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Posted: 8/20/86 @ 12.08 hours

Greetings:

You are now on THE BOARD, a "sting" BBS operated by MIKE WENDLAND of the
WDIV-TV I-Team. The purpose? To demonstrate and document the extent of
criminal and potentially illegal hacking and telephone fraud activity by the
so-called "hacking community."

Thanks for your cooperation. In the past month and a half, we've received all
sorts of information from you implicating many of you to credit card fraud,
telephone billing fraud, vandalism, and possible break-ins to government or
public safety computers. And the beauty of this is we have your posts, your
E-Mail and--- most importantly ---your REAL names and addresses.

What are we going to do with it? Stay tuned to News 4. I plan a special
series of reports about our experiences with THE BOARD, which saw users check
in from coast-to-coast and Canada, users ranging in age from 12 to 48. For our
regular users, I have been known as High Tech, among other ID's. John Maxfield
of Boardscan served as our consultant and provided the HP2000 that this "sting"
ran on. Through call forwarding and other conveniences made possible by
telephone technology, the BBS operated remotely here in the Detroit area.

When will our reports be ready? In a few weeks. We now will be contacting
many of you directly, talking with law enforcement and security agents from
credit card companies and the telephone services.

It should be a hell of a series. Thanks for your help. And don't bother
trying any harassment. Remember, we've got YOUR real names.

Mike Wendland
The I-team
WDIV, Detroit, MI.
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This then is the result:

Phrack World News proudly presents...

Mike Wendland & the I-Team Investigate
"Electronic Gangsters"
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Carman Harlan: Well we've all heard of computer hackers, those electronic
gangsters who try to break into other people's computer
systems. Tonight on the first of a three part news 4 [WDIV-TV,
Channel 4 in Detroit] extra, Mike Wendland and the I-Team will
investigate how such computer antics jeopardize our privacy.
Mike joins us now to tell us what at first may have been
innocent fun may now be affecting our pocket books.

Mike Wendland: Well Carman and Mort, thanks to the media and movies just about
everyone knows about hackers and phone phreaks. By hooking
their Apples, their Ataris, and their Commodores into telephone
lines these electronic enthusiasts have developed a new form of
communication, the computer bulletin board. There are probably
10,000 of these message swapping boards around the country
today, most are innocent and worthwhile. There are an
estimated 1,000 pirate or hacker boards where the main
activities are electronic trespassing, and crime [Estimates
provided by John Maxfield].

[Clipping From Wargames comes on]

In movies like Wargames computer hackers are portrayed as
innocent hobbyist explorers acting more out of mischief than
malice. But today a new generation of hackers have emerged. A
hacker that uses his knowledge of computers to commit crimes.
Hackers have electronically broken into banks, ripped off
telephone companies for millions of dollars, trafficked in
stolen credit card numbers, and through there network of
computer bulletin boards traded information on everything from
making bombs to causing terrorism.

[Picture of John Maxfield comes on]

John Maxfield: Well, now there are electronic gangsters, not just electronic
explorers they are actually gangsters. These hackers meet
electronically through the phone lines or computer bulletin
boards. They don't meet face to face usually, but it is a
semi-organized gang stile activity, much like a street gang, or
motorcycle gang.

Mike Wendland: John Maxfield of Detroit is America's foremost "Hacker
Tracker". He has worked for the F.B.I. and various other law
enforcement and security organizations. Helping catch dozens
of hackers around the country, who have used their computers
for illegal purposes. To find out how widespread these
electronic gangsters have become, we used John Maxfield as a
consultant to setup a so-called "sting" bulletin board [THE
BOARD].

We wrote and designed a special program that would allow us to
monitor the calls we received and to carefully monitor the
information that was being posted. We called our undercover
operation "The Board", and put the word out on the underground
hacker network that a new bulletin board was in operation for
the "Elite Hacker". Then we sat back and watched the computer
calls roll in.

In all we ran our so called "Sting" board for about a month and

Posted: 8/20/86 @ 12.08 hours

Greetings:

You are now on THE BOARD, a "sting" BBS operated by MIKE WENDLAND of the

WDIV-TV I-Team. The purpose? To demonstrate and document the extent of

criminal and potentially illegal hacking and telephone fraud activity by the

so-called "hacking community."

Thanks for your cooperation. In the past month and a half, we've received all

sorts of information from you implicating many of you to credit card fraud,

telephone billing fraud, vandalism, and possible break-ins to government or

public safety computers. And the beauty of this is we have your posts, your

E-Mail and--- most importantly ---your REAL names and addresses.

What are we going to do with it? Stay tuned to News 4. I plan a special

series of reports about our experiences with THE BOARD, which saw users check

in from coast-to-coast and Canada, users ranging in age from 12 to 48. For our

regular users, I have been known as High Tech, among other ID's. John Maxfield

of Boardscan served as our consultant and provided the HP2000 that this "sting"

ran on. Through call forwarding and other conveniences made possible by

telephone technology, the BBS operated remotely here in the Detroit area.

When will our reports be ready? In a few weeks. We now will be contacting

many of you directly, talking with law enforcement and security agents from

credit card companies and the telephone services.

It should be a hell of a series. Thanks for your help. And don't bother

trying any harassment. Remember, we've got YOUR real names.

Mike Wendland

The I-team

WDIV, Detroit, MI.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

This then is the result:

Phrack World News proudly presents...

Mike Wendland & the I-Team Investigate

"Electronic Gangsters"

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Carman Harlan: Well we've all heard of computer hackers, those electronic

gangsters who try to break into other people's computer

systems. Tonight on the first of a three part news 4 [WDIV-TV,

Channel 4 in Detroit] extra, Mike Wendland and the I-Team will

investigate how such computer antics jeopardize our privacy.

Mike joins us now to tell us what at first may have been

innocent fun may now be affecting our pocket books.

Mike Wendland: Well Carman and Mort, thanks to the media and movies just about

everyone knows about hackers and phone phreaks. By hooking

their Apples, their Ataris, and their Commodores into telephone

lines these electronic enthusiasts have developed a new form of

communication, the computer bulletin board. There are probably

10,000 of these message swapping boards around the country

today, most are innocent and worthwhile. There are an

estimated 1,000 pirate or hacker boards where the main

activities are electronic trespassing, and crime [Estimates

provided by John Maxfield].

[Clipping From Wargames comes on]

In movies like Wargames computer hackers are portrayed as

innocent hobbyist explorers acting more out of mischief than

malice. But today a new generation of hackers have emerged. A

hacker that uses his knowledge of computers to commit crimes.

Hackers have electronically broken into banks, ripped off

telephone companies for millions of dollars, trafficked in

stolen credit card numbers, and through there network of

computer bulletin boards traded information on everything from

making bombs to causing terrorism.

[Picture of John Maxfield comes on]

John Maxfield: Well, now there are electronic gangsters, not just electronic

explorers they are actually gangsters. These hackers meet

electronically through the phone lines or computer bulletin

boards. They don't meet face to face usually, but it is a

semi-organized gang stile activity, much like a street gang, or

motorcycle gang.

Mike Wendland: John Maxfield of Detroit is America's foremost "Hacker

Tracker". He has worked for the F.B.I. and various other law

enforcement and security organizations. Helping catch dozens

of hackers around the country, who have used their computers

for illegal purposes. To find out how widespread these

electronic gangsters have become, we used John Maxfield as a

consultant to setup a so-called "sting" bulletin board [THE

BOARD].

We wrote and designed a special program that would allow us to

monitor the calls we received and to carefully monitor the

information that was being posted. We called our undercover

operation "The Board", and put the word out on the underground

hacker network that a new bulletin board was in operation for

the "Elite Hacker". Then we sat back and watched the computer

calls roll in.

In all we ran our so called "Sting" board for about a month and