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The Remote Informer Issue 2
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# The Remote Informer #
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# Editors: Tracker, Norman Bates, and Ye Cap'n #
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# September 26, 1987 Issue: 02 #
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# Brought to you by the 'new' TUFF: The Underground Fone Federation #
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The News
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Sprint Strikes Back | Celestial Elite/TUFF Come to an End
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Sprint caught a guy dealing| Celestial Elite and TUFF, the famous
codes on the street in LA|hack/phreak groups came to an end a couple
this past week. Information|weeks ago. TUFF, however, is being reborn
on this bust is limited at|and you can expect it to be back to full
this time. |force within a month. Sources have it that
A seventeen year old was|Magnus Adept, head of the now terminated
busted in Arizona last week.|group, Celestial Elite, has started a new
The name of the teenager will|group called Avalon Kingdom. We are unsure
not be printed to protect him|what plans are in store for it.
from harassment calls. | TUFF has several ideas and plans that
|will be out to the public soon. Look for
>This information was supplied|future issues of The Remote Informer (tm)
by Phreaky Phone II |for new updates.
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Beige Box Bust | TeleNet Hacker | Bate's Motel Moves
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One of our editors and a| Crusader released| Bate's Motel BBS,
member of TUFF, Norman Bates|his TeleNet hacking|run by Norman Bates,
was caught for Beige boxing|program on September|was forced to move. It
that he had done over 3 months|20, 1987. Look for|is temporarily set up
ago. The calls he had made|it on a good board|at (619)267-8619. It
were inside his state and cost|you call. A review|will remain 1200 baud,
a total of $12. He paid the|will be in the next|and a member of the
bill and no charges were filed|issue of The Remote |TUFF Network. It is
against him. |Informer. |open to the public.
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Phreaky Phones Return: Amazing? | LDDS Buys Out TMC: Companies Merge
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The original Phreaky Phone numbers| LDDS bought out TMC last month.
now support the new Phreaky Phones.|They merged into LDDS, since it was
The guys running them had protested|bigger and more widespread. Any
that the lines were being monitored.|companies that were subscribing to
There is no way that could have been,|the TMC long distance service were
and they contradicted themselves by|automatically coverted to LDDS. All
restarting Phreaky Phones on the same|local TMC ports still work, but will
to the people calling to suggest they|article on LDDS in this issue for
believe a story like that. |more information on LDDS dial-ups.
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US Sprint Calls Destinations | Pirate's Hollow Is Back With 10 Megs
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US Sprint now calls all the| Pirate's Hollow is back on-line. It
numbers called with unauthorized|now is run a 10 meg hard drive. Unlike
codes. Their dis-advantage is|most boards that have #'s of megs, this
that they are delayed by about|one will stress more attention on it's
two months in calling because|database. The database is scheduled to
they have to wait till people|be online by October 1st. This database
report they did not make calls to|will contain 800+ text files on various
the numbers they were billed for.|topics, with about 60% - 70% pertaining
Best advice is to not call voice|to illegal activities. Unfortunately,
with Sprint except to those who|Trax Xe is being redesigned, so until it
have private lines other than|is finished, it will run on Carina. The
their regular phone line. |number is (415)593-6784 (300/1200 baud).
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Raggers and Braggers
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This section is to make you aware of well-known raggers and braggers.
Since this is the first time this section is being printed, we show you
what classifies people as raggers and braggers. In the future issues
the top raggers and braggers will be listed in this newsletter to let the
SysOps know who not to let on their board, or to atleast keep an eye on.
A ragger is someone who will put someone else down for something. The
person might post a message asking a novice question about hacking and
phreaking, or may say something that is completely wrong, and a ragger
will put the other person down for he said, posted, etc. The ones that
usually classify in this category are the ones that think they know it all
and consider themselves right no matter what anyone says. Most of the
users that use codes and consider themselves a master phreaker usually
become raggers.
A bragger is someone who either does or thinks he does know everything,
and puts it upon himself to tell the whole world that he knows it all.
This person is also one who thinks he is better than everyone else and
he believes he is Elite, and no one else is. People who tend to do this
are those who have, for some reason, become well-known in the underworld,
and as a result become a bragger. Those usually not too well-known will
not tend to brag as much as those who think everyone would love to be
their friend and be like them.
As a well-known ragger and bragger, The Toad, learned that it does not
help to be one or both of those. He has since changed and is now easily
accepted by most. Most people disliked him because others they knew had
said something bad about him. This is called peer pressure and is a bad
influence to those who are new to the underworld. I would suggest in the
future, to not judge someone by what others say, but rather by how they
act around/to you.
The current most popular Atarian that classifies as a ragger and a
bragger is Ace of Aces, and is well-hated by many users and SysOps, since
he tends to put down anything anyone says and considers himself the best
at writing hacking programs. He is commonly referred to as Ass of Asses
and Ass of Assholes. Even holding an open mind about this guy, you would
soon come to find that what others said coincides with what you see from
him. @ M
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A New 950 has arrived!
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LDDS, who as mentioned above bought out TMC, is installing a new 950
port to most major cities. By the time you read this, it should be in
almost every area that supports 950 ports. The number is 950-1450. This
port will dial 976 numbers, but not 700, 800, or 900 numbers. The dialing
method for LDDS is: 7 digit code, then even if the code is bad it will
give you a dial tone. Then dial the area code plus the number. If you
have a bad code it will simply say your call cannot be completed as it was
dialed. There is a default code used on the system that currently works.
The code is simply, 1234567. I have seen codes from 5 different companies
and they all are in the format of 00xxxxx. I do not know what type of
software they use, but I will know by the next issue exactly what they
place on the bills. This could be the answer to alot of people's
problems with fear of Sprint and ITT, especially AllNets. Just remember,
Tracker is the one who found this, and all information about it. If
someone is seen saying they found this, then they will be listed in the
next issue which will contain an article on leeches.
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Mailbox Systems
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Mailbox systems are the link between information and the underworld. If
you have ever called one, then you will know the advantages of having one,
especially the ones that are open to whole underworld, rather than just a
select few. There are two types of mailbox systems that are widely used.
The first type we will talk about is the multiple mailbox systems, or
commonly referred to as message systems. These systems have several
mailboxes set up on one number. Usually, you can access other mailboxes
from that number by pressing '*' or '#'. Sometimes you just enter the
mailbox number and you are connected. These are the safest systems to use
to protect information from US Sprint and other long distance companies.
Since US Sprint and other companies call the destination numbers, it is
safer to have 800 mailbox systems, and most of the time, the multiple
mailbox systems are on 800 numbers. The passcode on these systems can
vary in length and can be accessed by several different methods, so it is
impossible to explain exactly how to hack these systems.
The other type is the single mailbox system. These are usually set up
in a reserved prefix in an area code. (Ex: 713-684-6xxx) These systems
are usually controlled by the same type of hardware/software. To access
the area where you enter the passcode, just hit '0' for a second or so.
The passcodes are four (4) digits long. The only way to hack these is
manually. The best thing you could do is to find one that does not have
a recording from a person, but just the digitized voice. If you hack one
that someone already owns, they will report it and it will not last as
long.
Here is a list mailboxes or prefixes to help you get started
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Single Multiple Digits
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213-281-8xxx 212-714-2770 3
213-285-8xxx 216-586-5000 4
213-515-2xxx 415-338-7000 Aspen Message System 3
214-733-5xxx 714-474-2033 Western Digital
214-855-6xxx 800-222-0651 Vincent and Elkins 4
214-978-2xxx 800-233-8488 3
215-949-2xxx 800-447-8477 Fairylink 7
312-450-8xxx 800-521-5344 3
313-768-1xxx 800-524-2133 RCA 4
405-557-8xxx 800-527-0027 TTE TeleMessager 6
602-230-4xxx 800-632-7777 Asynk 6
619-492-8xxx 800-645-7778 SoftCell Computers 4
713-684-6xxx 800-648-9675 Zoykon 4
800-847-0003 Communications World 3
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The Disclaimer!
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We, the editors, take no responsibility for your actions and use of
the information in this newsletter. This newsletter is for informational
purposes only. If you are easily offended by telecommunication
discussions, then we suggest that you not read this newsletter. But for
those who are truely interested in the information in this newsletter,
enjoy it.
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Coming in the next issue!
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In the next issue, we will be open for suggestions from the readers
of this issue. We will have some featured articles though, which include:
1) Study of bridges
2) Review of Crusader's new TeleNet Hacker
3) More information on the new LDDS 950 port
4) Review of Code Hackers for all modems
5) List of TeleNet addresses
6) Credit Card checkers
7) Ideas from the readers
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