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==Phrack Inc.==
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Volume One, Issue Six, Phile 13 of 13
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*-=+^ Phrack World News ^+=-*
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Issue Five/Part 5
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Compiled and Written By
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Knight Lightning
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Daniel Zigmond: Real Reporter or Freelance FED? May 20, 1986
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This article in no way endorses one view over the other, but will try to look
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at evidence and facts pertaining to both of the above statements.
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Daniel Zigmond; Wants to write an article on hackers and phreaks, our general
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social atmosphere, and our side of the story. He IS a contributing editor on
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the staff of Amiga World Magazine and he has lived at 6735 Forest Glen Road,
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Squrill Hill, Penn. and had the phone numbers (412)422-1979/7515 for at least 3
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years. Reportedly he has accounts on ARPAnet, Private Sector, and Byte
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Magazine BBS.
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He has been on several conferences and been talking to several phreaks across
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the nation. To name a few: Blue Buccaneer, Cap/N/Crax, Compu-Phreak, Dark
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Cavalier, Dead Lord, Final Impulse, Holophax Phreaker, Knight Lightning, Ninja
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NYC, Scan Man, Sigmund Fraud, Slave Driver, The Bootleg, The Clashmaster, The
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Infiltrator, The Firelord, The Seker, and TUC.
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He tapes all his conversations and has tried to get people to call other
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phreaks on 3-ways in attempts to gain their phone numbers. He did however make
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some attempts to help Sigmund Fraud after his near bust (see story in this
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issue).
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There are a few extremely odd things about Mr. Zigmond.
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1. He wants everyone to send him their codes, extenders, PBXs, diverters, etc.
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Even if they no longer work. When asked why, he answered that he needed
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something to show his boss so he wouldn't be turned down because of what
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would seem to be a b.s. article.
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Why doesn't he just make things up? After all he said that the stuff
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didn't have to be good. His reply to that was that his boss might check a
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few. Well if they were dead codes or PBXs or whatever then he would be up
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the creek anyway.
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Ok, forgetting about that for a moment, Zigmond also asked that people
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photocopy their notebooks and send those copies to him and that he would
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pay the postage and for the photocopies. This of course means he gets your
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address and at the very least your township and such (that is if you don't
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leave a return address) from the postmark.
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2. He has refused to give out a phone number to reach him at work or at Amiga
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World. Furthermore, he doesn't plan to have the article in Amiga World,
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but rather, he has stated that it would be sold to the Washington Post.
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Now I talked with people at the Washington Post and they know nothing about
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this. I spoke with people in several different areas and turned a blank.
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They didn't even know who Zigmond was.
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This leaves 2 possibilities. He either never really had any intention of
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submitting this article to them or was just sort of running with the mouth
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in search of glory and attention.
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3. A PBX that Sigmund Fraud had found while hacking in a UNIX was given to
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Zigmond. It had never been used before, with the exception of a single
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conference to test it out, and within a week of giving it to Zigmond it was
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gone.
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4. Another biggie is that Zigmond claims that by the time he submits this
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article in August 1986 (to wherever) that if he gets $900 for it, he would
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break even. He is saying this from his phone bills and other expenses on
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the article.
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Now only breaking even after all that time, work, and effort seems a bit
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worthless to me, why would he do it? You know, they say that fed
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informants get paid very well, not that I am suggesting that Zigmond is a
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fed informant.
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Some other stuff that may be interesting to know is that Zigmond insists that
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he will be getting accounts to Metal Shop Private and Stronghold East when
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Taran King and Slave Driver have given very strong "no"s. He goes around
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telling this to people. His phone answering machine gives you less than ten
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seconds to leave a message, this is perhaps to prevent hacking, but
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nevertheless annoying.
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Now please everyone take this file in the way it was intended. This is not
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saying that Daniel Zigmond is helping the feds, he may be completely interested
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and wanting to learn about our society. From this I gather that he will learn
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that in the phreak community we try to protect each other from getting busted
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and that a reporter like him could literally destroy the phreak world if he was
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working with the feds and left unquestioned and unchecked.
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This article is a warning to all who may contact Zigmond to use your own good
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judgement in dealing with him. I'm sure that once he answers the questions
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raised in this article then everything will be alright.
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The only other thing I wanted to say is that in general reporters have hurt the
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phreak/hack world tremendously in the past. They bring too much attention to
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the phreaks and bring us into the public eye. As a result there has been much
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more legislation creating news laws against us. Some examples are evident in
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this very issue of PWN. Blue Buccaneer points out all sorts of things in
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the new hacking laws article. Remember the new laws about sysops being
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responsible for the boards? Did you see how that was used in the Teltec busts?
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It getting incredibly dangerous out there friends, lets try not to make it any
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worse.
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:Knight Lightning
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_______________________________________________________________________________
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Defeat Richard Proctor In 4 Easy Steps! June 10, 1986
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Who is this new investigator Atlanta? What makes him today's newest and
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possibly greatest threat to the phreak world? The following information
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concerns an MCI investigator named Richard Proctor, alias; John Proctor.
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Richard Proctor, who also introduces himself to others as John Proctor, is one
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of the various MCI investigators that now lurk the nation. He is in charge of
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most of MCI's security/investigation divisions, and is in charge of running the
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southeast, east coast, and northeast MCI Investigations. He has also been
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involved with phreaks in the midwest and southwest.
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I am not sure of the extent of his "jurisdiction," but all users of MCI should
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be careful no matter where they are located. Holophax Phreaker and The
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Infiltrator can personally tell you how he runs the MCI Investigations as they
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have been under investigation twice to date. Holophax Phreaker is currently
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still under investigation by Proctor and even by his own local Bell Operating
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Company (BOC).
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The first thing most investigators would do when they find an access code has
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been abused is to wait until it has a large bill to act upon it (which may
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never happen). This is because it is unprofitable to the long distance service
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to try to find and prosecute a person who has made less than $500.00 worth of
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calls (depending on the LD service).
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Richard Proctor is a very different case. As soon as he finds an access code
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is being abused, he will take immediate action. The following is the series of
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events which will take place once Proctor discovers an abused account.
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In the following steps, "you" are the phreaker in question that was making the
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calls (heaven forbid). The steps listed are for both "you" and the person(s)
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receiving the illegally made phone calls.
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Step 1: Proctor will personally call *EVERY* destination number on the account
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and ask for information on who called them on the date(s) the call(s)
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were made. If it is a bulletin board, he will contact the sysop by
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voice or if there is no voice number available, he will send one or
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more investigators from the nearest MCI Investigations Department to
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question the sysop. He will ask them for information pertaining to
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the phreaker. Hopefully, your amnesiac friends will somehow forget
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all about you and be able to tell Proctor nothing.
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Step 2: Proctor waits a couple of days, then he again contacts the person(s)
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that received calls and says that he has found you and that you have
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told him that the people "you" had been speaking with also made those
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calls and that the Proctor will bust the person(s) who were called
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unless they would like to pay for the calls. (If this part pertains
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to you, that is if you were the one who received calls and Proctor or
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any agent said this then, at this point you should contact an attorney
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as this is telephone harassment, a federal crime committed over an
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interstate communications carrier, and you could sue MCI or whichever
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company it involved).
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Step 3: If some of the person(s) called by you weren't as amnesiac as you
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would have liked when Proctor spoke to them and then Proctor calls you
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or your parents, then you should deny everything that Proctor accuses
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you of, no matter how many people he says turned you in. Proctor will
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be lying (one hopes) so deny everything.
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Step 4: Proctor will call you again in a couple of days and tell you that you
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have one last chance to turn yourself in. When you say no again,
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Proctor will try to scare you by telling you that MCI is going to make
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an example of you and prosecute to the fullest extent. If Proctor
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does this, then you know he has no evidence on you or at most,
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circumstantial evidence.
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You might get a couple of calls after that. Keep denying it and make sure you
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drop out of phreaking for approximately 1 1/2 - 2 months. If you get a call
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from your local phone company then drop out for at least 6 months to a year.
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They will most likely put a pen register or a DNR on your line.
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Proctor has PhDs in Psychology and Criminal Psychology so be very careful! He
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can't do anything to you if you follow the above guidelines unless he had a
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trace put on the account you were using. If that is the case, then he will
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show up at your door arrest you. Your best bet is to stay away from it
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entirely. Proctor's home phone is unlisted (of course), but his office number
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can be obtained from any MCI operator.
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Information Provided by
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Holophax Phreaker and The Infiltrator
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_______________________________________________________________________________
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Quick Notes
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Stronghold East is now running on a new Apple //e thanks to their friends at
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AMEX. They formally ran SE off of a Franklin Ace. May 3, 1986
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Most recently the hard drive at SE crashed and until they acquire the new
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ProDos Apple net, they will be running Phlash-Net written by Phlash Gordon.
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Rumor has it that the Apple Wizard was busted for dealing and using coke.
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A guy named the CPTN was busted in Nevada for something pertaining to the
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Captain Midnight incident. He was also busted for carding and was caught with
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illegally obtained modems. Info by Death Angel.
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A member of the Underworld Elite, run by Night Stalker, got busted for calling
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the White House and making a bomb threat. The Secret Service came to his house
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and they knew he used illegal extenders to make the calls. This user decided
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to give them the number and his passwords to the Underworld Elite. He was
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deleted. Info by Night Stalker, 5/11/86...The Underworld (216)356-9464
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Telenet Bob was busted. The full story appeared in the April issue of 2600
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Magazine. Nineteen year old from New Jersey. Name Robert Davenport. $500
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fine, $890 restitution to AT&T. Info by Sally Ride:::Space Cadet
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Bad Boy In Black has given up BBSing and Phreaking (for the most part) so you
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probably won't be hearing from him again. He claims he has gotten bored of
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BBSing and have had little time since the summer is rolling around. Therefore,
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he decided to give it up all together. Info by [bad boy in black] 5/11/86
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Shooting Shark has also left the phreak world for the more or less same
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reasons plus the fact that he is going to college. Info by Shooting Shark.
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In Texas, some cop was running a bbs called the Tunnel. No one was busted, but
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names and handles of those posting illegal codes were collected. The cop has
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received several death threats.
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The Slayer was busted on April 25, 1986. Reportedly he was visited by agents
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from Metrophone, MCI, New Jersey Bell, and the FBI. His bust concerned Metro
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abuse. The Godfather, in Rhode Island, was also linked to this bust as well
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and as of now has quite the phreak world, but no further information is
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available on that. Most recently it has been discovered that the Slayer has
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been hired as a TSPS operator.
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More news on The Sprinter here; after all was said and done, Sprinter plea
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bargained (as expected) and plead guilty to the charges. He spent 14 days in
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jail, has a $2000 fine, 2 years probation, 200 hours community service, and of
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course those lawyer costs. He at this point has not accepted a job with
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MicroSoft. Info by Jester Sluggo.
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It has been reported that The Mentor and Crustaceo Mutoid are now writing for
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a newsletter in California called The Underground Informer.
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The Arabian Knight was busted for conferencing.
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The Guardian Demon (215) was apparently busted for Metrophone abuse, but formal
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charges have not been brought forth.
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Jester Sluggo has officially retired from all board calling and is now into
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straight hacking. He will maintain his contacts in the phreak world. Sysops
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are asked to remove his accounts.
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