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161 lines
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The text comes from a data file written by and for IC members.
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HACK YOUR OWN CODES.
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Don't leech from someone else. Having codes is like having sex,
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if you don't protect yourself you'll end up with a venereal
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disease. You have no idea where a code has been before you got
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your hands on it, when it was hacked or how long it's been in
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circulation. Time is a very important factor, the longer a code
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has been in use, the greater the risk.
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DON'T STAY ON A CODE MORE THAN THREE DAYS.
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Don't give the suckers an even break. To run a trace, MCI needs
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to shuffle a lot of papers. Ain't that nice. Paper work takes
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time, and it's highly unlikely they could accomplish the feat in
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three days. It's even more unlikely they would even know
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they've been phreaked for at least a week. All company's have
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thirty day billing cycles, if you started using the code the day
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after the bills went out, you'd have twenty nine days left to
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play with it. The customer gets his billing and bitches up a
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storm. The company now has the option of setting up a trap, but
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alas, they notice you haven't used the code in three weeks and
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have no destination number to PIN. If you phreaked the code one
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day before the billing cycle ends, the customer may notice
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right away. Figure you have two days for it to reach the
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customer. If he yells right away it takes a few more days for
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the security department to process the paperwork for the trace.
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By that time you're long gone.
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DON'T STAY ON A NODE MORE THAN THREE DAYS.
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If you insist on burning the same company, you're going to
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develop a pattern. You call your girl friend in Alaska every
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damned day using the same company. It doesn't take a genius to
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predict what you're going to do tomorrow. They know where you
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enter their system and where you're going to. You've given them
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everything they need to run a good trace. Spread the wealth a
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little. Use US Telecom, then ITT, Lexitel, Skyline, Metro and a
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few of the 800's if you like. Spread it out. These people have
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no way of comparing. So you can screw Peter, Paul and the rest
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of the Apostles with no worry. Just don't be a dip stick and get lazy.
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Everyone is worried about THE TRACE. Don't be. It's no big deal
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for AT&T, after all it is their network, but for the leech
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services it's an entirely different matter. This is why we don't
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mess around with AT&T except through secondary accesses like
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PBX's or Diverters. This is the scenario MCI's security
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department will run down. They call up a number you've
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called.......
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"Hello, this is Inspector Bullshit with MCI. Did you receive a
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phone call from the 212 area code on November 22, 1945 at 4:00
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A. M.? "
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"You didn't?"
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"We've traced fourteen calls to this number in the last
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two weeks, by the way, who am I speaking with?"
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"Well Mrs. Blabbermouth, perhaps someone else in your household
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received the calls? "
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"I see, your daughter has a boyfriend in New York.
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"I'm afraid he's in some serious trouble Mrs. B. If
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you'll cooperate with me we won't pursue this matter with your
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daughter."
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"That's correct, little Susie Blabbermouth won't be involved. It
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would be a shame to cause you folks trouble, after all she
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didn't actually make the calls.""
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All I need is the boy's name and phone number."
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"Let me see if I have that right."Jimmy Phreaker at
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212-555-1212?"
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"Thank you Mrs. B you've been very helpful."
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The point is, if Bullshit had really run traces he wouldn't be
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calling to con the information. The exchange is typical of those
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used by most phone companys and illustrate several important
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issues.
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Make sure the person you're calling is cool and there's no
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chance someone else could rat on you. It is very unlikely MCI
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will make such a call if you use the IC's Rules of Phreaking.
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Yet, if it were to occur these are your friend's options...
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1. HANGUP
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2. "FUCK YOU"...THEN HANG UP
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3. "I WAS WATCHING MIAMI VICE AND YOU INTERRUPT ME WITH
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THIS CRAP. FUCK YOU"....HANG UP.
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4. If you want to be nice about it; "I don't know what you're
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talking about.....HANG UP.
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The problem is now resolved. Remember these guys are like
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rabid dogs in heat, they're excellent con artists. Believe
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nothing you hear. You don't have to talk to them. If they had
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anything on you they'd be standing at your door with a search
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warrant. Their abilities in this area are very restricted. They
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operate by manipulating your fear and you have nothing to fear
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but your own fear. Don't try to come up with some lame
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explanation, you know you received the call and they know it. So
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don't make an ass out of yourself trying to explain away the
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obvious - HANG UP!
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What happens if your are caught?
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Congratulate yourself on being an asshole. The number of phreaks
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caught are so small you have now qualified for membership in a
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really elite group of jerks.
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Inspector Bullshit now has several options.
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Grab your computer......... this will be done no matter what.
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Grab your data files and any hard copy you have laying around.
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This to help identify other subversives and also to supply
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incriminating information about you.
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Try to scare you into a confession. Standard operating procedure
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- keep your fucking mouth shut. You have nothing to gain by
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talking and a much to lose.
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If you're a minor you can forget about jail time, an adult
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is looking at a couple of weeks in the slam - may-be.
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Realize this, they don't really want your ass as much as they
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want THE MONEY. That's right boys and girls the buck talks loud
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and clear.
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If you're caught, you've broken every one of the IC's
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rules. At worst you're looking at a couple of thousand in phone
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bills. Get a lawyer to do your talking for you, that'll be about
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a five hundred dollar retainer. If the company is willing to
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settle for the money, and your computer, pay it - it's cheaper
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in the long run. If they want you in the calaboose then fight
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it. As a first time offender the odds of you actually getting
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time are slim. Incidentally, Inspector Bullshit will drop a
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little extra on the bill for good measure. Have the attorney
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demand they produce their records of all "alleged phone
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conversations".
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In fighting a phreaking case you'll want to have a jury trial.
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The technology behind the running of a trace is so
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complicated even a halfassed lawyer could confuse the
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average layman. He can make Inspector Bullshit describe
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switching down to atomic subparticles if he wants and by the
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time he gets to how a trace works the jury would be so confused
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you'd skate on a "reasonable doubt". It would be
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interesting to see if a sharp shark could subpoena the actual
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equipment used to run the trace. I don't think MCI would
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care to have one of their computers offline for the time it
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would take to have "independent" examiners checking out the
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functionality of the switching mechanisms.
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To phreak or not to phreak. It's a question only you can answer
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for yourself.
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