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6.1 KiB
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125 lines
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Addr: All North County "Hackers"
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From: The Mongoose Wednesday, December 25, 1985
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Subj: Recent FBI Raid 07:03:01 p.m. PST
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Situation:
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Chase Manhattan Bank has its computer located in Waltham, Massachuttes. We
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will refer to the computer as the IDC (Interactive Data Corporation). IDC has
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had unauthorized entries into their system, starting around January 1985. These
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attempts continued, which were tying up phone lines, changing passwords, and
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threats of destruction to the database. These forced IDC to have the FBI
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investigate and set up a trap for the unauthorized calls. Narrowing it down,
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they found that almost all of the calls were originated from Southern
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California, mainly from North County. The FBI had AT&T put a trap the 1-800
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line around the begining of July, 1985. They kept tract of calls going to the
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system, getting the phone number of the caller, the time, date, and duration of
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the call. Then the FBI checked IDC's records, and if the caller did not have an
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account with IDC, they were committing a federal crime. Thus, the FBI raided 23
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homes, all juviniles, except for one adult on te night of October 15, 1985 at
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7:30 p.m. They said it was a breakup of a "major hacking ring".
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Law:
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Yes, it is a federal crime to call an unauthorized 1-800 number. If you have
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any doubts, ask any DA. This law was passed in late 1984, stating that you can
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not call an 1-800 number without verbal or written permission. You say, "They
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are on T.V., magazines... They are free!" Not quite. You see, the people at
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the other end pay for all the times you call, or they pay a basic flat rate a
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month [pretty expensive]. T.V. and magazines publish 1-800 numbers because it
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is an excellent sales gimmick. Wo would call to New York to order an egg
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scrambler if you could go get one at K-Mart? The call itself would cost more
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than the egg scrambler [literally], so the 1-800 number just saves you the money
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for the long distance call. Sounds pretty stupid, eh?
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There are no computer hacking laws in the entire American Law. Meaning, there
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have not been any laws passed against hacking, etc. The reason people get
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busted is by calling a numer, start fucking around, get the guy at the other end
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pissed, he calls the FBI, they set up a trap, you get caught, get probation,
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confiscation, and a federal record.
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Involvement:
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23 People; 22 juviniles, 1 adult [Yeah, I said if before]
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All computer equipment, disks, paper, etc. were confiscated,
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and "hackers" were questioned.
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The adult called IDC from work, thus losing his job.
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On December 19th and 20th, 11 people got their stuff back,
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having the charges dropped.
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At a "hacker get-to-gether", most of the people showed up
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with their parents [except for the adult, he came with his
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wife] and discussed what happened.
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Some of the juviniles called 80-90 times a day, with access
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into the entire system, and calls up to 7-7.5 hours long.
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Some people called only once, and still got busted.
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Of all of the people at the meeting, I did not know any
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of them. Quite a few have heard of me, but them, ha! Never
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heard of any of them. The FBI said they broke up a "hacking
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RING" meaning all of us were in this together to destroy the
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bank. Shit, what assholes! [IDC that is!]
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AT&T:
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Now, I don't care what you say, but if you think you know when you are being
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traced, you don't know what the fuck you are talking about. I remember the
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night I called, and nothing acted funny, I didn't get a bunch of inverse "@'s",
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my phone picked up slowly, made a lot of static, clicked a lot; NOTHING! So, if
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you still think that I am wrong, well, I'll tell you one thing, have you been
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busted by the FBI for hacking? If you haven't, and have heard strange sounds on
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the phone, then why aren't you in jail? All my computer friends [ha] say "Wow
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man, the feds are tracing me!", I just call them fucking dumbshits, and tell
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everyone in the entire school over the PA system that "JOHN DOE" doesn't know a
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thing about computers, even though what he says or does in computer class, like
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type "CATALOG" in .002 of a second.
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Yes, my phone was tapped, too. They told me so. The phone worked like the
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day I got it installed. You can't tell. It still works the same!
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Finals:
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You can see, I got my equipment back. I don't know if I am going to hack or
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phreak as heavily as I did, but I am seriously considering the field of
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programming. Maybe call a few local boards, but long-distance boards are OUT
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for me. This MCI and SPRINT shit is gonna come down on someone, and I know it
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will not be me. Yes, a 10 meg system was neat-o, but now, there are three 10
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megs in my area, all the same wares, no big, the computer modem field is really
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for the 13 year olds. If you are (were) a hacker that got busted before, watch
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out!!! They are trying to set-up an "Adopt a Hacker" program for big companies
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with computers. I hope I get to go and scope out Chase Manhattan's big IDC
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computer. Good Luck!
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If you want to try and squeeze more informaion out of me, [you can, there is
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sooooooo much more to this case!] just give me a ring at "The Twilight Zone" at
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619/433-4653. Leave me mail, or tell the sysop, Xeon Knight [Cool] to give you
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a call, message, whatever.
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Until Later,
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The Mongoose
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P.S. Yeah, there is a lot more details, Mr. Spire! I can't include all of
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them, but if you have any more questions, please feel free to contact
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me.
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P.S.S. Please watch out! It can get very rough! Getting busted is NOT fun.
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-Case Closed-
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