- HACKERS -
NEW GENERATION.
(part 1)
I once had a credit card. Neither have
who didn’t exist then, but I did. Not only that
convenient, and also a source of pride. One day this
The item pretty much surprised me. At the end of the month from
the bank received an invoice, where among the expenses was
item: `PIZZA HUT`,ZO$ . With all my love for America,
the Kanese people at PIZZA HUT are in their right mind, yes
for your money... No, very strange. In the re-
They spent half a day looking for a copy of my invoice, not ours.
Lee, apologized for a long time and returned my thirty
larov. A month later the bank informed me that
I spent $12 in the CHRISTIAN DIOR store (how
once per quarter of a tube of lipstick)... Since neither
there was no explanation for what was happening,
such cases did not happen again, I decided
that bank computers are to blame for everything, and
I forgot... And recently I talked to a HACKER and mi-
I remembered.
I think many people are familiar (from cinema and the press) with the use of
stories about how especially talented kids in pro-
During the process, games with a personal computer were taken
into the top secret files of the CIA, FBI, Congress and
other self-respecting organizations. Organizations,
as usual, they raisedshouting about where they are looking
parents, and tried to open a court case together
then in order to fire a couple of service employees
would be computer security. So these kids
and there are real young hackers. To become
full-fledged hackers, they only need a little
grow up. And then from the bonuses Vasya, Mish, Joe-
Nov and Chris they will turn into guys named
Sector-9, Dr. No, Nutty, TTM... who
how to express yourself better. Their lives will be divided
into two unequal parts. One, civilian, like
all - students with average academic achievements;
the other, the main one, in the chair at the computer - co-
a master network hacker, a new Robin Hood with a girl
message on the billboard: `Information must be accessible
everyone`.
Although their own language is understandable to the common
to the average person no more than a dialogue of African
litik: some familiar words come across,
but the general meaning escapes. - Strike... trey-
taking two hundred meg a day...cut scene...
favorite board... Or here's a classic case.
Two hackers meet:
- Why are you so sad?
- Yes, my mother died, we need to look for a new one.
The easiest thing would be to accuse young people of dissipating
greed and cynicism. But instead I'm just burning
you need to sympathize: the hacker is not against anyone
changes his mother, but is killed by a broken childtali called `motherboard`, without a
which no computer wants to work with.
Another set of obscure terms - classi-
identification of hackers in narrow specialties. Own
The word `HACKER` is used for those who
is being implemented into other people's systems. In addition there are
phreakers who know how to deal with telephone
station at a distance, or breaking cell phones
lefons; crackers (not to be confused with `Tender' crackers
t`) that hack programs with protection,
sold in stores (for example, games); and on-
end, carders living off other people's credit
cards One of them obviously enjoyed it
Large Pizza with Mushrooms and Salad for my ZOs before-
larov. Carders seem to feel at ease
themselves only in our country, because in the west
their catching is well established. In Russia, where are those
Now you can order goods by phone or
res computer, indicating your card number, system
the topic of security is just beginning to be established
vat. Not to mention a considerable amount of fake
new credit cards that our customers quickly print
bins
However, there are not so many people who want to contact banks
there are many, and their fate is most often sad. Here,
let's say the story of the now most famous growing
Russian hacker Levin and Citi-Bank. She dis-
has already been said in many ways, and everything is extremely
doubtful Even the amountcalled different everywhere
- from ZOO thousand dollars to 10 million. Obviously-
but Levin didn’t hack anything. Just in system
there was an error in the bank network topic, a so-called glitch
which he discovered. And there is no heroism in this
ma no. It's like guessing that in the subway one-by-one
Two people can pass a given token, one pressing
going to another. At Citi-Bank, remote distances
employees had access to information. And right away
after the legitimate `client` has disconnected,
the opportunity remained to follow his same path. By her
and Levin took advantage.
There were also successful exceptions. From BMW accounts
one day some colossal sum went missing,
many millions - but no one was found (!), but the matter
hushed up It’s understandable: what a reputable company
I want everyone to know how she collapsed.
We have such beautiful stories so far
excluded . Firstly, computer networks inside
banks and companies are completely undeveloped. So
You can only rob them the old fashioned way: with a mask and
firearms. If, after all, the network
exists, then “secondly” comes into force: the result
beyond even the most timid attempts to delve into
banking computers can become a close acquaintance
Combination with the ancient firearms method. Here
for example, a letter from our compatriot, non-
which TGC, which recently wandered through the waves of Inter-
nope (sorry if anything is unclear):Dear All!
1. There are bad things in my firewall logo.
I'm envious of non-Soviet hackers, whom if
if they are caught, they will be put in prison, because as I already
assumed two years ago, if we have the
go to the bank, the authorities will not be looking for you, but for the one
who shot you. This is how difficult it is for us
time...
2. When hacking, take care
your own safety first.
There are known cases when they lost access to
Internet for a while, or forever. Don't meddle
no, it's pointless. In our country
You cannot transfer money without a payment card.
Next is a story about how TGC calls a certain
a person from Inkombank asks a lot of incomprehensible questions
questions, and as a result says the following: `I
just a system administrator, you're in luck,
that I noticed how you were breaking in on us, otherwise
we have computer security services that
Some people solve such problems in NON-TECHNICAL ways.
bami...
Our service is both dangerous and difficult... Surprisingly,
that with the abundance of non-technical methods of working with
population in our country there are still loved ones
those who take risks (a weak consolation for hackers can-
It can only serve that the law is against them
POWERLESS (!!!)).(Note from LORD WOWCHIK: - Oh, if only you knew
auntie, how exciting it is at night when everyone (NOT)
normal people sleep, climb on countless
computer network cleaners, in anticipation of what
now something worthwhile will turn up, or
having fallen into a wonderful half-asleep euphoria, hack that
the same bank, located hundreds of miles from the same
bya)!!!
END OF PART ONE.
Well, that's all for today. Continued (part
second) read in the next issue of our newspaper -
you.
And now a few words not related to the main topic -
present: Recently, as you probably already
noticed - the company *WELCOM* began to distribute
new MICRO WINDOWS shell. It would be very
It's nice if this shell gets recognition
unpretentious Spectrum users. By
this wonderful system is Boris Fedo-
comrade What does MICRO WINDOWS give? - For user-
lei is a convenient single interface for all MV-pri-
positions, as well as more free space
on disk (since MV applications usually take up
less disk space, approximately 10 KB. every
doe). This is a convenient tool for programmers
to develop your own programs (mostly
any system utilities, not toys).
Due to Boris's absence in the city, everything
reviews aboutthis shell please send
send to my address to centralize all data
information and feedback about MICRO WINDOWS. Write to me-pon-
did you like the new shell? -what are your
there were comments and suggestions, and what is especially important -
but so this is - who wants and will write to this
tempting shell???
By the way, this newspaper was created in such a way that without it
problems will be seen by MICRO WINDOWS. So you can
experiment...
In the next issue we will describe several special
features of the system shell that are not reflected in
built-in description of MV, kindly provided
to us by the author. Wait for the second issue! Bye !
(C) *CRAZY* STUDIO 1996
(C) LORD WOWCHIK 1996
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