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***************-Another presentation from the News of Freedom-***************
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02/13/94 Volume 1 Number 2
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-This is our 2nd release, Enjoy!-
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The following is taken from the New York Times, Business Section,
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February 11, 1994
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COMPUTER SECURITY EXPERTS SEE PATTERN IN INTERNET BREAK-INS.
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Computer security experts say they now believe that a recent rash of
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break-ins on the global Internet web of computer networks was an organized
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effort to crack the security of the world's busiest computer systems. But
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they remain baffled by the motives of the unknown intruders, who stole tens
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of thousands of passwords...
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Mr. Gary, whose federally financed group sent a warning to all network
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administrators on the Internet a week ago, said the break-ins apparently
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began sporadically last summer on isolated computers. But recently, the
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assault intensified, turning to computers that were strategic gateways to
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the Internet. One such computer was operated by Panix of New York City, a
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major Internet service provider. Panix reported that some 300 other computers
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were compromised as a result of the security breach in the Panix computer...
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The warning came on Feb.3, after response team officals recognized a
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surge in break-in reports from companies known as Internet service providers.
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There are an estimated 500 service providers in the United States. Each acts
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as a gateway to the Internet for as few as a dozen or as many as 10,000 or
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more customers...Security experts said that all Internet users should
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immediatley change their passwords and make a habit of doing so frequently...
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"There are about 50 people who really have the capacity to defeat the
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system," Mr. Gary of the response team said. "At least, that's the number
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we get from our friends in law enforcement and investigative agencies.
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Those are the ones who have the skill, the desire, the energy and the
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persistence to go after the network until they get the job done."
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Perhaps more troubling is that there is NO apparent motive for the
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attacks. Officals of the response team said there had been no reports of
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intruders using stolen information for the malicious or criminal activities.
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"The analogy is someone going around the neighborhood collecting keys to all
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the houses," said James C, Settle, supervisory special agent for the
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Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Computer Crime Squad in Wash.
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"They're probably not going to all that effort just to collect all those
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keys. We would expect they're going to do something."
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Well it appears that the Feds really don't have a clue whose doing
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these break-ins, so we're safe for now, but I warn all of you to be extra
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careful as they're expecting something...I just hope that people really
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don't change their passwords, because then we'll just have to do it all
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over again. That's all & remember you get your latest issue of NOF at your
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favorite H/P board.
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-News of Freedom for Phreakers around the Globe-
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