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On The Home Front
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Well lots of things have been happening around here in the past few weeks.
For starters, I received a call from Ralph Meola. Apparently someone had left
his secretary with a message that I had called. Prior to this, someone named
Steve had left a message as well which Ralph had assumed was Slave Driver. He
called Steve first, mainly to discuss the letter that was sent to him via PWN
issue V. Well eventually he got around to calling me. Not too much was said,
but he wanted to clear up some misconceptions about his encounter with Sigmund
Fraud. Meola claims that he never threatened Sigmund Fraud about getting his
account to Stronghold East. Futhermore, he claims only to have called him
because SF had posted several AT&T Calling Cards on an unnamed west coast bbs.
Sigmund Fraud still publicly claims that what he said originally was true,
but privately admitted that he was lying.
Some other developments would include an imposter of myself who is running
around on bulletin boards. Two of the boards that he is on include Elite
Connection (303) and Green Galaxy (714). I have never called these boards and
I advise the sysops to remove "my" accounts as this is not me.
On the lighter side, Metal Shop Private now has 20 Megs of online storage. The
G-phile library has been re-installed including most of the files from Metal
Shop AE and Metal Shop Private is once again the official Phrack distribution
center.
Metal Shop AE is down for the time being because Cheap Shades has left for
college, but he has since brought forth a new system known as the Quick Shop.
All former MS AE members have been entered into QS's bbs log. Metal Shop
Brewery has lost its modem and its hard drive is fried, so it will be gone for
a while.
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Boston Busts August 9, 1986
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A couple of weeks prior to the above date, Dr. Who came to visit Recent Change
and The Clashmaster. Well, he apparently had cashed roughly 16 checks belonging
to one John Martino (a man who lives down the street from him). Around August
4, 1986, Dr. Who and Telenet Bob were picked up in a store in North Adams,
Massachusetts. They were trying to pass off another check.
The police were on the scene very shortly and they were taken in. Dr. Who told
the police inspector about a PDP-11/23 when asked about it. He had frauded
this at Harvard University and told them that RC Modeler (also known as Recent
Change) had it. They converged on a sleeping RC who confessed everything.
Dr. Who is being charged with 16 counts of theft.
RC Modeler is being charged with larceny & possibly as an accomplice to theft.
Telenet Bob is being charged with 1 count of attempted theft.
Dr. Who and RC Modeler are reportedly out of the scene permanently and Dr. Who
may be serving some prison time. Also, RC Modeler, when being questioned, was
asked about Legion of Doom. This is VERY strange since we cannot figure out
quite WHY this was asked.
Sysops are asked to clear their accounts form any bbs they were on.
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The following is the interpretation of the same events as described by the
Concord Journal. The real names of the phreaks involved have been censored.
Computer Theft Charge
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An 18-year-old Concord man was charged on August 5, 1986 with stealing a $3,300
computer [PDP-11/23 with Venix software] from Harvard University and a portable
stereo from an unknown store by using checks, police allege he knew to be
forged, to pay for the items, police said.
RC Modeler, was charged with two counts of larceny over $100, police said.
[Also, accessory to the crime, RC says.]
Police issued a warrant for RC's arrest after being tipped-off by the North
Adam's police that he had allegedly made purchases with checks they alleged to
be stolen and forged.
North Adam's police, according to reports, arrested Doctor Who, of Lenox, MA.
[and Telenet Bob], and charged him with using stolen and forged checks earlier
this month. Police said Who told them about RC's purchases. They said Who
wrote checks for the purchase of the computer equipment and the stereo for RC.
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Well, RC might get off with 3 years of probation (including possible drug
testing according to RC.). Dr. Who's court set is set for August 25, 1986.
He will most likely be doing some prison time unfortunately. Please address
all further questions to The Clashmaster.
Information Provided By The Clashmaster
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Portrait Of The Typical Computer Criminal August 11, 1986
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from PC Week Magazine
In studying the typical computer criminal, the National Center for Computer
Crime Data, in L.A., may have recently shattered some common myths.
Rather than being some genius computer programmer, according to the center's
recently published report, the typical computer criminal is just that: quite
typical. He's most often a male, with an average age of 22, and if not, he's
next likely to be 19. Chances are he's a programmer, but if that job
description doesn't fit, he's most likely a student or an input clerk.
Less than 5% of the time, this criminal will be either unskilled or unemployed,
and less than 2% of the time will he be a computer executive.
In more than 40% of the cases that the center studied, criminals stole money,
and if cash wasn't their style, they split between stealing information or
programs and damaging software.
For these crimes, 4/5ths of those caught had to pay a fine or do community
service or both, or serve less than 6 months in jail. In close to 1/5th of the
cases, the criminal's only punishment was to make restitution.
Some notes from Sally Ride:::Space Cadet
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Pisses me off! How dare they suggest we are not GENIUS computer programmers! Oh
wait a minute, I know why they screwed up the statistics! They haven't caught
the geniuses, so we throw off the statistical skew since we're still free.
Also I think it's high time computer executives start accounting for their fair
share of computer crime! They probably don't get in the statistics either since
they pull off the really big money rip-offs and it doesn't get published by the
high power companies they work for so the public keeps faith in them.
Information Provided By Sally Ride:::Space Cadet
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Dan Pasquale: Still Hostile or Ancient History? September 8, 1986
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Some updated information on Sergeant Dan Pasquale (Fremont, CA Police
Department) aka The Revenger here. Supposedly he has been calling Oryan QUEST
on several occasions and filling in Oryan as to his plans on whom to bust.
However, an investigation into the truth of this matter shows otherwise.
Most recently, Oryan QUEST informed me that Dan Pasquale was trying to gain
information on The Yakuza. I told The Yakuza about this and had him call Dan
himself to find out what was going on.
Apparently he had no idea of who he was and had no idea of what he was talking
about. He just said he'd no idea what I was talking about. He also said that
he'd heard about a Shooting Shark incident much like this one. The Rocker of
Speed Demon Elite also has called him claiming a similar story. The weird
thing is, he also claims to not have talked to Oryan QUEST since around the
beginning of summer. [Please note that Shooting Shark and The Rocker have been
disliked by Oryan QUEST for some time and that situation has not changed].
Dan seemed pretty lax, didn't get excited, and seemed like a decent person all
around. He said he hadn't been on a board for at least 3 months and that board
was a legit one at that. He concluded by saying he didn't know who or why
these rumors were starting up.
Some last things to add, Dan said that he isn't into busting phreaks/hackers
and all that stuff anymore. He just proved his point with Phoenix Phortress,
took his raise, and got out of the deal. He is now teaching at the academy and
is doing patrols. But, aside from that, he claims to have nothing at all to do
with the modem world.
Information Provided By [%] The Yakuza [%]
Please refer to past issues of Phrack World News for more
information on Dan Pasquale and/or Phoenix Phortress
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Zigmond Exposed September 1, 1986
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Finally after months of confusion and question, the truth about Daniel Zigmond
is out. It would appear that Zigmond is not an on-staff programmer at Carnegie
Mellon University after all, but instead was a sort of part time worker there.
Indeed, Daniel just graduated high school with the class of 1986 and currently
attends the University of Pittsburgh this fall. He started part time work at
CMU on April 1, 1984 (April Fools? Not this time).
He does have a book coming out on Lisp programming which is what he did at
Carnegie Mellon. All of this information came from his boss at CMU. As for
Amiga World, Daniel has submitted a few articles, but he isn't "on staff."
This came from his Amiga World editor.
The reason there is nothing listed in his TRW account now is obvious since he
is not old enough to have obtained credit cards, bought a car/house, or much of
anything else.
Zigmond says he lied about his age because he thought he would get more
respect. He thought that people would think he was a rodent if they knew he
was only 17 years old.
Daniel Zigmond received(s) quite a lot of prank phone calls, including a bomb
threat that brought the police to his house, and I ask everyone to stop. He
tried to screw around with the phreak/hack community, but no damage was done.
Its time to leave him alone because ragging serves no purpose.
As for his article...only time will tell, but the general idea is that he made
that up too just so he could become involved with the phreak/hack community.
Information Provided and Researched by Lucifer 666
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Maxfield Strikes Again August 20, 1986
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Many of you probably remember a system known as "THE BOARD" in the Detroit 313
NPA. The number was 313-592-4143 and the newuser password was
"HEL-N555,ELITE,3" (then return). It was kind of unique because it was run off
of an HP2000 computer.
On the Private Sector BBS (Sponsored by 2600 Magazine), Bill From RNOC had
posted a list of numbers that were related to John Maxfield and while none of
the numbers were anything close to the bbs number listed above, Bill reminded
us that Maxfield was the proud owner of an HP2000 computer.
This started started several people (including Sally Ride:::Space Cadet and
myself) thinking that there might be a connection. Using resources that I
cannot reveal, I was able to prove that "THE BOARD" was indeed a
Maxfield/BoardScan operation. I also had learned that the BBS number itself
really had call forwarding to one of Maxfield's own numbers. On August 15,
1986 I made this knowledge semi-public and warned Sally Ride:::Space Cadet and
Ax Murderer (who lives locally to Maxfield). Unfortunately these warnings were
in vain because on August 20, 1986 the following messages were found and sent
to me by Sally Ride.
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Welcome to MIKE WENDLAND'S I-TEAM sting board!
(Computer Services Provided By BOARDSCAN)
66 Megabytes Strong
300/1200 baud - 24 hours.
Three (3) lines = no busy signals!
Rotary hunting on 313-534-0400.
Board: General Information & BBS's
Message: 41
Title: YOU'VE BEEN HAD!!!
To: ALL
From: HIGH TECH
Posted: 8/20/86 @ 12.08 hours
Greetings:
You are now on THE BOARD, a "sting" BBS operated by MIKE WENDLAND of the
WDIV-TV I-Team. The purpose? To demonstrate and document the extent of
criminal and potentially illegal hacking and telephone fraud activity by the
so-called "hacking community."
Thanks for your cooperation. In the past month and a half, we've received all
sorts of information from you implicating many of you to credit card fraud,
telephone billing fraud, vandalism, and possible break-ins to government or
public safety computers. And the beauty of this is we have your posts, your
E-Mail and--- most importantly ---your REAL names and addresses.
What are we going to do with it? Stay tuned to News 4. I plan a special
series of reports about our experiences with THE BOARD, which saw users check
in from coast-to-coast and Canada, users ranging in age from 12 to 48. For our
regular users, I have been known as High Tech, among other ID's. John Maxfield
of Boardscan served as our consultant and provided the HP2000 that this "sting"
ran on. Through call forwarding and other conveniences made possible by
telephone technology, the BBS operated remotely here in the Detroit area.
When will our reports be ready? In a few weeks. We now will be contacting
many of you directly, talking with law enforcement and security agents from
credit card companies and the telephone services.
It should be a hell of a series. Thanks for your help. And don't bother
trying any harassment. Remember, we've got YOUR real names.
Mike Wendland
The I-team
WDIV, Detroit, MI.
Board: General Information & BBS's
Message: 42
Title: BOARDSCAN
To: ALL
From: THE REAPER
Posted: 8/20/86 @ 12.54 hours
This is John Maxfield of Boardscan. Welcome! Please address all letter bombs
to Mike Wendland at WDIV-TV Detroit. This board was his idea.
The Reaper (a.k.a. Cable Pair)
Board: General Information & BBS's
Message: 43
Title: BOARDSCAN
To: ALL
From: AX MURDERER
Posted: 8/20/86 @ 13.30 hours
Hey guys, he really had us for awhile. For any of you who posted illegal shit,
I feel sorry for you. I just can't wait to see his little news article. Cable
Pair, do you have some sort of problem? If you've noticed, just about