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THE SYNDICATE REPORT
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Information Transmittal No. 12
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Released June 21, 1987
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Featuring:
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Computer Fraud Threat Increasing (i.w. 6\18)
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FCC Information Tax Ahead (osuny 6\20)
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Metal Shop Private News (t.k 6\20)
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Breaking the Bootleg Bands (pc.w 6\21)
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Debut Big Smash (nwb.wk 6\21/2\20)
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Misc: Phrack/SummerCon/Osuny News (br.wlf 6\22)
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by The Sensei
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Exposition:
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Once again, TSReport now excepts outside sources. Anyone can write/provide
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information to the Syndicate Report. The Syndicate Report is also altering
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format. Rather than concentrating mainly on BELL orientated information,
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the Syndicate Report now has a more broad interest. Thus, TSR now handles
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all types of news gatherings.
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All articles have been presented by me unless shown at the end of the
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article as the information provider(s).
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Author's Note:
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Hello, and welcome to another issue of The Syndicate Report. This is the
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12th transmittal of Report which makes it well over a year old. I'm
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extreamly pleased by the response and support you have given toward the
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Report. So far the Report has been going strong and will continue to.
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Although I do ask of your help on distributing the Syndicate Report. I
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want all Telecommunicationists to enjoy some of the recent NEWS -- some
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which Phrack Inc. hasn't broadcasted. Thanks, and enjoy.
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COMPUTER FRAUD THREAT INCREASING:
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Corporations are increasingly vulnerable to computer fraud, pointing to
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three factors that make such fraud difficult to prevent: Computer--Savvy
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employees, the difficulty of detection, and lucrative payoff.
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According to the SR, the increasing number of knowledgeable corporate
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computer users, and their ability to access sensitive computer data through
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decentralized processing and networks, contributes to the growing potential for
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corporate computer fraud.
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Computer fraud is also difficult to detect, since the vast quantities of
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data stored in computers make concealing a theft relatively easy. Perpetrators
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seldom leave trails to follow; numbers can be easily changed, and managers,
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investors, and creditors easily deceived.
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Finally, computer fraud is often lucrative. In reported computer frauds
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the average loss is estimated by the FBI to be 600,000$ -- significantly more
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than the 23,000$ average of other types of fraud. And, stressed the report,
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this is only frauds that have been identified and reported.
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Statistics: Losses Due to Computer Fraud
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*************************** ------------ 75% Manufacturing
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######################## --------------- 72% Government
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- 92% Banking
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++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ --------- 78% Insurance
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\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ ------------ 75% Services
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$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ ----- 86% Communication
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&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& ----------------------- 50% Other
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^^ % WHO SAY THEY SUFFERED LOSS
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FCC INFORMATION TAX AHEAD:
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87Jun14 5:53 am from Dalnefre' C-86 Test System
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From: hadeishihusc4.HARVARD.EDU (mitsuharu hadeishi)
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Subject: ATTENTION ALL MICRO USERS!!! FCC INFORMATION TAX AHEAD!!
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Date: 12 Jun 87 15:13:37 GMT
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Reply-To: hadeishihusc4.UUCP (mitsuharu hadeishi)
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Distribution: World
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Organization: Harvard Univ. Science Center
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Hi friends,
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A terrible piece of news I just read about in the New York Times
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this morning. The FCC just voted 4-0 to impose a $4.50 - $5.50 an HOUR
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tax on people who are using the phone system to transmit information
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across state lines. This INCLUDES anyone hooking up to a network,
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not just people dialing out of state!! I suppose people dialing
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into a system with access to Arpanet or even USENET might be charged
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this tax; the information services (Compuserve, etc.) are slated
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to be charged this tax as of January 1. This is an outrageous tax
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which would squelch the burgeoning telecommunications industry,
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and is totally unjustified. I would urge people to write letters
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to their Congressman to protest this unfair and exorbitant "information
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tax" which is based on superstition and lack of understanding of
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the telecommunications industry.
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:::::::::::::::::::::::Information Provided by Mitsu::::::::::::::::::::::::
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METAL SHOP PRIVATE NEWS:
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For those of you wondering what the hell happened to Metal Shop Private
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Recently (Either getting a steady ringing, or Taran King)...the system is temp.
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down due to legal problems TK is having. None of the details are clear at
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this point, but TK thinks the system will be back up shortly. He also added
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that the system may have a new number/location.
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He informed TSR that the legal problem has nothing to do with Phreaking
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or Hacking or anything online related. The system was taken down because it
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would have only brought TK more trouble.
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Stay Tuned for more information...
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BREAKING THE BOOTLEG BANDS:
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Targeting bootleg software in raids reminiscent of Elliot Ness, Canadian
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authorities have effectively shut down three software rental firms and crippled
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a fourth. The software rental business is no stranger to controversy. Rental
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firms say the practice simply enables customers to test programs; the Software
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Publishers Association and IBM counter that such firms violate copyright laws
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by selling programs under the guise of providing preview copies. But the
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recent Canadian experience departed from traditional rental procedure: In
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those cases, the companies apparently fialed to ask for the rented software
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back. Instead, they advised customers to erase the disks after a 21-day
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preview costing 10$ per program.
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When a five member legal team tried to serve a court order of the
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Softsave Preview Club of Vancouver, the team was barred from entering the
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premises. Employees then taped paper over the windows to prevent the group
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from peering inside. "One employee threw a box of files and credit card charge
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slops out of the upper-floor windows," recalls Tate technical support
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supervisor Goepel, who participated in the raid. "He obviously had called
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someone on the phone because a guy was there ready to pick the stuff up."
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Softsave management kept the raiders out in the cold for two hours
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before deciding the search could not be legally prevented. Goepel's party
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then seized cartons of charge slips and hundreds of copies of top-selling
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programs. "No country is worse than Canada for not protecting software and
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for the quantity of illegal software sold.", maintains Chan, international
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counsel for Ashton-Tate. "The people of Hong Kong can't compare with the
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professionalism in Canada. Softsave had a 24-hour phone number with about 20
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phones lines, and we estimated they sent out over 1000 disks a day."
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:::::::::::::::::Information Provided by Stall Eckhouse:::::::::::::::::::::
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DEBUT BIG SMASH:
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A new National Bell "order-by-phone" service got off to a rousing
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start is most regional Bell areas. Rogers U.S. Cable Systems of National
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Bell recently became the first user in the nation of the new order-enter
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technology. And in May, the first full month the service was in use, the
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cable TV firm reported that sales of its pay-per-view programs more than
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doubled Bell action.
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Dialing the first five digits connects the subscriber's line with an
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order-entry processor that works in conjunction with the Automatic Number
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Identification feature of Bell's central offices. The last two digits are
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code number for the program and the time of day viewer wants to watch it.
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This message is for members of Metal Shop Private.
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Many of you may have noticed that MSP has been down the past couple of days.
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Do not expect its return in the near future. Suffice to say that Taran King is
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in "trouble." Please do NOT call him as he will not answer any questions
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anyway and will not appreciate your call. If you have to get in touch with him
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for any other reason besides inquisitiveness leave email to me here, I'll pass
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it along in person when I see him.
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The events concerning MSP should have NO effect on SummerCon so don't worry
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about that. Thanks for your time.
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:Knight Lightning
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Title: SummerCon
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Left by KNIGHT LIGHTNING
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Well first of all, Taran is now accepting calls on his bbs line. Don't expect
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him to tell you what happened and don't call unless you really need too (such
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as SummerCOn stuff).
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PS: As of PWN 16, Lucifer 666 will be writing PWN and starting with Phrack 15,
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Control C will be distributing Phrack.
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TeleComputist Information Line 314-921-7938
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Title: Probabilities on Phrack
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Left by MR. PEZ
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Oh, and supposedly, I'm supposed to have a Phrack Editor account on my board,
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and people will be able to upload articles there. This is after I've been
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talking with Control-C and Live Wire. Have any others heard about this? Live
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Wire has this whole plan of a "Phrack Team" in mind for tons of boards across
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the nation to support and distribute Phrack. Control C wants Phrack to have a
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bigger audience (like it's not big enough already), and wants better
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distributors. Hmm.
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Anyway, I guess you can call my board, the PUB, at 313-433-3164, and talk to
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these people about this. (After SummerCon's over, grr..)
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-pez
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Title: OSUNY BBS BACK!
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Left by THE SYNDICATE REPORT
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The original critically aclaimed OSUNY BBS is Back Up! Osuny BBS is now
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ran on Citadel BBS software. There is a little of everything for everybody on
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this system. Some of the original users are already on...call now and give
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your support.
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Osuny* 914-725-4060
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If there is any question to the information in this file, contact the
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author. Now can be found on the following systems: Metal Shop Private
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in the 314. Major Havoc's BBS 301-668-7657
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This concludes this transmittal No. 12 provided by:
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The Sensei of The Syndicate Report
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Released June 21, 1987
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