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| Volume Two, Issue 12, Phile #10 of 11 | |
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| Local News March 20, 1987 | |
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| This issue of PWN marks the anniversary of Metal Shop Brewery. | |
| Things are looking up. Metal Shop Private is back and all previous members | |
| are asked to call back. The same passwords and logons still work and even | |
| better, the old posts have been saved despite the hard drive crash a few | |
| months ago. | |
| Phrack XIII will be released on April 1, 1987; April Fool's Day! | |
| It features joke files, fiction files, humorous files, and of course, rag | |
| files. With all the seriousness of the regular issues of Phrack, this is a | |
| chance to release some building flashes of comedy. Please note that files for | |
| Phrack XIII can only be submitted by members of Metal Shop Private. This does | |
| not apply to other issues of Phrack. Don't miss it! | |
| SummerCon 1987 | |
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| For those that don't already know, TeleComputist Newsletter and Phrack Inc. | |
| are sponsoring this year's big phreak gathering in St. Louis, Missouri. As | |
| many of you may note, St. Louis is the home of Metal Shop Private, Phrack | |
| Inc., and TeleComputist Newsletter. We all hope that since St. Louis is in | |
| the middle of the country that it will be easy for people to attend. We | |
| extend an invitation to anyone who wants to come. We will have a conference | |
| room and two suites in a hotel in St. Louis. | |
| The official date for SummerCon 1987 is June 19,20. This is far enough into | |
| the summer that everyone of the younger generation should be out of school and | |
| early enough that no one has to worry about facing reality right away. This | |
| date has also been chosen specifically as to not interfere with the St. Louis | |
| VP Fair (Vale Profit). | |
| If you are going to attend SummerCon, we ask that you contact Knight | |
| Lightning, Taran King, or Forest Ranger for more details. The TeleComputist | |
| Information Line is (314) 921-7938. The names of those attending will be kept | |
| confidential so as to not cause anyone discomfort, however we do ask that you | |
| identify yourself at the conference by means of a name tag or some form of | |
| identification. Security personal is welcome to attend, but we request that | |
| you let us know ahead of time. If anyone, especially security personnel, | |
| would like to speak at SummerCon please also let us know and we will schedule | |
| you in. | |
| :Knight Lightning | |
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| Hackers Caught Using Credit Card To Buy More Equipment February 20, 1987 | |
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| By Ben L. Kaufman of The Cincinnati Enquirer | |
| "I was uneasy about the pickup." | |
| Two young "hackers" in Milford using an electronic bulletin board to get | |
| stolen credit card numbers and buy hardware to expand their computers. Now | |
| they're in big trouble because unauthorized use of a credit card is a federal | |
| offense and the Secret Service caught them. "Computer-aided credit card fraud | |
| is increasingly common, said special agent in charge, James T. Christian on | |
| Tuesday, "but using the filched name and number to enhance computer clout was | |
| a unique touch." | |
| The two youths had a $1,300 order sent to an abandoned house on Ohio 131E, | |
| Christian said, but when they picked it up an agent was waiting with the UPS | |
| deliveryman. | |
| John Martin Howard, 21, 5788 Meadowview Drive, Milford was cited before U.S. | |
| magistrate J. Vincent Aug Jr., who accepted his plead to guilty Monday and | |
| released him on his promise to return when summoned. | |
| "I was uneasy about the pickup," Howard recalled in a telephone interview. The | |
| risk of getting caught "was in the back of my mind." And it was an awful | |
| moment when the Secret Service agent confronted him and his juvenile buddy, | |
| Howard added. "I think they were surprised," Christian said. Howard was | |
| charged with attempted use of an unauthorized credit card. His juvenile | |
| partner -- who refused to comment Tuesday -- was turned over to his parents. | |
| Christian said the youths ordered equipment from Computer-Ability in suburban | |
| Milwaukee paying with the stolen credit card. A sharp-eyed store employee | |
| noted purchases on that credit card were coming in from all over the country | |
| and called the Secret Service. Within two weeks the trap in Milford was set. | |
| Howard said his young friend knew the Cincinnatian who led them to the | |
| bulletin board filled with the names and the numbers of stolen credit cards. | |
| "We got it from somebody who got it from somebody who got it from somebody on | |
| the east coast," Howard recalled. That new acquaintance also boasted of using | |
| stolen card numbers from electronic bulletin boards to buy expensive | |
| accessories and reselling them locally at bargain process. | |
| He and his friend used the stolen credit card to upgrade his Atari 800 system, | |
| Howard said. "We ordered a bunch of hardware to use with it." In addition to | |
| the purchase that drew the secret service to them, Howard said they "ordered | |
| other stuff, but before we received anything, we were picked up." Howard said | |
| he'd had the Atari about two years and was getting bored with it and home | |
| computers in general. | |
| He had taken computer programming for eight months after high school, he said, | |
| but hadn't used it. He would like to try computer-aided design and | |
| engineering, but right now, he's working in a pizza parlor. Christian said | |
| Howard's parents had been enthusiastic about his computer interests and | |
| friends who shared them. "They though it would keep them out of trouble." | |
| Assistant U.S. attorney Kathleen Brinkman and Christian said the Cincinnati | |
| area investigation was continuing and numerous juveniles, some quite young, | |
| may be involved. | |
| Thanks to Grey Elf | |
| Re-typed for PWN into lowercase by Knight Lightning | |
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| Hang On... Phone Rates Are Falling Again! March 1987 | |
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| >From Changing Times Magazine March 1987 Issue | |
| No news that long-distance rates are still headed down, but now local rates | |
| are poised to follow, at least in some areas. | |
| Competing long-distance carriers have already been forced to react to AT&T's | |
| January rate cut, which averaged 11.2%, with cuts of their own. Now the | |
| Federal Communications Commission [FCC] may propose that an additional $1 or | |
| $2 be added to the subscribers line charge, the $2-a-month access charge that | |
| every residential customer pays. If that happens it would compensate. | |
| Since AT&T's divestiture in January 1984, the telephone services component of | |
| the consumer price index has risen 17.4%, reflecting a 36.7% increase in local | |
| rates at the same time long-distance charges were falling. But price | |
| increases for overall service have moderated each year, falling 2.7% in 1986 | |
| from 4.7% in 1985 and 9.2% in 1984. That trend should continue as local rates | |
| stabilize and even fall. Wisconsin and Vermont, for example, have ordered | |
| local companies to make refunds, and a number of states - New York, | |
| Pennsylvania, Washington - are considering lowering rates to reflect the | |
| improved financial position of local phone companies. Those companies will | |
| benefit from tax reform, and lower inflation and interest rates have resulted | |
| in lower expenses in several other areas. | |
| Things are not looking good for some of AT&T's competitors in the long | |
| distance business, however. Forced to follow AT&T's rate cuts, both MCI and | |
| US Sprint are hard-pressed financially, and analysts don't rule out the | |
| possibility that one or both could get out of the long-distance business, | |
| potentially leaving AT&T a monopoly again. But that would be "politically | |
| unacceptable," says analyst Charles Nichols of E.F. Hutton. Some | |
| alternatives: allowing regional phone companies to enter the long-distance | |
| business or allowing AT&T to keep more of the profits it earns from increased | |
| efficiency instead of forcing the company to cut rates. That would take some | |
| pressure off competitors. | |
| Special Thanks to Stingray | |
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| Police Arrest Computer "Hacker" Suspect March 15, 1987 | |
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| >From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch | |
| "MCI told police it was losing $2.7 million a month to such 'hackers.'" | |
| A computer software engineer [Robert Wong] has been arrested at his home in | |
| Maryland Heights, Missouri on suspicion of trying to get into the computer | |
| system of MCI Telecommunications Corporation. | |
| The case is the fourth in this area involving computer "hackers" who have | |
| tried in recent months to get into MCI's computer system, police say. | |
| Detective John Wachter of the Maryland Heights Police Department said the | |
| department would seek a warrant today charging the suspect with "tampering | |
| with computer users," a felony. | |
| The charge is being sought under a state law enacted last year to deal with | |
| hackers - people who try illegally to tap into other computer systems. | |
| The suspect is Robert Wong, 23, of the 2000 block of Maverick Drive, Maryland | |
| Heights, Missouri. Police tracked down Wong by a court-sanctioned "trap" on | |
| his phone after MCI learned that someone was trying to tap into its | |
| long-distance lines. | |
| In a written statement to police, Wong said he "came across" MCI's programs | |
| and access codes. He said he was "amazed" when he got into the system. "I | |
| know it was illegal, but the urge of experimenting was too great," he told | |
| police. | |
| Typed For PWN by Taran King | |
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| PWN Quicknotes | |
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| In upcoming months P-80 will be moved from her ole TRS Model 1 to an IBM PC | |
| compatible. In addition to a boost in storage capacity (amount still | |
| undecided), P-80 will be adding a new "user to user" direct file/program | |
| transfer thus allowing the membership the ability to privately send text or | |
| programs directly to another user. There will also be the ability to forward | |
| a message with text/program attached) to another user after receipt. (2/26/87) | |
| Information from | |
| <S><C><A><N> <M><A><N> & P-80 Information Systems | |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |
| If you consider yourself a phreaker or a hacker in any way, shape or form, | |
| then read on! The Telecom Security Group is sponsoring the first on-line | |
| hack/phreak survey. It consists of about 30 minutes work of answering | |
| questions (or until you want to stop) that pertain to phreaking, hacking, the | |
| security, and the attitudes surrounding it all. | |
| You are allowed to identify yourself during the survey if you wish or you may | |
| remain totally anonymous. It's really just the general answers that will | |
| count. Call now: 914-564-6648 (914-LOG-ON-IT) and type SURVEY at the main | |
| prompt to get the survey. Thanks for your involvement, and do spread the word | |
| to any board that considers itself phreak/hack oriented. | |
| Information by Taran King & Tuc (2/6/87) | |
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| Telecommunications giant AT&T is lying in its advertisements that claim it has | |
| an exclusive toll-free number for foreign clients to reach U.S. businesses, | |
| its competitor says in a lawsuit. | |
| Worldwide 800 Services Inc. says that it has filed suit against AT&T with the | |
| FCC, charging AT&T with false advertising. The ads by AT&T claim that it can | |
| provide a global telephone network that would allow clients in foreign | |
| countries to call a toll-free number to reach businesses in the United States. | |
| AT&T claimed that "You won't find this type of service anywhere else." | |
| Worldwide 800 says that their company provides toll-free service from any | |
| foreign city to the U.S., whereas AT&T can only provide toll-free service on a | |
| countrywide basis. An AT&T spokeswoman denied all of the charges, stating | |
| that the advertisement in question was neither fraudulent or deceptive. If | |
| Worldwide 800 Services wins the case, they state that they will demand | |
| corrective advertising and seek monetary damages. | |
| Information from Lucifer 666 (3/1/87) | |
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