rogerc@sauron.Columbia.NCR.COM (Roger Collins) (10/15/89)
A relative sent me this recent clipping from USA Today (sorry, don't have the date). ----------------------------- snip-snip ------------------------------ Attention, hackers: Here's your chance to break into a computer system and walk away with a grand prize. The "hacker challenge" dares any hacker to retrieve a secret message stored in a KPMG Peat Marwick computer in Atlanta. [... stuff deleted ...] This challenge is being sponsored by LeeMah DataCom Security Corp., a Hayward, Calif., consulting firm that helps companies boost computer security. The winner gets an all-expense paid trip for two to either Tahiti or St. Moritz, Switzerland. Hackers with modems - devices that connect PCs to phone lines - must dial 1-404-827-9584. Then they must type this password: 5336241. From there, the hacker is on his own to figure out the various access codes and commands needed to retrieve the secret message. The winner will be announced Oct. 24 at the Federal Computer Show in Washington. ----------------------------- snip-snip ------------------------------ I tried to dial the number and got a sound I had never heard before. My Hayes Smartmodem 2400 didn't recognize it either. Does anyone else have more info. about this contest? Got any ideas why I can't get connected? What operating system is it? -- Roger Collins NCR - Engineering & Manufacturing Columbia Domain: rogerc@ncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM Uucp: (ncrsd | ncrlnk)!ncrcae!rogerc
hollombe@ttidca.TTI.COM (The Polymath) (10/17/89)
In article <1752@sauron.Columbia.NCR.COM> rogerc@sauron.Columbia.NCR.COM (Roger Collins) writes: }... The "hacker challenge" dares any }hacker to retrieve a secret message stored in a KPMG Peat Marwick }computer in Atlanta. ... }Hackers with modems ... must }dial 1-404-827-9584. Then they must type this password: 5336241. }I tried to dial the number and got a sound I had never heard before. }My Hayes Smartmodem 2400 didn't recognize it either. }Got any ideas why I can't get connected? The strange sound was your number being traced. You're now listed in their files as a potential trouble maker and self-admitted hacker. (-: (-: -- The Polymath (aka: Jerry Hollombe, hollombe@ttidca.tti.com) Illegitimis non Citicorp(+)TTI Carborundum 3100 Ocean Park Blvd. (213) 452-9191, x2483 Santa Monica, CA 90405 {csun|philabs|psivax}!ttidca!hollombe
meadley@cell.mot.COM (A. Meadley) (10/19/89)
In article <6917@ttidca.TTI.COM>, hollombe@ttidca.TTI.COM (The Polymath) writes: + In article <1752@sauron.Columbia.NCR.COM> rogerc@sauron.Columbia.NCR.COM (Roger Collins) writes: + + }Hackers with modems ... must + }dial 1-404-827-9584. Then they must type this password: 5336241. + + }I tried to dial the number and got a sound I had never heard before. + }My Hayes Smartmodem 2400 didn't recognize it either. + + }Got any ideas why I can't get connected? + + The strange sound was your number being traced. You're now listed in + their files as a potential trouble maker and self-admitted hacker. (-: (-: I tried dialling this number, but the phone just kept ringing. I think that Peat Marwick have realised what was going on and disconnected their modem ... Ant in Chicago.