strike again soon, according to F. Call, and special agent with
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the FBI.
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Since 1978, the bomber has either mailed or placed at least a dozen
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explosive devices in eight cities from Chicago to San Francisco. The last two
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incidents have occurred at computer stores in Sacramento, Calif., and
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Salt Lake City. A bomb placed outside the rear entrance of Rentech in
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Sacramento on December 11, 1985, killed the store's owner. The last bombing
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linked to the man occurred on February 20, 1987, at Caam's Inc., Salt Lake City
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computer store, injuring one employee.
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The materials and techniques used in making the bombs have led
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investigators to conclude they are the working of a single individual. A
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special task force call Unabom, composed of agents from the FBI, the Bureau of
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Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and U.S. Postal Inspectors is offering a 60,000$
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reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the bomber.
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Persons with information about the bomber are asked to call the Unabom
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hotline at 801-359-1917, or their local FBI office.
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::::::::::::::::Information provided by Mrs. Isle Addict::::::::::::::::::::
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STATE BILL PROTECTING ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATON:
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Sacramento, CA -- An amendment to the Calif. state constitution that
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would give electronic communicaton the same freedom of expression and privacy
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protection as print and verbal communication has been proposed by a LA
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legislator.
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Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 36 (ACA 36), drafted by
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assemblywoman Gwen Moore, would amend the state's constitution to prohibit any
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law from restrining or abridging access to the means of electronic
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communication. It would also protect personal data stored in electronic info.
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systems and computer databases from search and seizure without a warrant
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describing the location to be searched.
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While no other state has a similar law, the bill resembles the
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Electronic Communications Privacy Act passed by Congress last October. But
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that protects users from federal untrusion, while ACA 36 would protect Calif.
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users from state intrusion as well.
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If the amendment eventually passes both houses of the state legislature,
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the public would vote on it in June 1988.
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WRITE YOUR CONGRESSMAN PEOPLE! I know I would want this bill to
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be passed.
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NEW ENGLAND BELL PLANNING TO OFFER ISDN:
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New England Telephone and Telegraph Co. plans to offer its customers the
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high speed voice, data, text, and video transmission capabilities of
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ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) after testing the technology
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this summer.
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The intro. of ISDN technology into New England Telephone's network will
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begin in July with a trial conduted between four of its downtown Boston
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locations. The trail is scheduled to last eight months and will involve 75
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ISDN lines.
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ISDN tech. allows voice, text, data and video to be transmitted
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simultaneously over the telephone line at high speeds. Initially, the
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company will connect 50 personal computers, several local area networks,
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and approximately 100 ISDN telephones.
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After the completion of the July test, the company plans
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to offer ISDN to its customers in the New England area. The fees have not
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been determined.
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New England Telephone estimates that it will spend more than 2$ billion
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between 1987 and 1989 on ISDN tech. Currently, more than 100 digital switching
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systems are in service, along with more than 50,000 miles of fiber cable in
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its fiber optic telephone systems.
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If there is any question to the information in this file, contact the
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author. Now can be found on the following systems: Metal Shop Private
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in the 314. Proving Grounds 612-645-7132.
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This concludes this transmittal No. 11 provided by:
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The Sensei of The Syndicate Report
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Released May 19, 1987
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