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The Hacker Syndrome - How they did it
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September 5, 1986
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Be on the look out for the following 2 computer hackers
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that have recently started a raid of computer bulletin boards
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in the Southern Calif. area.
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Their names are: Steve Shaw and Pat Rajabi. They also
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go by the following aliases: Jim Brooks, Brian Ohart, John
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Aron, Jarrod Anderson, Sysop zz, Yocon Liber, John Smith,
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Nick Rivers, Marc Williams and Max Sterling.
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They have broken into a large PCBoard in this area and
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have downloaded their membership list and crashed the board.
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They have edited this list down to all sysops that have
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logged onto this PCBoard and have been calling these boards,
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logging on as they sysop and using the sysop's password. If
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you are a sysop and if you use different passwords you have
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nothing to fear. But, if you use the same password for
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calling other boards and use it on your own board, you are in
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for some real trouble, especially if your system is a PCBoard
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or a Fido BBS.
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I have called some sysops about this but gave up when I
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learned that they had all ready been hit or knew about the
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breech. If you operate a BBS-PC system you are relatively
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safe. They will download your membership directory in search
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of more sysops and that is about all. For other boards, they
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can be very destructive.
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When they log on to your board using your name and
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password they will quickly assign themselves top level
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security access and log off in hope of not being noticed.
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Then they will log back on using their own name, enter
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your membership records and create the above fictious names
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and give them all sysop status. If they run out of things to
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do they will try and exit to DOS and attempt a format of your
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discs.
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I have 100 pages of docs on hand showing what they do
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and how they do it (all my boards activities are logged to
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disk) and also they were dumb enough to upload their hit list
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from a PCBoard they raided that contains names of many sysops
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not only in Calif., but also in other states.
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One sysop I talked to knows these criminal's real
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addresses and phone numbers and is contacting the
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authorities. This sysop talked to Steve Shaw and told me
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that Steve Shaw informed him that they were out to destroy
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"every PCBoard in America." This threat should not be taken
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lightly. This guy means exactly what he says. He has all
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ready proven it in this area.
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If you notice these people's names on your BBS I would
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suggest deleting your entire membership log and starting over
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requiring your members to enter with new passwords that they
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have not used before.
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If you haven't been hit, I would strongly suggest
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changing your password to your board daily or weekly. These
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hackers are not exceptionally bright and are easy to catch if
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you are aware of how they operate.
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If you have any further questions, or if you would like
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to know if you are on their hit list please contact BBS-Buena
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The Hacker Syndrome - How they did it
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September 5, 1986
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Park at (714) 821-5014. Don't ask for a copy of their hit
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list because I will not put it out on the boards for security
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reasons to others. But, if you know of a Pirate BBS, I'm
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sure that this list is on their. It is an extensive list and
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I'm sure that it has come from one of the very popular
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PCBoards in this area. I don't know which one, if that is
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what you are asking yourself.
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I am sure that these hackers will have their fun and
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quit but until then: play it safe!
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Ken Hedgecock
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SysOp: BBS-Buena Park
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