morris@jade.jpl.nasa.gov (Mike Morris) (06/18/89)
In article <telecom-v09i0198m01@vector.dallas.tx.us> telecom@eecs.nwu.edu (TELECOM Moderator) writes: >X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 198, message 1 of 6 >Persons attempting to call the Probation Office in Delray Beach, FL on Monday >were connected to a phone sex hotline operated by a woman named 'Tina' >instead. >Southern Bell Telephone Company officials have acknowledged that a >hackerphreak invaded a central office over the weekend, using a computer and >modem, and reprogrammed their computer in such a way that calls intended for >the Probation Office were instead routed to a New York-based phone sex line. > ...edited to reduce bandwidth... >"People are calling the Department of Corrections and getting some kind >of sex palace," said Thomas Slingluff, a spokesman for the Palm Beach County >Probation Department. >Southern Bell officials said it was the first time their switching equipment >had been maliciously reprogrammed by an outside computer intruder. Southern Several years ago our amateur radio repeater group had a occurance of a similar nature. The radio system covers a very wide area, and has a microprocessor based control system. The system also has a telephone interconnect. A unlicensed person acquired a amateur handheld and proceeded to harass us. It took several weeks to identify the person and get the local FCC office interested in prosecuting him (the local PD wasn't interested), and during that time he made our life miserable. The person knew the local phone system _very_ well, and pulled such nasties as: disconnect the line, busy out the line, disconnect it for outgoing calls, disconnect it for incoming calls, call forward incoming calls to the local "dial a KKK recording" (this changed to the NAACP, dirty-joke-of-the-day, bedtime story, etc recordings almost daily), and other dirty tricks. But the crowning glory, and the one that people still talk about, was when he converted our autopatch line to a pay phone line! (Ever try to drop two dimes into your Motorola walkie-talkie?) Needless to say the local telco security people were interested in the situation once we got their attention. (BTW the person is in jail, and will be for several years. Among other things he did was to disconnect the phone of the judge that had fined him for speeding. Not very bright.) . US Snail: Mike Morris UUCP: Morris@Jade.JPL.NASA.gov P.O. Box 1130 Also: WA6ILQ Arcadia, Ca. 91006-1130 #Include disclaimer.standard | The opinions above probably do not even