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1984
AHOY!-an introduction to 2 � ; FBI G O E S AFTER � DS HACKERS-FBI Investigator unwlttlnglv reveals tactics and recent activities;
FLASH: LlCA d,scusses GTE raIds, AT&T credit cards, wireless phone trouble; T H E TRUTH B E H I N D THOSE
9999 NUMBERS--a tol l free error
story; DA fA: various Wh ite House extensions; HAC K I N G O N TELENET-how to's of Telenet use; ESS:
ORWEll'S PROPHECY-the first in a
series on the fun and dangers of ESS; FLAS H : directory assistance changes. computer a i r-ban, AT&T
credit cards. etc.; SOME THOUGHTS
O N GARBAGE PICKING -first of a series of trash i n g for valuable information as related to a discussion
of crosstalk; DATA; COUNTRY
CODES--every last country code for overseas dIa l i ng; T H E CONSTITUTION O F A HACKER-a discussion
of hacking; ALTERNATE LONG
D ISTAN C E : Mel-hlstorV. systems. and servIces; FLAS H : 718. Connecticut wiretaps. Sweden person
numbers, etc.; THE FIRST ATOMIC
BOMB-an inside story on the event as related to our nation's phone system; DATA: ARPANET HOSTS-l
i st of accessible hosts; WHOSE
STR I K E WAS THAT ANYWAY?-a start l ing analysis of summer 83 phone strike; THE TROUBLIE WITH
TELEMAIL--<llscussion of GTE's
i r r e s po n s i b i l ity in protect i n g t h e i r system; F LA S H : AT&T c r e d i t c a rds, port a b l e p r i s o n s , 414
' s p l ea d , etc.; A T R U E SAGA O F
TELECO N F E R E N C I N G -what can happen o n a teleconference; DATA: M C I ACCESS N U M B E R S-DIALUPS
FOR MCI MAIL; PHONE BOOK
COLILAGE N l ---ou r artistic heritage in phone book designs; THE S I M PL E PLIEASURES OF A STEP OFFICE--<l
iscussion of ins and outs of
antiquated phone systems; I B M ' S AUDIO DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM-using voice messaging technology;
FLAS H : 414 sentencing, equal
access, bank record privacy, etc.; THE WOES OF HAVING A SMALL-TIME RURAL PHONE COMPANY-a
true story; DATA: AVAILABLIE
N ElWORKS O N THE D E F E N S E DATA NElWORK-a list including base addresses, EASYLINK ACCESS
NUMBERS; ARPANET HOPPI N G :
AMERICA'S N EWEST PASTIME-how it works and t i p s f o r i t s use; ELECTRON I C SWITC H I N G ADVANCES-some
o f the possible services
and drawbacks; FLASH: D i rectory assistance charges, 2600 writer indicted, demise of E-COM, etc;
THE DARK AND TRAGIC S I D E OF THE
G REAT BREAK-UP-a frank discussion; LlETTER S : sysop problems, 51B-789 a n X'f step, etc.: DATA:
E-COM ACCESS NUMBERS--<lial ups
for the (now-de funct) service; NY TELEPH O N E "LlETTER OF DOOM" -a copy of a law enforcement
,, monitoring notice; "LOOK OUT, H E ' S GOT
A COMPUTER I -a defense of the hacker VIewpoInt; MCI MAIL: THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES-an ana
lysis of the well-known faulty E-m a i l
system; F LA S H : computerized meter-maid, blue box arrests, anti-hack legislation; INTRODUCING THE
C lEA R BOXI-"post-pay" payphone
device; LETTE R S : new switching equipment. 99 scanning. repulsive operator story, etc . ; SPECIAL
R E PORT: TRW-BIG B U S I NESS IS
WATC H I N G YOU-how to use TRW, a n d an assessment olthe potential of this system; BUT HOW DOES
ITWORK?-a simple explanation of
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the p one system, w i r i ng. voltages, black
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x��. r ing. etc.; PRI ACY L ST--a review of David Burnham's book 'The R ise of the Computer
State , ; B E N I C E TO YOUR TELCO-how indIVIduals are abUSing their telcos; FLASH : Big Brother
i n M iami, NASA computer break-in,
computer export controls, BOO directories; LETTE R S : phone scramblers, page n umbers. hacker's book . etc.; DATA: CNA NUMBERS-list of
CNA 's; A HACKE R ' S G U I D E TO AN AREA CODE-a Simple scheme to help "map out" exchanges
i n your area; H I STORY O F BRITISH
PHREAKING-an account olthe history and tec h n iq u es; MORE O N TRASH I N G -what to look for, where
to go, how to act; A FRIEND I N H I G H
PLACES--story of a friendly operator; FLASH : NSA insecurity, hacker caught. private directories; LETTERS:
p h o n e l oo p . WATS. TAP, etc.;
DATA: A NON-COPYR IGHTED D I RECTORY; N Y TELEPH O N E "BIG BROTH E R " LETTERS-touch tone
without permission, etc; GETTING
CAUGHT: HACK E R ' S VIEW-a story of the personal effects of hacking; VITAL I N G R E D I ENTS-what
makes the phones work: operators,
switc h i ng; FLASH: NSA wants better phones, crime-computer victim. wiretap loopholes. 911 attacker
caught; LETTERS: BSS discussion,
Comsec Letter, Computer Crime Data, others; DATA: N Y TELEPH O N E SECUR ITY NUMBERS; MCI
ANECDOTE-ads, vulgarisms, M C I
chairman profole; P H O N E B O O K COLILAGE # 2 ; EXPLORING CAVES I N TRAVELNET-a n interesting extender
explained; F U N WITH
FORTRESS F O N E S-what a pay phone does, how people beat them; FLASH: SS computer foul ups, Airfone,
wiretaps, 81B, pay phone attaCk;
LlETTE R S : boo k l ist, SIlver boxing, another hacker'S view; DATA: I C ' S AND CARR I E R IDENTIFICATION
CODES-guide to 950 exchange; MCI
MAIL "TROUBLE LETTER"-the harassment begins; A TIME FOR REFLECTION-the year i n review; MCI
MAIL AND EASYLlNK--electronic
mail horror stories; THE SCARIEST N U M B E R I N THE WORLD-true story; F LAS H : campaign computer,
Pentagon by phone, students bog
computer, electroniC lali. federal phone upgrade; SURVEY-reader survey responses; SOME, BUT NOT
ALL ELECTRONIC MAIL SYSTEMS
l ist and price comparisons plus voice messagmg companies; REACH OUT AND GOOSE SOMEONE-l
ist of many unique dial-it numbers.
1985
THOSE H O R R I B LIE HACKERS STRIKE AGA I N -analysis of Newsweek incident; WIRETAPPING AND DIVESTITURE-a l ineman discusses
these topics; G ETTI N G IN THE BACK DOOR-a guide to some popu l a r operating systems i ncluding TOPS-10, TOPS-20, and U N IX; 2600
I N FORMATION BUREAU: our phone bill, our thanks, and other notices; FLASH: IRS and telco data. G E I SCO, KKK computer; LETTERS: BBS
rights, Easylink, Canada loops, international phreak day; BITNET TOPOLOGY-a schematic of the BITnet; THE THEORY OF "BLUE
BOXING"-h istory, future, and hovv they are used; TRASHING ALASKA STYLE-a real trashing adventure story; SURVEYING THE
COSMOS-a beginner's guide to COSMOS, B e l l ' s computer program; F LA S H : phreak roundups, real TRW crime, 2600 BBS, data; BOO
LETTERS; Bell problems. telco discount. marine c a l l i ng. many questions; 2600 I N FORMATION BUREAU-acronym l ist of useful telephone
largon; NAZI BBS A CHALL E N G E TO HACKERS-the role of the hacker; ARE YOU A PHR EAK???-humourous review of phreaking; HOW TO
GET I N TO A C. O.-a tour of a central office; FLASH: custom c a l l ing, Kenyan pay phones. hacker coke machine. IRS computer screw-up;
LETTERS: reading l ist. tracing a nd law enforcement. U N I X info, NSA phone #; 2600 I N F ORMATION BUREAU-interesting phone numbers.
hovv to d i a l a telephone. New York Tel message; CNA LIST; NSA CIPHER D I S K ; WHAT A WHITE BOX CAN DO-how to build and the use of a
portable touch-tone generator; A PHONE PHREAK SCORES-another successful soci a l engineering story; HACKING PACKARD-usefu l
Information about the H P2CXXJ ; FLASH: ta lking clock. computers for communists, robot k i l l s man, war games. s i lver pages; LETT E R S : Tom
Tcimpid is, secure telephones and cryptography; 2600 I N FORMATION BUREAU-MILNET hosts by location; PEOPlE EXPRESS TO B E
HACKED TO PI ECES-a look a t People's new anonymous reservation service; HOW T O RUN A SUCCESSFUL TELIECONFERENCE-complete
guide to A l l i a nce Teleconferencing Service; F LA S H : hacker bust. pol ice hacker. Reagan doesn't dial kids. dia l-a-dir� ry; LETTER S :
.
computer networks, s i lver boxes. 950. remob, tracing; 2600 I N FORMATION B U R EAU-A l l i a nce TeleconferenCing matenal; INTERESTING
PHONE NUMBERS; U N BELI EVABLE ADVERTI S E M ENT; GUIDE TO THE ISRAELI PHONE SYSTEM; S H E RWOOD FOREST SHUT DOWN B Y
SECRET SERVICE; S O M E W O R D S O N HACKER MORALITY; OUT OF THE I N N ER CIRCLE REVIEWED-an ex-hacker's new book; FLASH: who
Invented the phone, porno phone. wi retap award. AT&T computer stea ls; LETTERS: information charges. AT&T cutoff, marine ca l l ing; 2600
INFORMATION BUREAU-600 prefixes by state; SYSTEMATICALLY SPEAK ING. goodbye to meter readers, Thai phone books, tracking
devIces, TINA. "Ca l l Me" Card; FROM SHERWOOD FOREST: INTRO TO HACKING-whal lo do and nol lo do; INTERESTING TH INGS TO DO
O N A DEC-20-hovv to use var ious commands and some t h i ngs to look for; BAN K I N G FROM YOUR T E R M I NAL: A LOOK AT PRONTO
E lectronic banking. how it works with a focus o n Chemica l ' s system; FLASH : $2 b i l l ion error. I TT crackdown. monitor ing; 2600
INFORMATION B U REAU-M i l net TAC d i a l ups by location; SYSTEMATICALLY SPEAKIN G : M C I goes opt ical, 100'... ESS, GTE bigger than
AT&T; S E IZED! 2600 BULLIETIN BOARD IS IMPLICATED I N RAID ON JERSEY HACKERS-an accurate account of the Private Sector BBS;
COMMENTARY: T H E THREAT TO U S ALL-what BBS seizures mean; FLASH : 2600 a hacking victim, M i ddlesex Courthouse; MOVING
SATELLITES .. .wHAT WAS REALLY GOING ON?-point by point correctIon of New Jersey prosecutors' fallacious charges; WHY
COMPUTERS GET SNATCHED-why law enforcement seIzes equipment; SOME I M PORTANT QUESTIONS TO ASK-provocative questions
about these events; HOW CAN SYSOPS PROTECT T H E M S E LVES?; A G U I D E TO VMS-how to use DEC's VAX operating system; THE
I N F I N ITY TRANSM ITTER-an old bug exp l a i ned; REAC H I N G OUT O N YOUR OWN-blue boxing verification; PURSUIT FOR PEOPLE-GTE
Te lenet's computer to computer l i nk-up service; FLASH: phone-in registration, 800 word numbers. war game addict, hacker extortionist;
2600 I N F O R MATION BUREAU-Telenet directory of interesting addresses; SYSTEMATICALLY SPEAKING: Dick Tracy toys, computer
di rectory assistance, B e l l propaganda films, Europe standardizing telcoms; MANY FAM ILIAR TONES; AND THEY CAL L U S CROOKS?-story
of a phone ph reak who c a n ' t sell his expertise; AN INTERESTING DlVERS I O N -ca l l diverters and how they are abused; MORE I N FO ON
VMS-second instal lment of an in-depth guide to VMS; FlASH---comp uter elections. big phone bil l , Navy phreaks. phone boot h captures
man; LETTERS : BBS suggestion, colleges are a goldm ine, recommended reading; 2600 I N F O R MATION B U R EAU-B lue Box plans; THE NEW
AT&T HOSTAG E PHON E-unbe l ievable ad; SYSTEMATICALLY SPEAK I N G : hackers scare busi nesses, D u Pont bypasses telco, computer
campaign Info. phone computers, divestiture woes; RSTS: A TRICK OR lWO--some aspects of this operating system; THE SECRET
REVEALED-the problem with GTE's GTDN5 switch; H I STORY OF ESS, EQUAL ACCESS MAY NOT BE "EQUAL" TO MODEMS-some
problems that may anse; FLASH: columnist attacks AT&T, feds dial-it too much, l ittle town phones. Spri ngsteen mania; LETTERS: some
advice, CIC's and free calls, British ph reak, blue boxing gone?; CHASE BANK IS CRACKED; 2600 INFORMATION BUREAU-many interesting
test numbers; SYSTEMATICALLY SPEAK I N G : aVOid phones i n storms, rural u nequal access, police cel l u l a r phones, toll-free from where?
AT&T to read e-m a i l ; OUR WISHES FOR '86 AND BEYOND-some of what we'd l ike to see i n the future; FUN WITH COSMOS-how to
interpret and use parts of the phone company computers; FLASH. French phones, racist banter. Cityphone; SURVEY-reader survey
responses. 2600 INFORMATION BUREAU-BBS numbers; SYSTEMATICALLY SPEAKI N G : AT&T e-maIl. German phones. super pay phone.
yoU may want to glance over to your out, asking questions about certain
left. That is the beginning of an articles. And in reading over them
advertisement for something that IIUlny ourselves, we can understand why. It all
of you have been asking about-2600 seems so fresh and new, even though
back issues. They've always been some of it is three years old and the
available in the past, but now we've had circumstances have changed.
our entire collection reprinted to prevent But one thing that hasn't changed is
us from running out for a very long our feeling towards technological
time. enthusiasts. They understand at least
Having all of these back issues some of what's going on in the world of
floating around has been an uplifting computers and phones and the average
experience for us. It's easy to lose track person wants to know what they find
of the IIUlny different subjects we've out. Mostfolks would have never heard
tackled in these pages and it's really of TRW Credit Services if it weren't for
UIIUlzing to look back on what we've hackers, let alone know that huge credit
done. files existed in their nomes. More people
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touch tones coming from nonpaying customers.
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doesn't it?
So after having received about 25 ca. l l s from
New York Telephone virtual ly begging uS to sign
up for this "service" by July so we wouldn't have
to pay the "instal l ation" fee, we reached the alike, are flabbergasted when confronted with
conclusion that enough was enough. On June 26, ev idence that they're paying over $4 a month per
we mailed a press release to every newspaper, line for this non-service. Take a company with
television and radio station in New York Stat e, as 5 00 lines and this comes out to $24, 000 a year.
wel l as state senators, state assemblymen, and a N ot inconsequential.
whole host of others we thought would be And more recently, we were confronted with
interested . Wel l, as it turns out, many of them additional evidence of wrongdoing. It seems New
were . Inside of a couple of days we were talking York Telephone has taken to sending out undated
to a l l kinds of media people and it would not be an notices informing the customer that they are
exaggeration to say that many thousands of about to be charged for touch tone service since
people now know about this. The support has to uch tones were detected on their line. Many
been terrific. Nobody likes the idea of paying a people disregard this notice because it looks just
little extra every month for something t� at's not like a i l the other pitches they've received to sign
real l y there. And businesses, large and small up for touch tones. So they wind up being signed
up for something they never wanted. Think about
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weather.
From an old local telephone company's propaganda. This was published in the 1950's.
u ndersta n d i ng that you c a n ' t l ega l ly u nder $400, but I c a n ' t afford one (and
tra n s m i t data via CB radio (and, we'd need at least two ! ) .
u nfort u nately, h e l ives fa i r l y c l ose t o a I have been to l d t h a t it wou ld be
C a n a d i a n D e p a rt m e n t of C o m m u n i t o t a l l y l e g a l to s h o ot l a s e r b e a m s
c a t i o n s l i s t e n i n g p o s t ) . We h a v e across t h e r iver . B u t neither of u s a re
t h o u g h t a l ot about va r i o u s m et hods of up on a h i l l ( a n d t h u s " l i n e of s i g h t " to
acco m p l i s h i ng what we wa nt to do, but the other) a n d bes ides, such common
everyt h i ng seems to h ave some snag l oca l occu rences as fog a n d very la rge
attached. l a ke fre ig hters sa i l i ng by cou ld eas i ly
We h a v e t u r n e d up s o m e r a t h e r d is r u pt com m u n ications.
c u r io u s t h i ng s i n t h i s q u est t o send free It's rea l ly frust ra t i ng that we shou l d
data . For exa mple, a com pany ca l led h ave to go t h ro u g h a l l o f t h i s t o t r y a n d
E lectro n i c Systems Tec h n o l ogy ( 1 03 1 obta i n to l l -free co m m u n i ca t i o n s
N. K e l l o g g St r e e t , K e n n ew i c k , between two locations that are l ess
Was h i ngton 99336, phone ( 509) 7 3 5 - t h a n f ive m i les apart. By a l l r ig h ts, it
9 0 9 2 ) m a ke s a d e v i c e c a l l e d t h e s h o u l d be a l o c a l t e l e p h o n e c a l l
" E S T e e m W i r e l e s s M o d e m " . F ro m between S a u lt Ste. M a r ie, M ic h i g a n
w h a t I ca n te l l , t h i s devi ce i s a cross a n d S a u lt Ste . M a r i e, O n ta r io . B u t (my
between a Term i n a l Node Contro l l e r persona l op i n ion fo l lows) the M ic h i g a n
( a s u s e d by t h e h a m s ) a n d a Pu b l i c Service Com m ission shou ld be
t r a n sc e i v e r . I t t r a n s m its o n 24 r e n a m e d t h e " M i c h i g a n Te l e p h o n e
c h a n n e l s i n the freq u e n cy range of Com p a n y I ncome Protect ion C o m
7 2 . 040 to 7 2 . 960 m hz . It is l i censed m iss i o n ", beca u se they consistently
u s i n g "FCC form 574" ( u nder "Pa rt seem t o favor t h e i n t e r e s t s o f t h e
90" of the FCC reg u lat ions, I be l i eve). te l e p h o n e compa n i es (espec i a l ly
And when I f i rst heard a bout t h i s u n it. it M ic h i g a n Be l l ) over t hose of telephone
was be i n g u s e d t o t r a n s m i t d a t a consu mers. O n e of t h e i r recent act ions
between t h e U n ited States a n d Mexico. was to proc l a i m that t h e re wi l l be no
I ' m to l d that it can be lega l ly used i n new Extended Area Service areas in
C a n a d a as we l l , b u t what I ' m not c l e a r the state of M ic h igan, a n d that i n fact.
on i s whether it can lega l ly b e u sed for some exi st i n g Extended Area Serv i ce
cross-border traff i c between the U . S . m a y be d i s c o n t i n u ed i n t h e f u t u re
a n d C an a da. Also, i t appears that t h i s ( Extended Area Serv i ce is the p h rase
u n it is i ntended for business u s e d to d e n o t e t o l l - f r e e c a l l i n g
appl ications, a n d it seems that i t m ig ht betwe e n t e l e p h o n e exc h a ng e s i n
not be poss ib le to l icense it for what n e a r by l oc a t i o n s ) . T h e r e a r e o t h e r
w o u l d b a s i c a l l y be c o n s i d e r e d a reas a long the U . S . /Canada border
" hobbyi st" use (despite the w h e r e to l l - f r e e c a l l i n g is i n effect
transm ission o f the "buy/se l l " betwee n two exchanges on oppos ite
messages t hat a re forbidden on the s i d e s of t h e l i n e ( S w e e t g r a s s ,
amate u r band). I f you fee l that I a m M o n t a n a / C o u t t s , A l be rt a a nd Po i nt
wrong i n a ny of these ass u m ptions, Roberts, Was h i ngto n /Va ncouver, B . C .
p l ease fee l free to cha l lenge them . In a re tw o that I know of) but w e a r e not so
the meantime, there is one further l u cky.
obstac l e-eac h w i reless modem costs I n fact. not on ly is it a long distance
over $ 1 .ooo ! I ca n 't i m a g i n e why the ca l l across the border, but we can 't
c o st is s o h i g h w h e n an a m a t e u r even ut i l ize the services of a ny of the
Term i n a l Node Contro l ierlTra nsceiver a l t e r n a t e l o n g d i st a n c e c o m p a n i e s .
c o m b i n a t i on ca n be p u r c h a s e d f o r With t h e excepti o n o f AT&T, none of
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(too sparsely popu l ated, they c l a i m ). a c cess to n etwork m a i l thr o u g h
Th i s despite the fact that o u r loca l A rpanet, your friend might be able to
c e n t r a l o ff i c e sw i t c h h a s b e e n upload what you want and you could
converted for "eq u a l access " . Yes, we call up later through your node and
g ot a ba l l ot from M ic h i g a n B e l l , with download If you can figure out a way of
o n ly one choice (AT&T, of cou rse-I lin k ing Telenet (USA ) and Datapac
t h o u g h t you o n ly got those k i nd of (Canada), you could also cut down on
ba l l ots i n R ussi a ! ). I g u ess I shou l d n ' t telephone charges, especially if you
com p l a i n too m uch-there's a n a rea both have local dial-ups. A lthough PC
about 50 m i les from h e re where there Pursuit (the service that allows you
i s no phone service at a l l (the fol ks unlimited data calls for a set fee per
there t r ied to get the M PSC to order a month) has no intention of ever going
p h o n e company to g ive t h e m service, to Canada, you can trick it by dialing an
b u t the M PSC decided it was j u st too alternate carrier's access number and,
I cost l y to r u n l i nes i nto t h e i r a rea, once after waiting an appropriate amount of
. a g a i n p rotect i n g t h e p r of i t s of t h e time, entering your authorization code ·
phone company). and number, just as you would if you
The FCC recently h a d a proposa l were using your own modem to place a
before it to create a " P u b l i c D i g ita l call through an alternate carrier. This
Radio Service" that wou ld have been at least allows you an altern ative,
j u st the th i n g for t h i s type of appl icat ion although it's not much of one. A lso,
(ass u m i n g that t h e C a n ad i a ns wou ld check out the various toll-free options
h ave approved a s i m i l a r service), but on a lt ern a t e l o n g d i st a n c e c o m
t h ey t u r n ed it dow n . I 'd l i ke to know panies-there might be a fairly cost
why some freq u ency somewhere can 't efficient answer there.
be set a s ide for t h i s k i nd of service. I Finally, try being really vocal about
hope the n ext t i m e they w i l l g ive us a this. Forget the computer business
few measly khz at least. call your elected officials and tell them
Per h aps there j u st i s n 't any way to do you have a friend or relative who's only
what I want to do for a reasonable cost, five miles away and you're sick of
g iven the p resent state of leg a l iti es i n paying through the nose to talk to
t h e U . S . a n d Ca nada (certa i n ly i t i s them. Apparently that worked in other
technologically poss ible), b u t i f you towns-it seems like something could
h ave a n y s uggestions, p lease drop me be done in your case. Make it known
a l i ne. Any ass i stance that you can that the other companies refuse to
provide w i l l be very m uch a ppreciated. serve your community. And if all else
JD fails, you can always mail disks.
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1986
PRIVATE SECTOR R E TU R N I N G -Back o n l i n e soon but many questions on seizure rema i n ; THE BAS I C S : DIVESTITUR E : WHA T
HAPPENED ?-an explanation of that which IS confusing the populace; FLASH. AT&T steals customers, Dom i n ican blue boxers. computerized
hooky catcher, Falwell attacked by computer, an astronomical phone bill, d i a l - a -porn update. phone boot h victorious; LEITER S : Getting credit
f r o m a l t e r n a t e c a r n e r s , t r a c i n g m e t h o d s . m o b i l e p h o n e s . M a n itoba r a i d ; 2 600 I N F O R M A T I O N B U R EA U - b l u e box p r o g r a m s ;
SYSTEMATICALLY SPEAK I N G : confusing payphones, code abuse software. centrex features i n y o u r h o u s e . VAX 8650, overcharge hunters;
VMS: THE S E R I E S CONTINU ES-more on secur ity features; IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU ! �what happens when hackers have a fight; D IAL
BACK SECUR ITY-holes i n the systems; FLASH : abuse of party l i ne, unique obscene caller, news on pen registers, reporters steal Swiss
phones, pay phone causes panic; LETT E R S : asking questions, blue box corrections, Computel com p l a i nt, B B S security; 2600 INFORMATION
B U R EAU-assorted numbers; SYSTEMATICALLY SPEAK I N G : Sprint and U S Tel merge, write protect tabs wrong, Bell Atlantic chooses MCI.
cel l u l a r phones in England, infrared beeper, electronic tax returns, acoustic trauma; AN OVERVIEW OF AUTOVON AND SILVER BOXES-the
m i l itary phone network and how your touch tone phone can play a long; AN AMERICAN EXPRESS PHONE STORY-a memory of one of the
better hacking escapades; F I NAL WORDS O N VMS-security devices and assorted tips; F LA S H : hacker zaps computer marquee, Soviets
denied computer access, calling the shuttle, new ways of stea ling data, computer password forgotten; LETT E R S : corporate rates. defeating
call waiting. r ingback n umbers. where is BlOC?, credit where it's due. special 800 number; THIS MONTH AT 2600: Private Sector's return,
Computel and Compuserve. Telepub '86, a postal m i racle; SYSTEMATICALLY SPEAK I N G : Jamming satel l ites. TASS news service, Soviet
computer update, d i a l i n g the yellovv pages, Nonhern Telecom to destroy CO's. more phones than ever; RSTS FOR B E G I N N E R S-basic
system functions, logi n procedures; MOBILE PHONES: THEORY AND CONSTRUCTION-how to b u i ld your own mobile phone; FLAS H :
British phoneboot h wedding. another l arge S p r i n t b i l l . bad tenant databases. car breathalizers. phone phreak fi ned. Marcos phones for free;
LETT E R S . blue box coding, electronic road pricing i n Hong Kong, UNIX bugs, more on AE hacking; A STORY O F EAVESDROPPING-from
Wor ld War I I ; T H I S MONTH AT 2600: transcripts of Private Sector raid, more on Compute!; SYSTEMATICALLY SPEAKI N G : 6 1 7 to be divided.
Congress chooses AT&T, Baby Bells don't pay AT&T b i l ls, equ a l access 800 n umbers. data encryption. DA failure. AT&T loses its zero;
EXPLOITS I N OPERATOR H ELL-haraSSing operators from Alaska; THE COMPUTEL SCOOP; FlAS H : Bel lcore publ ications go publ ic, US and
France link phones, computer grammar. shower phone. cel l u l a r modem. htgh tech parking meters. Congress ional computer; LETTERS:
foreign phone systems. Russian phone books. numbers to dial on a blue box. Boston ANI. Cheshire Catalyst. CNA. ways of answering the
phone; 2600 I N F ORMATION B U R EAU-Autovon numbers, alternate phreaking methods for a lternate carriers; SYSTEMATICALLY
SPEAK I N G : Wrest leman i a pins Bell. sting boards on the rise, American Network fears hackers. free pay-phones plague New Jersey.
disposable phones, hacker terrorists; COMPUTER C R I M E REVIEW-a review of the repon from The National Center for Computer Crime
Data, HOW TO HACK A PICK-An introduction to the Pick operating system and ways of hacking i nto it; NOTH ING NEW I N COMPUTER
U N DERGROUND-review of a new book; FLAS H : New York's new computer crime law, a $6,829 phone b i l l , hovv big computer crime pays,
public phone secrecy. Capitol H i l l hacker. Citibank money games; LETTE R S : English phreaking. ways of tricking sting BBS's, called party
supervision, 2600 P h u n Book , Captain M idnight, RCI; 2600 INFORMATION BUREAU-some phone numbers; RESOURCES G U I DE;
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Videophones; VIOLATING A VAX-Trojan horses, collecting passwords, etc., etc.; THE FREE PHONES OF PHILLY-Skyline providing
completely free service from pay phones; FLASH : town crippled by telco strike. prisoners make i l lega l calls. hacker degrees. New Jersey tops
taps, ex-fed is tapped, water company wants customers' social security n umbers, computers strike again. federal employees "tracked";
LETTER S : ASSOCiation of Clandestine Radio Enthusiasts, ITT correction. NSA. more on VMS. T elecomputist. a 950 trick; 2600 I NFORMATION
BUREAU-World N u mbering Zones; SYSTEMATICALLY SPEAK I N G : AT&T sell ing pay phones, automated operators, cel l ular d i a l - by-voice,
new British phone service, no data protection for Hong Kong, CongreSSional fraud hotline, federal phone f a i l u res, Indiana telco threatens
AT&T; KNOWING U N I X-sending m a i l and general hacking; A TRIP TO E N G lAND-and the fun t h i ngs you can do with phones over there;
FLASH : Phone fraud i n governor's house, Big Brother, Tettec fights back. vandal ism, 9 1 1 calls: LETTERS: shutting down systems. legal
BBS's, VAXIVMS tips, 2600 I N FORMATION B U R EAU-a l ist of telcos, a l ist of area codes and n umber of exchanges; SYSTEMATICALLY
SPEAK I N G : USSR computers, ATM's in C h i na. NYCE, TV blue boxes, government phones, rural radio phones; SOME FACTS ON
SUPERVISION-answer supervision exp l a i ned; RCI & D M S - l oo BUGS; ANOTHE R STIN G E R I S STUNG-Maxfield exposed again; FlAS H :
N SA drops D E S . hackers on shortwave. B i g Brother traffic COP. crosstalk saves a life, I n d i a n phones, video signatures. FBI shopping l ist.
a i rphone causes confusion; LETTERS: Capta i n M idnight. annoyance bureau . SL- l switches. credit. PBX's, SOOword-numbers. public CNA's;
2600 I N FORMATION BUREAU-Winnipeg n umbers; SYSTEMATICI'LLY SPEAKING : Sprint overbi lls, AT&T ranks # 1 , portable VAXes, ca l l
rejection; DEATH OF A PAY PHONE-nasty busi ness; TRAS H I N G : AME R ICA'S SOURCE F O R I N F O R MATION-st i l l moretacties; FlASH : F B I
investigates coffee machine. CIS copyrights p u b l i c software; Navy software. HBO encryption. I n d i a n a "Fones · ' ; LEITER S : N u mbers. telco
ha rrassment, Puerto Rican telephones, Q's and Z's; 2600 I NFORMATION BUR EAU-Overseas n u mbers; SYSTEMATICALLY SPEAK I N G :
E lectronic t a x returns. software makers crash B B S , I C N . U ltraphone. ESS i n Taiwan, NSA wants new c h i p ; ICN-MORE THAN A BARGAIN
a look at one of the worst phone companies in the world; MASTERING THE NElWORKS-com m u n icating on Arpanet. B itnet. etc. ; FLASH :
R eagan tonures patients. FBI angers parents. Q and Z controversy; LETTERS: Telenet hacking, ANI 's, 81 1 . 976 problems; 26CX>
I N FO RMATION B U R EAU-British BBS n umbers; WRATH OF GOO STRIKES 2600; SYSTEMATICALLY SPEAK I N G : Banks l i n k arms, Sprint
has too many customers. new payphones, n ickname l istings. computer college; A LOOK AT THE FUTURE PHREAK I N G WORLD-Ce� lular
telephones & how they work; HOW CELLULAR PHONES CAME ABOUT AND WHAT YOU CAN �XPECT; THINGS WE ' R E NOT S UPPOSED T O
KNOW ABOUT; FLAS H : Avoiding rejection, phreaks tie u p c i rCU its. N o r t h C a r o l i n a hackers. i nternational h a c k i n g . p a y i n g f o r t o u c h tones,
wiretaps; LETTE R S : Eq u a l access 800 n u mbers. strange n u m bers. I r i s h phreaking. disabling ca l l waiting; 2600 INFORMATION B U R EAU
Netm a i l s ites; SYSTEMATICALLY SPEAK I N G : Free directories. f i ngerprint 10 system, navigating with CO's, sweeping for bugs.
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