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==Phrack Inc.==
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Volume Two, Issue 21, File 11 of 11
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PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN
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PWN The Legacy... ...Lives On PWN
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PWN Phrack World News PWN
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PWN Issue XXI/2 PWN
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PWN PWN
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PWN Created by Knight Lightning PWN
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PWN PWN
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PWN Written and Edited by PWN
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PWN Knight Lightning and Epsilon PWN
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PWN PWN
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PWN The Future... ...Is Forever PWN
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PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN PWN
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Man Charged with "Infecting" Computers May 24, 1988
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Fort Worth, Texas (AP) -- A 39-year-old computer programmer is being prosecuted
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on felony charges of infecting his ex-employer's computers with an electronic
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"virus," and face up to 10 years in prison if convicted.
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Donald Gene Burleson faces a charge of "harmful access to a computer," and is
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free on a $3,000 bond pending his July 11 trial.
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Police described the electronic interference as a "massive deletion" of more
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than 168,000 records of sales commissions for employees.
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Burleson is thought to be the first person charged under the state law
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prohibiting computer sabotage, which took effect Sept. 1, 1985, about three
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weeks before the alleged incident, said Davis McCown, chief of the Tarrant
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County district attorney's economic crimes division.
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Jury Selection In First Virus Trial Begins September 6, 1988
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Taken from the Washington Post (September 7, 1988),Page C-1
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Fort Worth, Texas (AP) -- Jury selection began today in the criminal trial of a
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40-year-old programmer accused of using a computer "virus" to sabotage
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thousands of records at his former work place. The trial is expected to last
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about two weeks.
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Donald G. Burleson faces up to 10 years in jail and a $5,000 fine if convicted
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in the trial, a first for the computer industry. Burleson was indicted on
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charges of burglary and harmful access to a computer in connection with
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computer damage at a securities firm, said Nell Garrison, clerk of the state
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criminal district court in Fort Worth. Through his lawyer, Jack Beech,
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Burleson denies the charges but has declined further comment.
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The firm has been awarded $12,000 in a civil lawsuit against Burleson.
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Pretrial motions were scheduled to be heard today, followed by jury selection,
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Garrison said.
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Burleson is accused of planting a piece of computer software known as a virus
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in the computer system at USPA&IRA Co. two days after he was fired. A virus is
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a computer program, often hidden in apparently normal computer software, that
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instructs the computer to change or destroy information at a given time or
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after a certain sequence of commands. USPA officials claim Burleson went into
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the company's offices one night and planted a virus in its computer records
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that would wipe out sales commissions records every month. The virus was
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discovered two days later, after it had eliminated 168,000 records.
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_______________________________________________________________________________
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White Lightning Speaks Up July 28, 1988
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White Lightning was apparently previously accused of being an informant for
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Sprint Security with regard to information concerning The Disk Jockey and
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Compaq.
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He left the following message on the Phrack Voice Message System;
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"Yeah, this is White Lightning. I'd like to make an official statement for
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Phrack Magazine. As far as what happened to The Disk Jockey, Shit, I have no
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idea, ok? I get on a bridge, I've been out of it for two weeks, I get on
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Friday night, and fuck, this guy Laser outta 206 is saying I got him busted,
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I don't know anything about it, ok? As far as Compaq goes, outta 219, Kent,
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I'd just appreciate it, your information is messed.. <BEEP!> [The Phrack VMS
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has a beep that lets you know that you only have 10 seconds left.] What the
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hell is that!? Hello?!? Who is that?!"
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Message For White Lightning from Phrack Inc.;
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If you would care to explain your side of the story a little more clearly,
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we would be happy to listen to what you have to say. We are sure that
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everyone would be interested. Thank you.
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Information Provided By White Lightning
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AT&T Links Up With GTE August 1, 1988
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AT&T is stepping up its efforts to boost revenues from telecommunications gear
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by buying GTE's phone switch business. AT&T will become the leading equipment
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supplier to GTE's phone companies, which are the main source of the
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switch operations $500 million in revenues.
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AT&T will take a 49% stake in a new company that will comprise GTE's switch
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manufacturing operations in Illinois and a research and development facility in
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Phoenix, Arizona. GTE, whose business employs 5,000, is counting on AT&T's
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technical expertise to support its base of phone switching systems. It also
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wants out of the phone equipment business. AT&T's main task; making the
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switches capable of handling the massive voice and computer data transmission
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requirements anticipated by GTE's phone companies over the next 15 years.
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Neither partner disclosed financial terms of the joint venture. But AT&T will
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own 80% of it by 1993 and 100% by 2003. Its management structure is not yet
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decided. GTE has made similar moves in recent years that have ended in giving
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full management control and ownership to its partners. Such deals include one
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with West Germany's Siemens in communication transmission products and a second
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with Japan's Fujitsu in office phone systems.
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Information Provided by Business Week Magazine
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Is There A Doctor In The House? August 1, 1988
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It all started when I met him on a bridge in Texas. No one really understands
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why he did it or why he chose that particular handle. He seems to have some
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decent knowledge and would not have had much trouble reaching a high level of
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notoriety. Unless there is more here than meets the eye.
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Doc Holiday/Scott of 713 is an IMPOSTER!
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He was doing a pretty good job pretending to be the original Doc Holiday. He
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had researched all about him, including details concerning his recent bust for
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COSMOS abuse, and created a framing story to explain how and why he now was
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Scott instead of Robbie and how his family had moved from Tennessee to Texas.
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The majority of the phreak/hack community bought the story and he would have
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gone on unseen except for the return of some folks who had disappeared last
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fall; Knight Lightning and Taran King. Upon hearing about this Doc Holiday in
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713, they already suspected that he was bogus, and once they had spoken to him
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they knew it was not the original Doc Holiday. To bring a hilarious end to
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this charade they waited until they could contact the original Doc Holiday to
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let him in on the exposure.
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As destiny would have it, the real Doc Holiday was on vacation and happened to
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end up spending a weekend in St. Louis, the weekend right after SummerCon '88.
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So the three of them got together started Scott Holiday talking to further
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incriminate himself and then let the REAL Doc Holiday introduce himself and
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have the last laugh.
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Scott Holiday was in shock at first and he tried to explain that he had a good
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reason for doing it, but his mom got on the phone and he had to go.
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After this incident, I talked to him voice, and he explained to me that he
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enjoyed doing this, and it was "the biggest scam" he had ever pulled off,
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except that you could argue that he did not really pull it off. Seeing as how
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Scott is quite adept at the art of social engineering, he really had little to
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no trouble convincing (for lack of a better word) people who did not know the
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original Doc Holiday. However when he came up against the best, he failed the
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test miserably.
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The point of publicizing this incident is to document that people can be easily
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fooled and deceit by phone phreaks is not limited to the phone companies. Keep
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in mind that people are not necessarily whom they claim and in that lies the
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greatest truth of all.
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Information Provided By Epsilon
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Special thanks to Knight Lightning and Taran King for the exposure.
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_______________________________________________________________________________
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Canada Cancels The Underlord August 3, 1988
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"I still Hack!"
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The Underlord awoke on February 11, 1988 at 7:30 AM to the sound of his
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doorbell. Moments later, his mother entered his room to inform him that there
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were three men waiting to see him. She had a rather puzzled look on her face.
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He threw on some clothes and ran downstairs to meet his fate head on. The "fat
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man" showed him a search warrant and informed him that he was under arrest for
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7 offenses. They confiscated everything.
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The Underlord was escorted to their car (his mother followed behind) and driven
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off to the police station. They told him something about cameras being all
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over the station, but it did not matter to him because, "I wasn't going to kill
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the guy or anything anyway." From there he was taken to a little room, in
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which he overheard the police playing with my computer, phone, and tapes that
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they confiscated.
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He had to sit there alone for four hours until his dad drove his home and later
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showed his the papers.
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"They said I was being charged for four counts of 'theft of telecommunications'
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(a real law in Canada), and three counts of mischief."
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He was told that the mischief charges were because he called Emergency 911
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(although he said he did it through a PBX) and told them obscenities with a
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friend on three-way.
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Practically six months later, on June 16, 1988, The Underlord finally received
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everything back and went to court. He had to pay $750.00 total and serve eight
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months probation. However, he only had the three counts of mischief on his
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record.
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He explained that in Canada, if the government wants to make you pay a fine,
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they must prove that you have enough money to pay it first. However, UL did
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not and so the authorities said they would drop the charges if he would pay the
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$750.00.
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Information Provided By The Underlord 416
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Through The Phoenix Project
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Teen Hackers Ring Up Huge Phone Bill October 7, 1988
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By Robert Macy (Associated Press)
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Las Vegas, Nevada - Ten teen-age hackers may have run up to $650,000 in
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telephone calls by tricking phone company computers, and their parents could be
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liable for the tab, authorities said.
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Tom Spurlock, resident agent-in-charge of the Las Vegas Secret Service office,
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said the teen-agers engaged in Blue Boxing, a technique that enabled them to
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talk to fellow hackers throughout Europe.
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The teen-agers were not taken into custody or charged, but their computers were
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seized. Spurlock said it will be up to AT&T to decide whether to seek
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reimbursement once a final tally is obtained.
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Virus Hits Unix at Bell Labs May 13, 1988
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Friday the 13th, a devastating virus hit Bell Labs at Murray Hill. Initial
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reports from survivors indicate that the destruction caused was very
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widespread, although limited to Sun workstations. Rumor has it that the virus
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was planted by a disgruntled Sun employee in the Sun Unix kernel. The actual
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amount of work lost is unknown, as is the Murray Hill policies on frequency of
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disk backups.
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Translation Of 2600 Magazine Fall 1988
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The following appeared on page 46 of 2600 Magazine, Volume 5, Number 3. It was
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in German and I took the liberty of having a friend who is a member of the
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Chaos Computer Club in Germany translate it for PWN.
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"Hacker" Free Again
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One of the heads of the Hamburg CCC, S. Wernery, was released from jail in
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Paris. The 26-year-old arrived at Hamburg airport yesterday (whenever that
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was, there was no date on the article). He stated the accusations against him
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were still being investigated. After having been questioned by a judge he was
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released from bail, but has to return to Paris at request, though.
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:Knight Lightning
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Quicknotes
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1. BIG! The New Telecom Library Catalog! 1-800-Library. Free, 125 Books, etc.
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2. The Teleconnect Dictionary; A Glossary of Telecom Acronyms, Terms, and
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Jargon. Not just definitions...mini essays. $9.95 -- 1-800-LIBRARY.
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3. Microlog Demo Numbers - Microlog, Irvine, California, makes voice response
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equipment. Call for demos:
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o Microlog (800)562-2822
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o Immigration and Naturalization (800)777-7770
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o Canadian Embassy (202)785-1431
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o Office of Personal Management (202)653-8468
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o Australian Consulate (202)797-3161
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4. Most accurate time in the world; (303)499-7111. It's tied to the atomic
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clock at the National Bureau of Standards in Boulder, Colorado.
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5. Sue the United States Postal Service? Good Luck.
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If the US Postal Service loses a package sent by Express Mail, you can't sue
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for damages the way you can other delivery services.
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Reason: The United States government is immune from lawsuits except when
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they consent to being sued. The Postal Service has retained this immunity.
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6. Announcing a new electronic mailbox named Sub-Etha. It is owned and
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operated by the Computer Club of Oldenburg, West Germany.
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Phone number: (0441/777397) 300 Baud N/8/1
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