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==Phrack Inc.==
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Volume Two, Issue 23, File 3 of 12
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<> Subdivisions <>
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<> ~~~~~~~~~~~~ <>
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<> Part Three Of The Vicious Circle Trilogy <>
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<> A Study On The Occurrence Of Groups Within The Community <>
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<> Presented by Knight Lightning <>
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<> August 8, 1988 <>
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A Rose By Any Other Name... Would Smell As Sweet
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The Administration \ Advanced Telecommunications, Inc./ATI
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ALIAS \ American Tone Travelers \ Anarchy Inc. \ Apple Mafia
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The Association \ Atlantic Pirates Guild/APG \ Bad Ass Mother Fuckers/BAMF
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Bellcore \ Bell Shock Force/BSF \ Black Bag \ Camorra \ C&M Productions
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Catholics Anonymous \ Chaos Computer Club \ Chief Executive Officers/CEO
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Circle Of Death \ Circle Of Deneb \ Club X \ Coalition of Hi-Tech Pirates/CHP
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Coast-To-Coast \ Corrupt Computing \ Cult Of The Dead Cow/-cDc-
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Custom Retaliations \ Damage Inc. \ D&B Communications \ The Dange Gang
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Dec Hunters \ Digital Gang/DG \ DPAK \ Eastern Alliance
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The Elite Hackers Guild \ Elite Phreakers and Hackers Club
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The Elite Society Of America \ EPG \ Executives Of Crime \ Extasyy (Elite)
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Fargo 4A \ Farmers Of Doom/FOD \ The Federation \ Feds R Us \ First Class
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Five O \ Five Star \ Force Hackers \ The 414s \ Hack-A-Trip
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Hackers Of America/HOA \ High Mountain Hackers \ High Society \ The Hitchhikers
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IBM Syndicate \ The Ice Pirates Imperial Warlords \ Inner Circle
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Inner Circle II \ Insanity Inc.
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International Computer Underground Bandits/ICUB \ Justice League of America/JLA
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Kaos Inc. \ Knights Of Shadow/KOS \ Knights Of The Round Table/KOTRT
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League Of Adepts/LOA \ Legion Of Doom/LOD \ Legion Of Hackers/LOH
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Lords Of Chaos \ Lunitic Labs, Unlimited \ Master Hackers \ MAD!
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The Marauders \ MD/PhD \ Metal Communications, Inc./MCI
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MetalliBashers, Inc./MBI \ Metro Communications \ Midwest Pirates Guild/MPG
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NASA Elite \ The NATO Association \ Neon Knights \ Nihilist Order
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Order Of The Rose \ OSS \ Pacific Pirates Guild/PPG \ Phantom Access Associates
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PHido PHreaks \ Phlash \ PhoneLine Phantoms/PLP
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Phone Phreakers Of America/PPOA \ Phortune 500/P500
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Phreak Hack Delinquents \ Phreak Hack Destroyers
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Phreakers, Hackers, And Laundromat Employees Gang/PHALSE Gang
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Phreaks Against Geeks/PAG \ Phreaks Against Phreaks Against Geeks/PAP
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Phreaks and Hackers of America \ Phreaks Anonymous World Wide/PAWW
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Project Genesis \ The Punk Mafia/TPM \ The Racketeers
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Red Dawn Text Files/RDTF \ Roscoe Gang \ SABRE \ Secret Circle of Pirates/SCP
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Secret Service \ 707 Club \ Shadow Brotherhood \ Sharp Inc. \ 65C02 Elite
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Spectral Force \ Star League \ Stowaways \ Strata-Crackers \ The Phrim
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Team Hackers '86 \ Team Hackers '87 \ TeleComputist Newsletter Staff
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Tribunal Of Knowledge/TOK \ Triple Entente \ Turn Over And Die Syndrome/TOADS
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300 Club \ 1200 Club \ 2300 Club \ 2600 Club \ 2601 Club \ 2AF \ Ware Brigade
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The Warelords \ WASP \ The United Soft WareZ Force/TuSwF
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United Technical Underground/UTU
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Its literally unbelievable just how many different groups and organizations
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there are or have been in the phreak/hack/pirate community. The list of 130
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groups displayed above is probably still just a fraction of the actual amount
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of groups that there have been, but those are the only ones I am aware of at
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this time.
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In the past John Maxfield has estimated that there are about 50,000
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hackers/phreaks/pirates operating in the United States today. That figure has
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multiplied to to a point where it probably comes close to 500,000. Believe it
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or not, almost everyone has been a member of one of the above groups (or
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perhaps a group not mentioned) at one time or another.
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Today's telecom security consultants and law enforcement agencies know this too
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and that is how group affiliations can be turned against us.
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What does being in a group mean? In the modem community being in a group is
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supposed to mean that the people in the group work on projects together and
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trade specific information that people outside of the group are not allowed to
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access and by the same token, have no way to get it. However, obviously the
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people in the group all feel that the other people with whom they are sharing
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information, can be trusted and are worthy of associating with them to begin
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with. So when you stop and think about it, if there was no group, the people
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in question would still be trading information and would still trust each other
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because they would not have formed the group unless this criteria was met in
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the first place. So in truth, being in a group really means nothing on the
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basis previously mentioned.
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You see in the modem community, being in a group really is more like a power
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trip or a "security blanket" for people who feel that they need to let people
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know that they associate with a specific clique in the hopes that the
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popularity of some of the other members will lend popularity to themselves.
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Many groups form in such a way that they try to make it look otherwise and thus
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begins the real problem. Some groups are formed by a person who tries to get a
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lot of guys together that he feels knows a lot or seems to post a lot of good
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information - Bad Move; If you are going to form a group at all, stick with
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people who you know can be trusted (can you really ever "know" who can be
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trusted?) and then out of those people form your group or choose who you feel
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should be in it.
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Anyway, to prove that they are elite, most groups begin to gather specific data
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for giving to group members, and this includes handing out their own names and
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phone numbers with other members of the group. They feel a false loyalty and
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psychologically create such utter faith in all the members that the faith is
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ultimately blind and based on hopes and aspirations of greatness.
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What is the best way for a security agent or informant to blend in with the
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modem community? Join as many groups as possible, start gathering data on
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the members, and spread your handle throughout the community to become "well
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known."
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Example: Taken From Phrack World News Issue XV;
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[This article has been edited for this presentation. -KL]
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Mad Hatter; Informant? July 31, 1987
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We at Phrack Inc. have uncovered a significant amount of information that has
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led us to the belief that Mad Hatter is an informant for some law enforcement
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organization.
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When Taran King, Cheap Shades, Forest Ranger, and Knight Lightning arrived at
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Control C's in Chicago, Illinois, Mad Hatter had already searched the place and
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had found some papers that could only have done ^C harm. We destroyed this
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information and thought everything was ok. However, as it turns out, we
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searched Mad Hatter's bags and found a duplicate set of this information and
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the general hypothesis was they he intended to leave it behind as incriminating
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evidence.
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Mad Hatter had also brought down several disks for the purpose of copying
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Phantasie Realm. Please note; PR was an IBM program and MH has an apple.
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Control C told us that when he went to pick Mad Hatter up at the bus terminal,
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he watched the bus pull in and saw everyone who disembarked. Suddenly Mad
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Hatter was there, but not from the bus he was supposed to have come in on. In
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addition to this, he had baking soda wrapped in a five dollar bill that he
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tried to pass off as cocaine. Perhaps to make us think he was cool or
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something.
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Mad Hatter constantly tried to get left behind at ^C's apartment for unknown
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reasons. He also was seen at a neighbor's apartment making unauthorized calls
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into the city of Chicago. When asked who he called, his reply was "Don't worry
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about it." Mad Hatter had absolutely no money with him during PartyCon (and
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incidentally he ate everything in ^C's refrigerator) and yet he insisted that
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although he had taken the bus down and had return trip tickets for the bus,
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that he would fly back home. How was this going to be achieved? He had no
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money and even if he could get a refund for the bus tickets, he would still be
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over $200 short. When asked how he was going to do this, his reply was "Don't
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worry about it."
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On Saturday night while on the way to the Hard Rock Cafe, Mad Hatter asked
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Control C for the location of his computer system and other items 4 times.
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This is information that Hatter did not need to know, but perhaps a SS agent or
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someone could use very nicely.
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When Phrack Inc. discovered that Dan The Operator was an FBI informant and made
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the news public, several people were criticizing him on Free World II Private.
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Mad Hatter on the other hand, stood up for Noah and said that he was still his
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friend despite what had happened. Then later when he realized that people were
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questioning his legitimacy, his original posts were deleted and he started
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saying how much he wanted to kill Dan The Operator and that he hated him.
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Mad Hatter already has admitted to knowing that Dan The Operator was an FBI
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informant prior to SummerCon '87. He says the reason he didn't tell anyone is
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because he assumed we already knew.
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When Mad Hatter first entered the phreak/hack world, he joined;
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Phreaks Anonymous World Wide (PAWW),
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MetalliBashers, Inc (MBI),
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Order of The Rose, and
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Cult of The Dead Cow (-cDc-).
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If you were a security agent or a loser hacker turned informant and you wanted
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to mix in with the phreak/hack community, wouldn't you try to join as many
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groups as possible to spread your name?
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Phreaks Anonymous World Wide, MetalliBashers, Inc., Order of The Rose, and
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Cult of The Dead Cow, not exactly the toughest groups to join and once there is
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one security person in the group, he is bound to vouch for others, etc. So
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while he spreads his name as an elite modem user throughout the community, he
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is busy gathering information on group members who are foolish enough to trust
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him.
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Its not bad enough that some groups are easy enough to infiltrate as it is, but
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does anyone remember this?
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Taken From Phrack World News Issue XI;
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Phortune 500: Phreakdom's Newest Organization February 16, 1987
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For those of you who are in the least bit interested, Phortune 500 is a group
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of telecommunication hobbyists who's goal is to spread information as well as
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further their own knowledge in the world of telecommunications. This new
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group was formed by:
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Brew Associates / Handsomest One / Lord Lawless / The Renegade Chemist
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Quinton J. Miranda / Striker / The Mad Hacker / The Spiker
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These eight members are also known as Board Of Directors (BOD). They don't
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claim to be *Elite* in the sense that they are they world's greatest hacker,
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but they ARE somewhat picky about their members. They prefer someone who knows
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a bit about everything and has talents exclusive to him/herself.
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One of the projects that Phortune 500 has completed is an individual password
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AE type system. It's called TransPhor. It was written and created by Brew
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Associates. It has been Beta tested on The Undergraduate Lounge (Sysoped by
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Quinton J. Miranda). It is due to be released to the public throughout the
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next few months.
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Phortune 500 has been in operation for about 4 months, and has released two
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newsletters of their own. The Phortune 500 Newsletter is quite like the
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"People" of contemporary magazines. While some magazines cover the deep
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technical aspects of the world in which we communicate, their newsletter tries
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to cover the lighter side while throwing in information that they feel is "of
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technical nature." The third issue is due to be released by the end of this
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month.
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*>=-> The Phortune 500 Membership Questionnaire <-=<*
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Note: The following information is of a totally confidential nature. The
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reason you may find this so lengthy and in depth is for our knowledge of
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you. We, with Phortune 500, feel as though we should know prospective
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members well before we allow them into our organization. Pending the
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answers you supply us, you will be admitted to Phortune 500 as a charter
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member. Please answer the following completely...
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Handle :
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First Name :
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Voice Phone Number :
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Data Phone Number :
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City & State :
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Age :
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Occupation (If Applicable) :
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Place of Employment (Optional) :
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Work Phone Number (Optional) :
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Computer Type :
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Modem Type :
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Interests :
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Areas Of Expertise :
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References (No More Than Three) :
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Major Accomplishments (If Any) :
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Answer In 50 Words Or Less;
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^*^ What Is Phortune 500 in Your Opinion?
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^*^ Why Do You Want To Be Involved With Phortune 500?
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^*^ How Can You Contribute to Phortune 500?
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Please answer each question to the best of your ability and then return to any
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Phortune 500 Board of Directors Member Or a Phortune 500 BBS:
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The Private Connection (Limited Membership) 219-322-7266
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The Undergraduate AE (Private Files Only) 602-990-1573
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An actual application form for joining a group. Perhaps the concept was a good
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one, perhaps not, but from a standpoint of publicity and security, this was a
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complete and utter catastrophe.
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Basically we are all here to learn in one way or another. Groups and clubs
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in our community only seem to segregate it and at a time when everyone should
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be pulling together, this is not such a good idea. Privacy and security are
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important factors that motivate these sects within the society, but ultimately
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are the final consequences worth the trouble of creating a group?
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If groups had not been created, there would not be as much attention on the
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phreak/hack community as there is right now. When group names start spreading,
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it starts the law enforcement agencies into a panic that its big time organized
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crime. This allows them to justify more time and money into the apprehension
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of computer criminals and usually they go after the big names; the people in
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the most "elite" groups.
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Now before you, a member of a group, start criticizing this file, please
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understand, I am not referring to any particular groups here, just groups in
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general. Any and all comments made about MBI, -cDc-, PAWW, OOTR, and P500
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should not be taken personally and were used only as examples of how groups can
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be potential security problems.
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There are some groups that are worthwhile organizations and its obvious because
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that have existed through the years and been productive. However, the only way
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to keep this community alive is for everyone to work together to protect and
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learn from each other.
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:Knight Lightning
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"The Future Is Now"
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