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#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#% %#% #%# #%# TRI : The Remote Informer %#% %#% Volume 1 ------------------------------- January '88 #%# #%# Issue #6 %#% %#% #%# #%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#% %#% #%# #%# Editors : Tracker, Ye Cap'n, Norman Bates, and The Reporter %#% %#% #%# #%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#% IN THIS ISSUE: --------------------------------------------- * Batavia Student Suspected in $24,468 Scam * REVIEW : Crusader's Tele-Net Scanner * Theft Finess -- Getting long lasting codes * The "new" Security System #7 * AT+T Introduces a new NetWork --------------------------------------------- ============================================================================ -=+* Happy New Year! *+=- T H E H E A D L I N E S -=+* Happy New Year! *+=- ======================+==========================+========================== Looking for Writers!!!|Wheels N Waves disappears!|2 6 0 0 M a g a z i n e! ----------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------- We're looking for good|Wheels N Waves, a popular|For those of you avid fans articles and bits-o-|phreak board to many has|of 2600 Magazine, for lack news to include in the|just disappeared! When we|of funds, they have had to next issues of The|asked Party Beast, the|reduce their publishing Remote Informer. If|sysop why it was down, 8e^9ate to that of a quarter- you have a complete|told us simply that he had|ly. Under the new publish- article, or just some-|gotten tired of paying the|ing format that they are thing interesting you|phone bill. He has gotten|using, costs are high, and found in the morning|a new job and doesn't have|the $15 they charge for a paper, then drop us a|time to spend reparing|year's subscription does line on one of the bbs|the bbs. So I guess we|not even cover the cost of systems at the end of|bid farewell to annother|printing ONE issue for a this file. We accept|good board... |year! By reducing the no. feedback in either up-+==========================+of issues published each load or message form. |Bates Motel to have 20megs|year, and in turn increas- Those who supply info|--------------------------|ing the size, they hope to will recieve full|The Bates Motel,one of our|cut down costs and stay in credit. And if you are|main support bbs's, will|business. Please donate a Sysop we'll include|soon be adding 20 megs of|what you can, (a year's your bbs number at the|storage space, with th}ie|sub. is $15). Send check/ end of the article if|extra space will come more|m.o. to: 2600, PO box 752, you want. |mesg bases, and a HUGE|Middle Island, NY 11953 -] The Editors |t.file library. |-] Norman Bates ======================+===================================================== ============================================================================ Batavia Student Suspected in $fcDI 95,X[BKK---------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Democrat and Chronicle Dec 22nd Rochester, NY ---------------------------------------- BATAVIA - A 17-year-old high school student is facing charges for his part in a home computer scam that left Wisconsin County with a $24,468 phone bill. The youth is suspected of gaining illegal acess to telephone lines by breaking computer codes, investigators said. He then would share the codes with other home computer operators - sometimes called Hackers - so they could communicate via their computers and charge the call to a third party, Genesee County Assistant District Attorney Robert Noonan said yesterday. Possibly up to 100 people used it, Noonan said. Investigators are discussing whether to take the case before a grand jury or offer the youth a deal involving crimunal charges and restitution, Noonan said. The youth was not identified because he is not charged now. In September another Genesee County man was believed to be the first person in the state to be convicted under a recent computer-tampering law. Robert F. Versaggi, 31, was convicted of two counts of second-degree computer tampering involving telephones at Kodak in Rochester. The boy is suspected of making $1,126 in calls himself that were billed to Winnebago County, Wis. Hackers made an additional $23,342 in calls. Noonan was contacted by Secret Service agents when their investigation into the Winnebago County phone bills led them to the Batavia youth. Authorities seized records and equipment used in the scheme from the youth's home. -] Supplied by The Sparrow [Ts/Gary] ============================================================================ REVIEW : Crusader's "new" TeleNet Scanner ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- I juu2%9KMC&Us9%s6%+[+l\9 new TeleNet scanning program, and I have to say, I'll give it a thumbs up! The program is used to find valid TeleNet identifiers, very much similar to wardialing for modems. The program dials up your local TeleNet and starting at the area code, and id you define, sequentialy scans to find working systems. The program has a configuration menu that will allow you to change the baud rate, speaker on/off, (by changing the dialing string), the local TeleNet access number, starting Area Code and id, and whether or not you want it to scan auto- matically, or manually. You may also change the filename, or device that you wish to have the valid identifiers saved to... In Auto-Scan the program does everything itself, from dialing telenet to entering the terminal type and identifiers. When in manual scan, it acts like a terminal, and when you recieve the @ symbol, (prompt to enter id) you hit the proper consol key, and the program sends the next id in the series. The program can be set to work at any baud rate, but 1200 works best. When setting the baud rate, you must make sure ahead of time, that the TeleNet dialup you are using will accept that speed, or the program will lock up if it attempts to connect at 2400 baud, when TeleNet will only accept 1200. The dialing string parameter allows you to set certain registers on your modem if you like before dialing. The default setting is ATM0DT, which will first turn the speaker off, and then dial in touch tone. You can how- ever change that to ATM1DT it you would like the speaker to be on while it is scanning. To run TeleNet scanner, you must have an RS232 handler installed, and a hayes compatible modem connected. Using a Hayes(r) SmartModem is the best choice. The program may work with other hayes compatible modems, but we can't insure that it will work with other modems besides the Hayes. The program is protected against editing, so you can not modify it to suit your own needs, but it should fill most of the requirements you would need for scanning TeleNet. The program has a few minor bugs, which can usually be avoided. First of all, if the program dials up TeleNet, and TeleNet does not answer, or doesn not answer at the right baud rate, the program will lock up, and the only way to get out of it is by pressing System Reset, which will reboot the system, and previously found identifiers will be lost. Also if you experience line noise, the program will fail to execute properly, and many times the end result will also be lock up. At any time in the middle of a scan, you may hit the HELP key on your Atari XL, or XE and the program will abort and return to the configuration menu, while saving the results. There is no exit, or return to dos function, so when you are done using the program, return to the config. menu and press system reset, or turn the computer off to exit the program. Crusader is well known in many circles of the tele-com and hacking world. He has written many programs for hacking codes, and or war dialing modems for the Atari Computer and hayes compatible modems. Mosl`7f the programs he writes, he writes with a Hayes SmartModem, so they may not always work with other types of modems. You should keep this in mind if you are considering downloading a program he has written. Other programs that he has released include, CardHacker, the ProHack series, and several others. I talked to him recently, and he told me about a new program he will be releasing soon, called The Prowler. The Prowler is an advanced modem scanner with built in full featured terminal. It operates at 3, 12, and 2400 baud. The terminal feature includes baud, and translation settings, as well as a good sized buffer (over 5k) for capturing text. The Prowler will also can for dialtones, to find local pbx's, or new~r 950 dialups. It is all menu driven, and should be easy to use. The Prowler will ONLY run on Hayes SmartModem's, and compatibles. Also be watching for the ProwlPak, a disk that will be soon released containing a autoboot menu program, from where you can select and run The Prowler, TeleNet Scanner, or The Theif. Crusader wouldn't tell us much about The Theif, but he claims it will be the greatest code hacker ever written, with the most features, and the easiest to use. Also be looking for ARTS, The [A]tari [R]emote [T]rading [S]ystem. It is a small bulletin board system designed after the Apple AE concept. Most of his programs can be found on a good bbs near you, so ask around! -] Written by Norman Bates (If you have a program, or know of one that you think the rest of the phreaking/hacking world should know about, then drop us a line. It doesn't matter what kind of computer it is written for, we will be willing to give it a look...) ============================================================================ Theft Finess ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Many of you are hacking your brains out with algoritims, math formulas, etc, to latch onto the ultimate communications bonanza. I offer an alternate method. It's much less exciting, less computer intense, but safer, surer and longer lasting! My method goes like this: First choose a victim long distance company, then apply for a travel card, or calling code. When asked, give them a phony business name and telephone number. An always busy number, or always ringing number is good. Alas, you will have to give them a legitmate address to get your account number. An abondoned house, or house for sale is good. If they ask you for a business reference, just make one up, or use a real company that you know. They will NOT check up on it! Now just kick back until the card comes! My experience and faith in the incompetence and stupidity of the corperate America yields the conclusion that they don't even look at your account until the bill begins to top $1000! Sometimes you will simply get lost in the maze of computers, billing, accounting etc and be left alone for a year or more! One example is when my old telephone number was disconnected. Then it was RE-connected to someone else, by a caprice of Ma Bell stupidity.(when she WAS Ma Bell) My OLD phone # was activated in MY HOUSE!! I had unlimited calling for over a year on that number. I never had any problems with the real owners of the number. I NEVER heard a peep about paying for their mistake. I just finished an 11 month long escapade with SPRINT. (or U~rS Sprint, or who-ever they are now) I never heard a word till the bill passed 1000 dollars! The whole gist of the thing is, that there are so many bills and records to keep track of, that the telephone companies are drowning in their own paperwork! I applied through EASTERN TEL, got a temporary card in 1 week. Then it was cancelled because the witch at the customer service office cal}iled the phony number I left to find out how I liked the service! I even called THEM because I had never been caught so fast. I just told them I was a dumb employee working for the company name that I had made the application in, and didn't know anything! Although they took my name, which I made up for the occasion, I received my PERMANANT travel card in the mail in a week from EASTERN TEL!!! In conclusion, this is war: People die, lives are ruined, property is destroyed. Along wi}ith much of what America is supposed to be -- on paper. The devistiture is one more salvo against us -- those bottemless pits our parents told us never existed. It is up to US to stand up and hit 'em where it hurts -- the ONLY place to hit 'em: In the pocketbook!!! 'snuff said. -] Written by Malphigi (Any comments, personaly experiences or suggestions, please drop us a line on one of the bbs's listed at the end of this file.) ============================================================================ New Network ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (TEXAS)-11/11/87 AT+T has announced a new network. The only people I know of so far that will be on it are Tandy's Radio Shacks. I'm sure others will follow, but that's all the info I have so far, as I just got this tidbit about 2 hours ago. Now, I dont have time in life to type in all 340 nodes, but I will give you a handful. I know for a fact it's 300/1200 baud, and I imagine, it'll host 2400. This is to be released November 30, but I'm sure some of the numbers are up by now. Happy hacking. 205-942-4121 201-536-4471 501-225-0978 602-966-6601 602-747-5264 805-322-5661 818-346-0037 818-448-2679 213-410-0867 213-603-0110 213-739-6900 408-372-0733 714-752-6094 415-834-1850 805-486-4831 818-793-1427 714-983-5489 305-898-9402 904-386-7169 813-287-0043 305-655-1248 404-395-0662 808-836-1733 515-288-8608 312-454-4474 319-391-1370 505-265-1561 405-942-3718 918-492-9208 503-297-7741 401-738-8753 803-796-7026 615-265-1280 206-453-0015 414-738-9557 608-251-1493 414-778-6100 414-632-3133 304-342-3246 217-753-2025 219-423-9481 617-890-6924 617-755-9397 301-539-6100 301-722-7696 207-871-0278 616-965-3377 616-241-6797 517-482-8083 517-832-3014 313-827-7340 612-858-2210 612-252-2410 816-474-0421 314-862-6638 601-355-2092 704-372-6621 Gimme 1 or 2 hundred hours to phool around with these and other numbers, and I'll get back to you with some more indepth info. Well, that should get you started. Post results, and we'll all benefit. Laterness3])AABJ%5si -] Written by Prime Anarchist (If you find any info about these numbers, drop us a line at one of our support bbs's...) #%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#% %#% Disclaimer : The views presented in The Remote Informer are not #%# #%# necessarily the views of the editors, or writers of The Remote %#% %#% Informer. We'll publish any information that we feel should be #%# #%# spread to other Tele-Communications enthusiasts, and that can-not be %#% %#% spread by better means. The activities described in this newsletter #%# #%# are not practiced, nor condoned by it's editors. 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