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==Phrack Inc.==
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Volume One, Issue Five, Phile #12 of 12
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Metal Shop PRIVATE\\\ Phrack World News Issue 4 Part 3 ///_ _ _______
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Metal Shop AE \\\ ///| \/ | / _____/
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Metal Shop Brewery \\\ Compiled by /// |_||_|etal/ /hop
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Present PWN IV \\\///\\ Knight Lightning //\\\/// /__________/
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-------------- \-^^^^^^-^^^^^^^^^-/ Triad
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Demise of Phreakdom in Florida: The Story of Teltec
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Interview with Surfer Bill by The Firelord
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Written by Knight Lightning
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Firelord (FL): Bill, I wanted to ask you some stuff on that bust you were
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telling me about.
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Surfer Bill (SB): Yeah, whatta ya want to know?
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FL: Who the hell got busted?
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SB: Well, you wanna know who knows a hell of a lot more than me is Jack Flack.
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He has the subpoena, it's about 40 pages, it lists every single one of
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their names, and all the charges word for word, it's incredible.
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FL: Jack Flack isn't accepting phone calls, it's probably not a very good idea.
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SB: Teltec is based in Miami, they got really pissed off that everyone was
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abusing their services. I mean using their codes and things like that.
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These people aren't stupid. I mean they know if you've got a sequential
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hacker on. They know because what happens is that their computer registers
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every single bad code. So If they see 20000, 20001, 20002, and keeps on
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going registering as bad codes and all of the sudden 20011 doesn't
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register, but 20012 does then they know that 20011 is a good code. What
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they will do is monitor this code and watch it for abnormal usage. They
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will be sitting there saying, 'Hey this code has been getting a lot of use
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in the past few days.' Then they will put a tracer on, trace the person,
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tap the line, and start amassing information about the line owner. It is
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like putting a noose around your own neck!
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Basically what I heard is happening down here is that, I believe, there are
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five bulletin board systems in the Miami/Fort Lauderdale/Boca Raton area
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that they are after.
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Caeser's Palace (Sysoped by Caeser D, Whose real name is John Kessler)
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Parasec (Sysoped by Mark Barochich {sic})
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COPS
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Apple Tree, not Apple Tree I or Apple-Tree II, it was the Apple Tree Phreak
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BBS, that one everyone now knows as the Catfur.
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And Plovernet (305).
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FL: Didn't you say that Teltec planted agents on all these boards?
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SB: Yeah, that's what I was getting to. I don't know for a fact or anything
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but, what I hear is that Teltec employees posed as undercover hackers or
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phreakers and got on to the above listed boards. They had handles and
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infiltrated the system, having everyone believe that they were phreakers.
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Cause what they did was, well obviously they knew what they were talking
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about after all they worked for the company. They posted really educated
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information. From there I believe they actually posted some Teltec codes.
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There again, some of this is rumor, some of this is fact, I really couldn't
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tell you which was which.
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FL: Well who all was busted?
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SB: Jack Flack, Caeser D (John Kessler), Demetrius Cross, Dave Peters, several
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others of course. One whole family got busted, the father, the son, and
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the daughter. There is a list of thirty-eight people, their actual names
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were published in the Miami Review, which is a lawyer newspaper that goes
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to all the lawyers and judges in the Miami area. Another interesting thing
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is that the list mentioned a John Doe and a Jane Doe. There was a clause
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that said these two people are to be named at a later date, so who knows
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who that could be or even it was more than one person.
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FL: You say Lex Luthor escaped?
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SB: Yes he did.
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FL: They were gonna snag him, but he escaped to California.
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SB: I don't know exactly if they had him or whether they were gonna bust him or
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not but I know he was not mentioned.
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FL: Maybe he was one of the John or Jane Doe people.
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SB: Most of the stuff that I know is basically public information so I don't
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know anything about that John and Jane Doe stuff.
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SB: An important point is that the Teltec agents posted some codes and then
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monitored those codes. I believe they cannot bust you for using those
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numbers because that's a form of entrapment. Instead what they'll do is
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monitor the calls, trace the calls, and then they will know who they are
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dealing with.
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FL: They'll hook up a dialed number recorder (DNR) on the line.
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SB: Well what this whole deal is doing is sorta pointing a finger of blame.
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Both people are wrong, Teltec is wrong in using entrapment to try and catch
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you, and you are wrong for using their codes to phreak. So what they do is
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keep an eye on you. So then they say "ah ha" this guy, John Doe over here
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is using this code. We know he has been abusing our system and now we are
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gonna keep an eye on him. So when this code goes dead, we're gonna watch
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and see if he uses any different ones and if he does, we'll bust him.
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The main thing that's gonna come out of this court case is that they are
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gonna go after the the 5 people that were the system operators of the
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bbses. They're not really after the average user, what I think is happening
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is that the average users are going to be used as witnesses against the
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system operators.
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The scary part about this case is that it is really pretty big because, it
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may set a precedent. If the judge rules in favor of Teltec and then Teltec
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presses charges, the subpoena says that there is a minimal of $5000 damage,
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and that's what they're seeking. So its gotta be well over $5000 damages.
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I tell you one thing, from the amount of money and information Teltec has
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put into this they are really determined to press charges. They invested a
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lot of money as far as lawyers and investigators. Another scary part of
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this story is that Teltec has not made the evidence that they have against
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the thirty-eight people public, as far as I know, and that's what everyone
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is afraid of. The average user doesn't know what he is up against.
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FL: I bet the majority of the people on those boards are scared shitless now.
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SB: Oh yeah, everybody is, its like the whole city of Miami is. Also I hear
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that Sprint and MCI will be cracking down in the future. They are most
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likely waiting to see how this case goes.
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FL: Is Teltec the major service down there that everybody uses?
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SB: Not really, it's one of many. The popular one these days is MCI cause it
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only has those 5 digit codes.
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FL: I heard Teltec gave shitty connections.
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SB: Yeah, that's funny because, I was talking to Jack Flack, and I said if you
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wanna crack up the people in the courtroom and you know that they are
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definitely gonna bust you, and that you're guilty beyond a shadow of a
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doubt, make a joke if they ask you what you know about Teltec say, "Alls I
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know about Teltec is that their connections to California are really
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shitty!" I don't know if they'd be too happy about hearing that one!
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FL: So they are really gonna take care of this aren't they?
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SB: Yeah but Teltec's main goal is to really get the system operators. You
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should read this subpoena here, it talks about the system operators.
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It says that the sysops "organized, financed, directed, and oversaw the
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illicit posting and trading of Teltec codes" "They failed to delete the
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messages containing illegal information." You see so the sysops are guilty
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cause they didn't delete the messages.
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FL: The thing that could've solved all this is if people used random hackers
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and random destination numbers, like MegaPhreak.
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SB: Another point is that even though you may be using a random hacker, most
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people aren't gonna be using the system at 3 a.m. to 4 a.m. The best time
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to scan is during normal business hours.
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FL: That's true, after all you don't need 10,000 codes.
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SB: Well anyway, I think that they are really after the system operators. And
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if Teltec wins this case it will set a precedent. If all that happens then
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I expect that we are gonna see a lot more of these cases popping up all
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around the country.
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Editor's notes: There is some talk about there actually being 6 boards being
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busted and not just 5. Also the reference that Lex Luthor had
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any involvement or close calls with Teltec is only rumor.
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Other reports from 305ers who wish to remain un-named state
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that MCI has indeed stepped up its war on phreakers and
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hackers. Sysops, I really hope you watch who you let on.
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Remember, a filter or fee for a bbs can easily be handled by
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agents or investigators. The best way to check on people is
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through references.
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TWCB was also online during this interview, but as they gave
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little or no input to the actual content of this file all
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remarks from TWCB have been screened as they were worthless.
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The original interview was done on a conference and recorded on
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cassette tape which was delivered to me. After which I wrote
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this file. This file was given permission to be printed in
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Phrack World News by The Firelord of 307 NPA.
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- Knight Lightning
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_______________________________________________________________________________
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Telephone Testimony March 1986
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Chairman Bill McGowan made a point to the House Subcommittee on
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Telecommunications. In testimony before the recently reconvened hearings on
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telephone industry competition, McGowan spoke against the "diversification
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frenzy" of the Bell Operating Companies (BOCs). He told the congressional
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subcommittee that the industry is still in the transition to full competition
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and cautioned against replacing a regulated monopoly with seven unregulated
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ones.
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Information taken out of MCI World, March 1986 Issue
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_______________________________________________________________________________
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Kaptain Krash Busted
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Kaptain Krash was caught stealing American Telephone & Telegraph's (AT&T)
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Teleconferencing time through an 800 PBX posted on P-80. He has been isolated
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from other members of the underground by his parents.
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Note from Forest Ranger:
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- LET THIS BE A LESSON TO THOSE WHO USE 800 PBX'S. 800 PBX'S ARE LIKE MAKING
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COLLECT CALLS AS TO WHERE YOUR NUMBER IS AUTOMATICALLY KNOWN. SO IT IS VERY
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EASY TO TRACE BACK TO YOU WHILE ON THE CONFERENCE OR A LATER CHECK WILL
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INDICATE THE SAME FINDINGS.
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Information Provided By
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F.R. Communications Newsline Service (c) 1986
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_______________________________________________________________________________
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Metal Shop Private Cleans House
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On April 13, 1986, Taran King and Knight Lightning repurged the userlog
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deleting over 100 users from Metal Shop Private. This was mainly because of
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non-callers clogging up the log and to make sure there would be no extra
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accounts to lessen the security of the bbs.
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People wishing to become members of Metal Shop Private, should contact Taran
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King or Knight Lightning via email. They then would be discussed with the
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Metal Shop Staff etc.
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_______________________________________________________________________________
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Dan Pasquale Seeks New Entertainment
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This message is mainly for bbs sysops. Have you been receiving more calls from
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people in the 415 NPA? In conversation with Dan Pasquale (See Phoenix
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Phortress Article in PWN III) High Evolutionary was told that Dan plans to try
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his hand at out of state bbses..."for fun." Let it be remembered that Dan
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Pasquale ran Phoenix Phortress BBS and as such saw posts for other phreak and
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hack bbses. Furthermore, as a bad habit, several bbsers seem to use the same
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passwords in more than one place. Therefore it is a possibility that Dan could
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log on to bbses as someone else.
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"The Radio Station Incident"
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Oryan Quest had asked Broadway Hacker to remove him from the userlog for RS's
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own security. However BH decided not to do it at that time. Roughly a week
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later, someone using Oryan Quest's password logged onto the Radio Station BBS.
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This person was completely computer illiterate. Example: He typed "HELP"
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instead of "?" for a menu. When Broadway Hacker broke onto chat mode this
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Oryan Quest dropped carrier.
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Please note: Although the police had to drop charges on Oryan Quest because of
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an illegal search this does not mean that the police couldn't have found his
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passwords.
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Broadway also mentioned a rash of new users applying from 415 NPA.
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Sysops beware.
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Some Information Provided By
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Broadway Hacker/High Evolutionary/Oryan Quest
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Maxfield Speaks
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In a Detroit newspaper, John Maxfield was interviewed by a reporter. Although
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I do not have the article or all the facts pertaining to it, it is known that
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the names mentioned include: Phantom Phreaker, High Evolutionary, Scan Man,
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Music Major, The Bootleg, and Slave Driver.
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It is believed that Maxfield had acquired these names from P-80. However this
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is pure speculation.
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Information Provided By Various Sources
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