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# <Tolmes News Service> #
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Issue Number: 18
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Release Date: December 26, 1987
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Welcome to Issue 18. The issues seem to be coming out at about four a month,
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but I expect things to calm down after a while. Many things are happening so
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I thought I should just catch up on some events in the phreak/hack world.
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This issue will deal with a number of things in the phreak/hack world. I'll
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try to just print some news on the phreak/hack world in this issue.
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I'd like to take the time right now to say to everyone:
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
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===== =========
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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year -Hugo
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2600 Magazine's Official Bulletin Boards:
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2600 Magazine now has two official bulletin boards. They are OSUNY and
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The Central Office. Here is the bulletin contained in the November, 1987
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issue of 2600 Magazine:
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"We now have several ways of staying in touch with the rest of the
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world. As promised, the first official bulletin boards of 2600 Magazine are
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online with more on the way."
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"We're quite happy with what we've started out with. The two boards are
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both in area code 914, just north of New York City. Board #1 is the
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legendary OSUNY, a BBS that has been talking about phone phreaking and
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computer hacking for longer than any other board that we can remember.
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In fact, OSUNY is mentioned on the very first page of our very first issue.
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And it's also been referred to in Newsweek, although not very accurately.
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Board #2 is the Central Office, another well known bulletin board for hackers
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and phreaks. We're proud to be affiliated with these boards and we'd like
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to ask anyone else interested in running a 2600 board to log onto these
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first so you can see what a 2600 board is all about."
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"As we've stated previously, these boards are completely open to whoever
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calls in. No area is off limits or for 'elite' users only. There are no areas
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of the systems where credit card numbers, MCI codes, or passwords are
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being posted. But we refuse to put restrictions on users' private mail.
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Above all else, private mail must remain private. Even the system operator
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has no idea what is in each user's private mailbox- that's the only fair
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way to run a system. Of course, it's quite possible that someone will send
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a Sprint code to someone else through the mail. Or an obscene word. Or a
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poem. We do not take responsibility for the contents of private mail. And
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neither does the post o similar in format. there are a series of rooms
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to 'GOTO:'. Some of them are obvious, some may take a little guesswork.
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You can choose the rooms you want to be part of or even create rooms. Entry
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is not restricted or monitored, but you do have to know the name of the room
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you're entering. (This is not hard information to come by, either through
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guessing or asking around.) Files are also stored in some of the rooms.
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These are easy to look at and download."
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"There is plenty of online help availiable to users. and should you run
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into a problem of any sort, simply leave feedback or call us at (516)
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751-2600. Every 2600 board will have an area for users to leave us public
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feedback. Both of these boards have a 2600 room. You can use this feature to
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communicate with other subscribers, offer criticism, praise, and
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suggestions. Of course, you can also do this privately by sending us mail."
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"These systems are completely free to use and full of information and
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interesting users. The number for OSUNY, 2600 Board #1 is 914-725-4060.
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The Central Office, 2600 Board #2 is reachable at 914-234-3260. If you get
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a busy signal, just keep trying. Unfortunately, the 914 area code is not
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yet reachable on PC Pursuit, the service offered by US Sprint that
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allows unlimited computer time across the country for $25 a month. Let them
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know you want the 914 area code added- their number is 800-835-3638 -so we
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can all save on phone bills. And keep checking for future 2600 bulletin
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boards in other areas."
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"While we're on the subject of bulletin boards, we should point out
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that the old Private Sector phone number in New Jersey is no longer in
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use. It's possible we may have sent out some information to new subscribers
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with that number. If you received such propaganda, please disregard it."
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"In addition to all this, we now have an address on the infamous
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'worldnet' discussed in the September 1987 issue of 2600. If you know how
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to maneuver your way around the networks, you can send mail to use at our
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Usenet address of 2600@dasys1.UUCP or our Arpanet address of
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phri!dasys1!2600@nyu. If you have difficulty sending to us at these
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addresses, let us know."
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Well, there you have it. Once more:
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OSUNY............(914) 725-4060
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Central Office...(914) 234-3260
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The Private Sector (201) was previously the official bulletin board
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of 2600 Magazine. Unfortunately, the Private Sector ran into legal problems.
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It was planned to be put back up recently (with a new format) but nothing
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ever became of that. As stated in the bulletin from the November issue of
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2600, please disregard anything about the number to the old Private Sector
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since the number is no longer in use.
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While I'm on the subject of 2600 Magazine, it will now be going into
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its fifth year of publication. For information on 2600 Magazine:
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2600
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PO Box 752
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Middle Island, NY 11953 U.S.A.
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(516) 751-2600
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Also, please check this issue's QuickNotes for something or other about
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2600 Magazine.
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It seems like everyone now has a Voice Mailbox. Why these are so popular I
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don't know.
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Along with these Voice Mailboxes are a number of infolines full of codes and
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other information. I've even seen a few on-line infolines. They're usually
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full of information so if you see one posted somewhere, you might consider
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calling it.
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New Editorship at Phrack!
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<><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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Phrack Inc. Has had a number of major changes in editorship. According to
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Phrack 15:
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"Phrack Inc. is now in the hands of Sir Francis Drake, Elric Of Imrryr, and Shooting Shark."
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The above statement was from Knight Lightning. With Taran King and Knight
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Lightning in college, control of Phrack is in the hands of SFD, Elric Of
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Imrryr, and Shooting Shark. These new editors are not new to the hacking
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world and I'm sure most phreaks/hackers in the modem world are familiar with
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their handles.
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The new editors of Phrack have released two issues so far. The issues are
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#15 and #16 and contain the following files:
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Phrack 15 Table of Contents
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15-1. Phrack XV Intro by Shooting Shark (2K)
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15-2. More Stupid Unix Tricks by Shooting Shark (10K)
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15-3. Making Free Local Payfone Calls by Killer Smurf (7K)
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15-4. Advanced Carding XIV by The Disk Jockey (12K)
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15-5. Gelled Flame Fuels by Elric of Imrryr (12K)
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15-6. PWN I: The Busts by Knight Lightning (xK)
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15-7. PWN II: The Scoop on Dan The Operator by KL (xK)
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15-8. PWN III: The Affidavit by SFD (6K)
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Phrack 16 Table of Contents
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===========================
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Phrack 16 Intro by Elric of Imrryr 2K
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BELLCORE Information by The Mad Phone-Man 11K
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A Hacker's Guide to Primos: Part 1 by Cosmos Kid 11K
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Hacking GTN by The Kurgan 7K
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Credit Card Laws Laws by Tom Brokow 7K
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Tapping Telephone Lines by Agent Steal 9K
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Reading Trans-Union Credit Reports by The Disk Jockey 6K
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Phrack World News:
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The Story Of the West German Hackers by Shooting Shark 3K
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The Mad Phone-Man and the Gestapo by The Mad Phone-Man 2K
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Flight of the Mad Phone-Man by The Mad Phone-Man 2K
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Shadow Hack Busted Again by Shooting Shark 2K
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Coin Box Thief Wanted by The $muggler 2K
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According to Phrack 16, submissions for Phrack can be sent to the following
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bulletin boards:
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Unlimited Reality 313-489-0747 Phrack
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The Free World 301-668-7657 Phrack Inc. (*)
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The Executive Inn 915-581-5145 Phrack
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Lunatic Labs UnLtd. 415-278-7421 Phrack (*)
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House of the Rising Sun 401-789-1809 Phrack
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* You will get the quickest repstems.
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Syndicate Report: Will it Return?
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The Sensei of The Syndicate Report was busted a while ago for various computer
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crimes. The question has arisen: Will TSR return?
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Here's the story of his bust from The Syndicate Report #16:
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"That's right, the TSR Editor in the title definately does symbolize
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me...The Sensei. It's not a very glamorous visit, but here's the story: It
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was Wednesday the 14th of this month in October. Just after school....I logged
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into my local VMS Boxes (8504/8503 etc) to check messages. After logging in,
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I was suprised to hear I had no new messages. I usually averaged 4 new
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messages during the day. Well, I hang up and set up the terminal prog to call
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a few systems. Just as I pick up the phone, my older brother yells to me that
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someone was here to visit me about my computer. Well, you can imagine what I
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thought. I went through the routine of hiding a few disks and files. I then
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walk upstairs to be greeted by an Official from The Connection (a local VMS/
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411 psuedo-service.), and an Agent."
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"They were really nice to me at first. They came up to shake my hand and
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tell me politely I was on the edge of serving time for Edina Minnesota police.
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Up to 90 days, or 700.00$ fine could be brought down on my under Criminal
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Code Statue 609.89 of COMPUTER THEFT. They said they could have tooken all
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the phones in the house and my computer. I couldn't really understand at first
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why they had the right to take my computer. But I thought to myself, this is
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the government...they do as they usually wish to an extent. But I also
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remembered I used the Connection VMS to transfer my Syndicate Report and other
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files I made via computer. They had no warrant, but I wanted to be as
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well cooperated as possible, thus to not make the situation a big fuss. They
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asked to see the computer system I had...I showed them gladly since I knew
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there was no problem in that direction. They also told me right off the bat
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that if I was 18, I'd be in jail etc. I was glad for that law. But they also
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pointed out about some 9 kids (under aged) got busted very recently for carding
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a load of items and sending them t/ a house - the Judge sentenced them as
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adults. The Judge went on bases that if they kids knew how to do all that,
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then they will be tried as adults. Getting back, they then showed me Syndicate
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Report #14 to me. (Nice prinout may I add) This was the month for Report
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#15 Parts 1 and 2, but I hadn't gotten around to posting it on the VMS line."
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"After a while of BSing on such topics as: Why do I Hack, write TSR,
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scan systems and commit other related deeds. I only agreed that yeah, I
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hacked systems...but only to explore them and learn how they work - Not to
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destroy. Well, they then prompted me that the Secret Service had some of my
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Reports and they didn't want to get involved to much."
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The quoted material all comes from The Syndicate Report #16.
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It does seem likely that The Sensei will be producing The Syndicate Report
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despite his arrest. The reference to the 9 kids who were busted for carding
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might refer to an earlier incident in Pittsburg........I think.
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Sysops shouldn't remove The Sensei's accounts on any BBS's.
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*TNS Quick /\/otes*
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TNS will now present a series of QuickNotes.
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2600 Magazine was recently mentioned in PC Magazine by writer John Dvorak.
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The article was pro-2600 Magazine and writer John Dvorak wrote that he liked
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the magazine.
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The LOD/H Technical Journal #3 is due to be released very soon if not already
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released by this time.
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It is suspected that a hacker/rodent named Agent X is being SUED by Martin
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Telecom (or whatever) for $1,000,000. He ran a bulletin board which had codes
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posted regularly. The board, known as Hackers Heaven (312), was promptly
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disconnected. Of course this isn't the first time that a hacker has been
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sued. Allnet Communications Inc. has done this on several occasions and
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Sprint set the record for a suit of $20,000,000 (20 Million) against a
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so-called "ring" of code-sellers.
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It is believed that this individual is being blamed for all losses on every
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code posted on his BBS.
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Note: not all of this is confirmed since this person cannot be reached.
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If this is an incorrect assumption, then I apoligize to Agent X.. even
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though several sources have verified this.
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Phrack Magazine will most likely release Phrack Issue 17 in the next few
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weeks.
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