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- - - - - - - Begin message from: NBaheti.es@Xerox.COM
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Return-Path: <@SIMTEL20.ARPA:NBaheti.es@Xerox.COM>
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Received: from SIMTEL20.ARPA by MARLBORO.DEC.COM with TCP; Sun 23 Mar 86 15:19:4
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1-EST
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Received: from Xerox.COM by SIMTEL20.ARPA with TCP; Sun 23 Mar 86 13:19:00-MST
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Received: from Catawba.ms by ArpaGateway.ms ; 23 MAR 86 12:18:40 PST
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From: NBaheti.es@Xerox.COM
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Date: 23 Mar 86 15:18:37 EST
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Subject: Crazy Users - READ THIS
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To: RCPM-SYSOPS@Simtel20.ARPA,RCPMSYSOPS@Simtel20.ARPA
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cc: NBaheti.es@Xerox.COM
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Message-ID: <860323-121840-2300@Xerox>
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The following file was uploaded to my system under the name of
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BADUSER.TXT. The only thig is that the SysOps NAME isnot included
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in the file anywhere. Please pass this around and beware...
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--Arun Baheti
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NBaheti.es@Xerox.COM
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--------------------------------------------------cut here
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Date: 27-NOV-85 and afterwards
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To: All Fido Sysops
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Subject: Improper use of Fido and life threats
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Fellow Sysops:
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I had a user sign on and deposit a bomb. Fortunatly
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it was de-fused by me prior to it going off. It is an IBM
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BASICA program and will not run properly on the Rainbow
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anyway.
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The user used the following alias:
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Name : Harry Blackstone
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City : New York, NY
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Password : Magic
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He logged on to 102/110 on 17-NOV-85 at 3:55pm. The
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program he deposited is called FUTR2.BAS. It attempts to
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kill all files on A, B, C, & D drives. It is poorly
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written, as though by a 6th grader. It is easy to spot. It
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is about 2600 bytes long. Be aware of this user's name and
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password. Spread this message around. Keep a log of where
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and when you've seen him and his actions.
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About one month later, on 19-DEC-85, he came back. He
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saw a little note I had posted in my Free Message Area
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about him and his program. He also noticed that I had
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twitted him. He came back under the name of 'Blackstone
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Harry'. He had info about a home I own and people that
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is on file at the County Clerk's Office and free for all to
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see. He said he was going to put a bullet into a relative's
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head, and rape and sodimize another relative. Neither
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relatives are alive today as they both passed away about 6
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months ago. The house mentioned is not occupied by me but by
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tennants. However the threat was REAL. The police have a
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file on him. Other users have reported to me that they have
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seen him. The FBI knows about and has a file on him. The
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phone company knows about him. The FBI and the phone company
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offered to set line traps for him. I accepted the offer.
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One week later, he left messages containing Visa and
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American Express card numbers on them. These were turned
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over to the authoritys. He claimed to have broken into a
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VAX 8600 and was trying to 'crash' it. Good luck. The FBI
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was involved because interstate crime may have been
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comitted. They since suspect that he is operating out of
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the Los Angeles Area or has contacts here. In exchange for
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phone line trapping I have agreed to prosecute him to the
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fullest extent of the law if captured. He wants to use the
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name Harry Blackstone. He gets upset if he cannot use it.
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Please report any contact with him to either this Fido or
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preferrably the FBI. I am all for a good joke, and it is
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true that no harm was done so far by his program or him.
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But threats like he made (if it is a 'he') cannot be
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tolerated. Passing Visa card numbers around puts our Fidos
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in jepordy as well. We are to a certian degree responsible
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for whats on our boards.
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A short time afterwards, he called my voice number and
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posed as a beneficiary to a good cause. He wanted to come
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collect a donation. The only donation he gets from me is Pb
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in capsule form. It should be mentioned that he has called
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at least one other local Fido here and made the same public
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threat to me on that system.
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One thing this proves is that as Sysops we all have to
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be careful with other's uploads. Check everything, as I do.
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Sometimes a machine language program will get through so
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check these extremely carefully. The program STRING.COM
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available everywhere will assist you in doing this.
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If you are on any board and see Public Messages from
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him before I do, please inform me immediatly. Ignore the
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messages. If he causes you trouble, do as I did and call the
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police, FBI and telephone company. You will be surprised as
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I was to see that these people are very helpfull. Computer
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crime is easy to trace if you have a log as we do and keep
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your evidence updated. I will let everyone know how this
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turns out, and ignore it if he never calls again and makes
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no more threats. As for now, I keep my S & W loaded and
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ready for use. The police agree with this concept. I will
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not hesitate to use it if he finds my newer address and
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comes here. My house is overlooked by 6 others higher than
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it, and all neighbors are in tune to this message.
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Good luck in catching this nerd on your system!
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P.S. Forgive the terrible spelling!
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