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- The Hacker Syndrome - How they did it
- September 5, 1986
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- Be on the look out for the following 2 computer hackers
- that have recently started a raid of computer bulletin boards
- in the Southern Calif. area.
- Their names are: Steve Shaw and Pat Rajabi. They also
- go by the following aliases: Jim Brooks, Brian Ohart, John
- Aron, Jarrod Anderson, Sysop zz, Yocon Liber, John Smith,
- Nick Rivers, Marc Williams and Max Sterling.
- They have broken into a large PCBoard in this area and
- have downloaded their membership list and crashed the board.
- They have edited this list down to all sysops that have
- logged onto this PCBoard and have been calling these boards,
- logging on as they sysop and using the sysop's password. If
- you are a sysop and if you use different passwords you have
- nothing to fear. But, if you use the same password for
- calling other boards and use it on your own board, you are in
- for some real trouble, especially if your system is a PCBoard
- or a Fido BBS.
- I have called some sysops about this but gave up when I
- learned that they had all ready been hit or knew about the
- breech. If you operate a BBS-PC system you are relatively
- safe. They will download your membership directory in search
- of more sysops and that is about all. For other boards, they
- can be very destructive.
- When they log on to your board using your name and
- password they will quickly assign themselves top level
- security access and log off in hope of not being noticed.
- Then they will log back on using their own name, enter
- your membership records and create the above fictious names
- and give them all sysop status. If they run out of things to
- do they will try and exit to DOS and attempt a format of your
- discs.
- I have 100 pages of docs on hand showing what they do
- and how they do it (all my boards activities are logged to
- disk) and also they were dumb enough to upload their hit list
- from a PCBoard they raided that contains names of many sysops
- not only in Calif., but also in other states.
- One sysop I talked to knows these criminal's real
- addresses and phone numbers and is contacting the
- authorities. This sysop talked to Steve Shaw and told me
- that Steve Shaw informed him that they were out to destroy
- "every PCBoard in America." This threat should not be taken
- lightly. This guy means exactly what he says. He has all
- ready proven it in this area.
- If you notice these people's names on your BBS I would
- suggest deleting your entire membership log and starting over
- requiring your members to enter with new passwords that they
- have not used before.
- If you haven't been hit, I would strongly suggest
- changing your password to your board daily or weekly. These
- hackers are not exceptionally bright and are easy to catch if
- you are aware of how they operate.
- If you have any further questions, or if you would like
- to know if you are on their hit list please contact BBS-Buena
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- The Hacker Syndrome - How they did it
- September 5, 1986
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- Park at (714) 821-5014. Don't ask for a copy of their hit
- list because I will not put it out on the boards for security
- reasons to others. But, if you know of a Pirate BBS, I'm
- sure that this list is on their. It is an extensive list and
- I'm sure that it has come from one of the very popular
- PCBoards in this area. I don't know which one, if that is
- what you are asking yourself.
- I am sure that these hackers will have their fun and
- quit but until then: play it safe!
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- Ken Hedgecock
- SysOp: BBS-Buena Park
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