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Rhode Island Computer Underground Society
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We tell it like it is. Informing the masses.
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Table Of Contents
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1. Introduction to RICUS and Freedom of Information!
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*2. Interview With TeleTerror (RI Local Busted for Alleged Computer Crimes!)
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3. Closing Statements/Miscellaneous
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* An RI-CU exclusive!
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RI-CU Volume 1, Issue 1, File 1 Introduction
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Hello, and welcome to the Rhode Island Computer Underground Society
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Newsletter. This is our first issue, and I (atleast) hope it to be one
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of many. The purpose of this newletter is to keep the masses of BBS users
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informed and keep the #1 BBS ethic: "Freedom of Information" going. There
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should be (almost) no information hidden from BBS users, especially by
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sysops who intend to use it for purposes of oppression and for keeping
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the majority of users under control.
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In order to fully understand the Freedom of Information ethic, you
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must first realize that BBSing is, and I can not stress this point
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enough, NOT REAL LIFE. It is a game, albeit a very LARGE game, but
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still a game. The names we post under while in BBS land are our
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characters, analogous to those in Dungeons and Dragons type adventures.
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Whether these names are our real names, or simply handles, it does not
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matter.
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Our BBS characters, as we call them, are NOT who we really are. It
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is important to avoid taking BBS world conflicts into the real world.
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This can result in a dangerous situation, where the one with the most
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knowledge will cause the most damage to the other, and probably
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also damage himself in one way or another.
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Try to keep what is started in telecom remaining in telecom, and keep
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what is started in the real world remaining there. If everyone followed
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this one simple rule, all would be fine.
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With this, I am a glad to present an interview with a severly oppressed
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BBS user. Some, the oppressors, will be angered by this. To this, I can
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say nothing, except to ask themselves to look at what they have done.
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Robin Hood (Yes, you all know me by some other handle)
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-Editor, RI Computer Underground Society Newsletter
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[Note: The RI Computer Underground Society name has been abused lately,
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through board crashings and such. We no longer promote such activities.
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If you find a hole/bug/backdoor in a BBS system, we suggest leaving
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the sysop a message stating the hole and how it could be used to cause
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damage.]
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RI-CU Volume 1, Issue 1, File 2 Interview
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Robert King (AKA Teleterror, AKA Eternity) was arrested on Friday,
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March 13, 1992 and charged with 6 Federal Offenses.
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All persons doing illegal computer-based activities are probably being
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monitored, so cease all such activities if you happen to be one of these
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people.
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Here is interview with TeleTerror, all responses are written just as they
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were heard from TT himself, in the first person form:
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Q: Where were you when the Secret Service arrived?
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I was sitting out in my fathers truck listening to the radio and talking on
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the phone. The phone cord was going out the window... The phone was on the
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ground outside the truck.
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Q: Did they identify themselves at first?
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No, they came up to the truck, opened the door, pulled the phone out of my
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hand, and slammed it down the ground, hanging it up. They said "Wheres your
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father?" I said "I guess he's at his store." At that point, I did not know
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what was going on. They then said "Go unplug your computer!" I started to go
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unplug the computer, and they said "Get back here!"
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There was a lot of yelling.
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Q: What procedures were followed after this incident?
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They picked up the phone, and saw the autodial button labeled "Store", and
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they pushed it. They then told my father to get home, they were the
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Secret Service, etc etc... After that, they hung up the phone. And I said
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"What the hells going on here?" They showed me their badges. They said
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"Secret Service. You are under arrest.", I asked "What charges?" and they
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replied "We don't haveto tell you." I said "I DEMAND to know what I being
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arrested for..." They said "That's too bad, we don't have to tell you
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anything..." I replied "This is a violation of my constitutional rights"
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They said "I'll tell you what your rights are... You have the right to remain
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silent... ...an attorney present...." [etc] Upon hearing about attorney, I
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said "I'd like an attorney." My father then rounded the corner and came to a
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screeching halt, got out, slammed the door, and I said
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"They won't tell me what they arrested me for!"
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My father said "You be quiet."
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We went inside the house. We started talking endless babble, etc.. I sat on
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the couch and used my right to remain silent, not talking.. they asked me to
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leave the room, and I just sat there. They walked out on the front steps and
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I continued sitting. Then I violently tipped the piano over,took some
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silverware out of the drawer, and faked suicide to see what the reaction would
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be. Then they came back in a while later, and I asked again why I was being
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arrested. And they gave this endless babbling about breaking law code xxx, etc
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,etc etc... After that, they took an electromagnet over my disks, illegally
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searched my room, took my notebook, and several loose scraps of paper. Then
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they left, saying that they would be back.
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Q: Did they have a warrant?
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No, they did not.
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Q: _Did_ they come back and what did they do?
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They did not physically come back, but they called and asked questions.
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Q: What were some of these questions?
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They asked where I got all the numbers and stuff.
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Q: What were the laws that you allegedly broke?
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1) Computer Fraud. 2) Network Fraud. 3) Access Device Fraud (password fraud)
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4) Line fraud ("code" abuse) 5) Credit Card Fraud. 6) Extortion.
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Q: Extortion? How could you have done that from your home?
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I was allegedly threatening people with their credit reports.
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Q: Is this stuff easy to do?
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Farely easy, any average person could do it.
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Q: Who do you think turned you in?
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I KNOW who turned me in, it was Andrew Green, who we know from IDS. I have
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reason to believe that they have no concrete evidence, and only
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circumstantial evidence based on what he said.
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Q: Are there any impending lawsuits?
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Possibly the admin. at Brown might be suing, but he has no case.. It was an
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open dialup......no passwords.
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Q: Will you have to go to court?
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I severly doubt it.
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Q: If you could say anything to whoever turned you in, what would it be?
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Drop dead idiotic pathetic dependent social reject who can't stay in college
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or hold a job. You are slime, you have committed worse crimes, you have stolen
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my hobby from me, all because of a three year old grudge.
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Q: What systems were you using?
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I refuse to answer this question on the grounds that it may incriminate me.
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Statement: Thank you for this interview!
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Reply: You're very much not welcome! <click...> <...pause...> <...dialtone>
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[Editors' Note: TT has given us permission to release all of this. ]
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RI-CU Volume 1, Issue 1, File 3 Closing Statements
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The RI Computer Underground welcomes any comments or suggestions. We have
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spies and informants at virtually every corner. Simply leave your comment
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in the common/main section of a local Rhode Island BBS Message network,
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such as NENet, ICN, or RI323 (FidoNet.) Address the message to ALL.
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One of us will read it, and add it to the database of local BBS info. We may
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even publish it in our next issue. Complete with a reply! You will have fame,
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maybe even fortune (second thought, maybe not! :)
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We relize this is a farely short newsletter, but it has been necessitated
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by recent events. We would like to thank those who makes it distribution
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possible (you know who you are... :)
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Rhode Island Computer Underground Society
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We tell it like it is. Informing the masses.
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