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º Vaginal and Anal Secretions Newsletter #0062 º
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ÇÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄĶ
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º Date Released : [07/15/92] Author: iNFoWoRLd RePRiNT. º
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ÇÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄĶ
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º More MoD Bust News - From Infoworld Magazine. º
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ÓÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄĽ
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This is a reprint of an article first appearing in COMPUTERWORLD
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magazine. I found this to be of interest to you guys and this way it gets
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around to more people.
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WIRETAP SNARES ALLEGED HACKERS
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New York - Last week's indictment of some of the most notorius and
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self-promoting names in the computer hacker community signals a newfound
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aggressiveness on the part of frustrated federal law enforcement agents.
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A two-year investigation snared five defendants, ranging in age from
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18 to 22, in the governments first use of court-authorized wiretaps to monitor
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voice conversations and data transmissions of computer hackers.
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The defendants are charged with breaking into computer systems at
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several regional telephone companies, Fortune 500 firms such as Martin
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Marietta Corp., universities and credit-reporting agencies such as TRW, Inc.,
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which reportedly had 176 consumer credit reports stolen and sold to private
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investigators.
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Hardest hit was St. Louis-based Southwestern Bell, which had to spend
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$370,000 to locate corrupted programs and install new securty devies,
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according to the indictment.
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SERIOUS REPERCUSSIONS
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The charges were the result of a joint investigation by the U.S.
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Attorney's Office, the Secret Service, and the FBI. The 11-count indictment
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accuses the five defendants of computer fraud, computer tampering, wire fraud,
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illegal wiretapping and conspiracy.
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If convicted, they face up to five years in prison for each count, for
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a total of 55 years, plus a maximum fine of $250,000 for each count.
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Agents expressed concern that the penetration of some of the country's
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most secure data networks by young men barely out of high school may have
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started out as a round of one-up-manship to see who could get into the most
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sophisticated system as well as harass others.
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"This is no game, and we want them to know that," FBI special agent
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Richard DeFilippo said. "We're not going to sit by and watch these guys play
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an electronic version of 'Can you top this?' "
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According to the indictment, the men allegedly carried on a
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conversation in early november 1991 in which they sought instructions on how
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to add and remove delinquency reports "to destroy people's lives ... or make
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them look like a saint."
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Several days later, members allegedly discussed a lenghy list of
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institutions that operated computers, with one member noting, "We've just got
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to start hitting these sites left and right." Law enforcement officials
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interpreted that to mean government offices, private companies and a U.S. Air
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Force base.
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The high profile raid, however, may have little real effect on
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hacking in the long term. "Ultimately, the only purpose this will probably
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serve is that hackers will go deeper underground, which is a heck of a lot
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more frightening," said Ian Murphy, president of IAM/Secure Data Systems,
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Inc., a security consultancy in Gladwyne, Pa.
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The arrests, however, may serve to wake some firms up to their
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security vulnerabilities. At many companies, the only securt system is a
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poster above the copy machine that shows a dog with a moustache and a Sherlock
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Holmes hat, said David Stang, chairman of the International Computer Securtiy
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Association in Washington, D.C.
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NAME GAME
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Indicted last week were Mark Abene, known as Phiber Optik; Elias
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Ladopoulous, known as Acid Phreak; Julio Fernandez, known as Outlaw; John Lee,
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known as Corrupt; and Paul Stira, known as Scorpion.
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The indictment charges that they were part of a close-knit group of
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hackers called MOD, an acronym used variously to mean Masters of Disaster and
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Masters of Deception.
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The group's earliest known act dates back to Nov. 28, 1989, when
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authorities said the group wiped out nearly al the information contained in
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the Learning Link computer operated by the Educational Broadcast Corp., WNET
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Channel 13 in New York. A message was allegedly left that said: "Happy
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Thanksgiving you turkeys, from all of us at MOD," signed by Acid Phreak,
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Phiber Optik and Scorpion.
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That does not wash with some observers. "Several times, Phiber Optik
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has spoken publicly and very genuinely about his aversion to corrupting data,
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so it seems unusual that he would destroy data and then identify himself,"
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said Mike Goodwin, general counsel at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a
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civil liverties lobbying group based in Washington, D.C. "This whole
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indictment could very well be an attempt to frame some people who the
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authorities believe glorify hacking."
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The hoped-for chilling effects of the indictments could thus be
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reversed into outrage if the investigation turns out to be bungled. The
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federal government, after all, has a checked history of computer raids,
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obsevers pointed out.
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In early 1989, for example, Secret Service Agents arrested Craig
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Neidorf for allegedly dialing into the computers at Atlanta-based Bellsouth
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Corp. and copying doccuments on the firm's 911 system. The agency charged
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Neidorf with illegaly publishing a doccument that Bellsouth claimed was worth
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$79,000. The goverment's case later collapsed when it was discovered that the
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information can be ordered from Bellsouth for $13. The price of victory for
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Neidorf: more than $100,000 in legal fees.
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Moreover, in March 1990, the Secret Service raided the home of Steve
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Jackson, who published role-playing computer games in Austing, Texas. The
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agents seized computeres they said contained a "handbook of computer crime."
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The handbook was, in fact, an electronic game under development.
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Jackson was not charged with any crime, but he said the prolonged
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disruption and seizing of equipment pushed his business close to bankruptcy.
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A 'GOOD' CASE
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Government officials seem anxious to sponge away those memories. The
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FBI has long expressed the desire to prosecute a "good" computer crime case,
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and perhaps this is it, said Buck Bloombecker, director of the National Center
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for Computer Crime Data in Santa Cruz, California.
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Officials think this could be that case. Assistant U.S. Attorney
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Stephen Fishbein said members of MOD were able to obtain unauthorized
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passwords and billing codes from switchign systems at telcom companies such as
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Southwestern Bell to make free long-distance telephone calls.
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At the FBI, DiFilippo said he expects other indictments could result
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and other victims could be found in the course of the ongoing investigation.
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That appears to have begun already. In a related action last month, Morton
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Rosenfeld and Alfredo de la Fe each pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in
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New York to conspiracy to use passwords and other access devices purchased
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from MOD.
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During the past few years, TRW and other credit-reporting agencies
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have become such frequent hacker victims that "it's no longer considered
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impressive to be able to get someone's TRW report," Murphy said. "It's too
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easy."
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NEW PROBE UNDER WAY
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Law enforcement officials in San Diego are currently investigation
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computer system breaches into the credit-reporting network of Equifax, Inc. in
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Atlanta.
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Last week's indictments could also possibly signal greater use of
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wiretaps in federal computer crime investigations. Already, there is
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legislation in congress that, if passed, would allow federal investigators to
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intercept digital transmissions, said Otto G. Obermaier, U.S. Attorney for the
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Southern District of New York.
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Under current statues, federal investigators can now intercept only
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analog transmissions, as they did in this case.
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