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BULLETIN
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Msg # 2
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Date: Tue 8-18-92, 5:34 pm
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From: DR. RIPCO
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Read: 555 times
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To: All
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Subject: TRW Masterfile Info
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This is beginning to turn into a real mess so those who seek the truth,
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you've come to the right spot.
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I was informed a couple weeks ago that an article appeared in a newsletter
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called "Privacy Times" where this system was mentioned within it. The
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articles focus appears to be on a "how-to" manual written for penetrating
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TRW's database.
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The second paragraph of it reads as follows:
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Entitled "TRW Masterfile," the manual was published recently on the
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"Ripco" bulletin board by two authors who identify themselves as
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"Citizen-One" and "Evil Priest." One author claimed to have worked
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in TRW customer service for two months, and bragged that his manual
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was the best hackers' guide ever produced to a system that "tells
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you practically every bit of information you could possibly need to
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know about a member in society."
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This matter is an error.
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The file discussed within the article was never published here, although I'm
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not sure how one would consider making a file available for the general
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public to download as "publishing".
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Reguardless of the use of words, the file was never available here in any
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shape or form. The system has been checked throughly including the
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possibility that the file itself became part of another one and was given a
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different name. It was NEVER placed anywhere on the system either in public
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or private.
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My records show one user by the name of "Evile Priest" who called once in
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January of 1992 and another by the name of "Citizen-0ne" who called five
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times in April of 1992. It would appear both are probably the same as the
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authors mentioned although there is no solid proof of this.
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In late April the user known as Citizen-0ne did upload a file called
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"TRW_MAST.TXT" which appears to be the same file mentioned in the Privacy
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Times story.
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This file was deleted from the system based on the self-imposed guidelines I
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operate under since the Operation Sundevil episode. I am not making a
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commentary of the contents of the file itself, just that it's overall worth
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would not be in the best interest of the system.
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My logs of the activity on here also show this file was never downloaded.
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Besides the upload no further records of the file being here exist.
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This article has now appeared to spread a bit more, I was informed today
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that another publication called "Computer World" (8/17/92) has nearly the
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same paragraph in it also mentioning this system as "recently publishing"
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the file in question.
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I want to go on record now before this snowballs into something I'd rather
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not deal with that:
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1) Ripco has never had the TRW Masterfile available in any shape or form.
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2) The authors although mentioning this system as a place to contact them
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were never what I would consider "regular users" of the system.
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3) I or the system have never condoned, sanctioned or authorized anyone to
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use the system's name in the writing of the file or gave permission for
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anyone to use the system as a contact point for and about the file.
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In my opinion the authors of both articles failed to check the facts.
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Dr. Ripco
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