PHREAK HISTORY
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IN A 4A | 00000650: 53 57 49 54 43 48 49 4E 47 20 4D 41 43 48 49 4E |SWITCHING MACHIN| 00000660: 45 20 49 4E 0D 20 D6 41 4E 43 4F 55 56 45 52 2E |E IN. .ANCOUVER.| 00000670: 0D 20 C4 49 41 4C 49 4E 47 20 41 52 45 41 20 43 |. .IALING AREA C| 00000680: 4F 44 45 20 36 30 34 20 46 4F 4C 4C 4F 57 45 44 |ODE 604 FOLLOWED| 00000690: 20 42 59 20 32 31 31 31 0D 20 50 4C 41 43 45 44 | BY 2111. PLACED| 000006A0: 20 59 4F 55 20 49 4E 20 41 4E 20 49 4E 54 45 52 | YOU IN AN INTER| 000006B0: 4E 41 54 49 4F 4E 41 4C 20 50 41 52 54 59 0D 20 |NATIONAL PARTY. | 000006C0: 4C 49 4E 45 2E 0D 0D 20 D3 4F 4F 4E 2C 4D 4F 52 |LINE... .OON,MOR| 000006D0: 45 20 53 4F 50 48 49 53 54 49 43 41 54 45 44 20 |E SOPHISTICATED | 000006E0: 42 4F 58 45 53 0D 20 46 4F 4C 4C 4F 57 45 44 2E |BOXES. FOLLOWED.| 000006F0: 20 C9 4E 20 27 37 37 2C 20 54 48 45 20 50 48 4F | .N '77, THE PHO| 00000700: 4E 45 20 43 4F 4D 50 41 4E 59 0D 20 49 4E 53 54 |NE COMPANY. INST| 00000710: 41 4C 4C 45 44 20 54 48 45 20 46 49 52 53 54 20 |ALLED THE FIRST | 00000720: 4F 46 20 54 48 45 49 52 20 4D 4F 52 45 0D 20 53 |OF THEIR MORE. S| 00000730: 4F 50 48 2E 20 45 51 55 49 50 2E 20 49 54 20 48 |OPH. EQUIP. IT H| 00000740: 41 53 20 49 4E 43 52 45 41 53 45 44 20 54 48 45 |AS INCREASED THE| 00000750: 0D 20 52 49 53 4B 2C 20 42 55 54 20 42 59 20 4E |. RISK, BUT BY N| 00000760: 4F 20 4D 45 41 4E 53 20 20 53 54 4F 50 50 45 44 |O MEANS STOPPED| 00000770: 20 49 54 2E 0D 20 C2 45 4C 4C 20 4E 4F 57 20 48 | IT.. .ELL NOW H| 00000780: 41 53 20 41 20 53 59 53 54 45 4D 20 54 48 41 54 |AS A SYSTEM THAT| 00000790: 20 57 49 4C 4C 20 50 52 4F 2D 0D 20 44 55 43 45 | WILL PRO-. DUCE| 000007A0: 20 41 20 52 45 43 4F 52 44 45 44 20 56 4F 49 43 | A RECORDED VOIC| 000007B0: 45 20 54 45 4C 4C 49 4E 47 20 59 4F 55 20 54 4F |E TELLING YOU TO| 000007C0: 0D 20 53 54 4F 50 2C 20 52 45 43 4F 52 44 53 20 |. STOP, RECORDS | 000007D0: 50 41 52 54 20 4F 46 20 43 4F 4E 56 45 52 53 41 |PART OF CONVERSA| 000007E0: 54 49 4F 4E 2C 0D 20 41 4E 44 20 42 49 4C 4C 53 |TION,. AND BILLS| 000007F0: 20 54 48 45 20 43 41 4C 4C 20 54 4F 20 54 48 45 | THE CALL TO THE| 00000800: 20 4E 55 4D 42 45 52 2E 0D 20 D4 48 4F 53 45 20 | NUMBER.. .HOSE | 00000810: 4E 55 4D 42 45 52 53 20 41 52 45 20 54 48 45 4E |NUMBERS ARE THEN| 00000820: 20 50 52 49 4E 54 45 44 20 4F 55 54 0D 20 57 49 | PRINTED OUT. WI| 00000830: 54 48 20 54 48 45 20 54 49 4D 45 20 41 4E 44 20 |TH THE TIME AND | 00000840: 44 41 54 45 2E 0D 0D 20 C2 45 4C 4C 20 4E 4F 57 |DATE... .ELL NOW| 00000850: 20 48 41 53 20 37 34 20 43 45 4E 54 52 41 4C 49 | HAS 74 CENTRALI| 00000860: 5A 45 44 20 54 49 43 4B 45 54 0D 20 49 4E 56 45 |ZED TICKET. INVE| 00000870: 53 54 49 47 41 54 49 4F 4E 20 28 43 54 49 29 2E |STIGATION (CTI).| 00000880: 20 CF 4E 45 20 4F 46 20 54 48 45 53 45 0D 20 41 | .NE OF THESE. A| 00000890: 4C 4F 4E 45 20 50 45 52 46 4F 52 4D 53 20 37 30 |LONE PERFORMS 70| 000008A0: 30 30 20 49 4E 56 45 53 54 49 47 41 54 49 4F 4E |00 INVESTIGATION| 000008B0: 53 20 41 0D 20 44 41 59 2E 0D 0D 20 C3 52 55 4E |S A. DAY... .RUN| 000008C0: 43 48 20 57 41 53 20 43 41 55 47 48 54 20 41 20 |CH WAS CAUGHT A | 000008D0: 4E 55 4D 42 45 52 20 4F 46 20 54 49 4D 45 53 2C |NUMBER OF TIMES,| 000008E0: 20 0D 20 49 4E 43 4C 55 44 49 4E 47 20 41 20 54 | . INCLUDING A T| 000008F0: 4F 50 20 53 45 43 52 45 54 20 4D 41 4E 55 41 4C |OP SECRET MANUAL| 00000900: 20 49 4E 20 48 49 53 0D 20 43 4C 4F 53 45 54 20 | IN HIS. CLOSET | 00000910: 44 45 53 43 52 49 42 49 4E 47 20 54 48 45 20 CE |DESCRIBING THE .| 00000920: C3 C9 C3 2E 20 28 CE 41 54 49 4F 4E 41 4C 0D 20 |.... 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HE'S STILL| 00000A70: 20 54 48 45 52 45 2E 0D 0D 20 D3 4F 20 4E 45 58 | THERE... .O NEX| 00000A80: 54 20 54 49 4D 45 20 59 4F 55 20 42 4C 55 45 20 |T TIME YOU BLUE | 00000A90: 42 4F 58 20 4F 52 20 50 48 52 45 41 4B 2C 0D 20 |BOX OR PHREAK,. | 00000AA0: 54 48 49 4E 4B 20 4F 46 20 54 48 41 54 20 47 55 |THINK OF THAT GU| 00000AB0: 59 20 4C 49 56 49 4E 47 20 4E 45 58 54 20 44 4F |Y LIVING NEXT DO| 00000AC0: 4F 52 2C 0D 20 57 48 4F 20 4B 4E 4F 57 53 2E 0D |OR,. 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TO| 00000B90: 20 54 55 4E 45 20 54 48 45 49 52 20 42 4F 58 45 | TUNE THEIR BOXE| 00000BA0: 53 2E 20 CE 4F 57 20 57 4F 52 4B 53 20 46 4F 52 |S. .OW WORKS FOR| 00000BB0: 20 54 48 45 0D 20 50 48 4F 4E 45 20 43 4F 4D 50 | THE. PHONE COMP| 00000BC0: 41 4E 59 20 41 46 54 45 52 20 41 2C 20 53 48 41 |ANY AFTER A, SHA| 00000BD0: 4C 4C 20 57 45 20 53 41 59 2C 0D 20 41 4E 20 49 |LL WE SAY,. AN I| 00000BE0: 4C 4C 55 53 54 52 49 4F 55 53 20 43 41 52 45 45 |LLUSTRIOUS CAREE| 00000BF0: 52 2E 0D 0D 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A |R...************| 00000C00: 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A |****************| 00000C10: 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 0D 20 20 20 20 |***********. | 00000C20: 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 D2 45 43 4F 52 44 | .ECORD| 00000C30: 20 D0 48 52 45 41 4B 0D 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A | .HREAK.********| 00000C40: 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A |****************| 00000C50: 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 0D |***************.| 00000C60: 0D 20 D5 4E 4B 4E 4F 57 4E 20 50 48 52 45 41 4B |. .NKNOWN PHREAK| 00000C70: 20 43 41 4C 4C 45 44 3A 0D 0D 20 31 2E 20 D0 52 | CALLED:.. 1. .R| 00000C80: 45 53 49 44 45 4E 54 0D 20 32 2E 20 C1 52 4D 59 |ESIDENT. 2. .RMY| 00000C90: 20 C3 4F 4D 4D 41 4E 44 41 4E 54 20 49 4E 20 D2 | .OMMANDANT IN .| 00000CA0: 55 53 53 49 41 0D 20 33 2E 20 D5 D3 C1 C6 20 D3 |USSIA. 3. .... .| 00000CB0: C1 C3 20 53 51 55 41 44 52 4F 4E 20 41 4C 4D 4F |.. SQUADRON ALMO| 00000CC0: 53 54 20 43 41 55 53 49 4E 47 20 41 4E 0D 20 20 |ST CAUSING AN. | 00000CD0: 20 20 41 49 52 20 41 4C 45 52 54 2E 0D 0D 20 C2 | AIR ALERT... .| 00000CE0: 49 47 47 45 53 54 20 43 41 4C 4C 20 49 20 4B 4E |IGGEST CALL I KN| 00000CF0: 4F 57 20 4F 46 20 57 41 53 20 45 58 45 43 55 54 |OW OF WAS EXECUT| 00000D00: 45 44 20 42 59 0D 20 48 49 4D 3A 20 24 31 39 2C |ED BY. HIM: $19,| 00000D10: 30 30 30 20 31 32 20 48 4F 55 52 20 43 41 4C 4C |000 12 HOUR CALL| 00000D20: 20 54 4F 0D 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | TO. | 00000D30: 20 20 20 C9 CE C4 CF CE C5 D3 C9 C1 21 0D 0D D3 | .........!...| 00000D40: 45 4C 45 43 54 20 31 2D 36 20 4F 52 20 C1 20 28 |ELECT 1-6 OR . (| 00000D50: 3F 3D 4D 45 4E 55 29 3A 20 |?=MENU): |
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THE HISTORY OF PHREAKING.**********
*****************************... DID YOU
KNOW THAT PHREAKING STARTED. FROM THE M
OST UNLIKELY SOURCE........ CAP'N CRUNCH
CEREAL!.. YES, IN THE 1960'S, A TOY WHI
STLE WAS. PLACED IN THE FAMOUS CEREAL..
UNFORTUNATELY , THE WHISTLE GENERATED. 2
,600 CYCLE-TONE! A YOUNG MAN WHO HAD. JU
ST ENTERED THE USAF AS A RADIO. TECH., W
AS FASCINATED WHEN HE DIS-. COVERED THAT
BY BLOWING THE WHISTLE. INTO THE FONE A
FTER DIALING ANY LONG. DISTANCE # AND HE
ARING THE DISCONNECT. SIGNAL, THE TRUNK
WOULD REMAIN OPEN. WITHOUT TOLL CHARGES
ACCOUNTING, AND. FROM THEN ON, ANY NUMBE
R COULD BE. DIALED REPEATEDLY. 800 #'S (
INWATS),. WERE LATER USED AS THE STARTER
CALL TO. AVOID ANY CHARGES. HE USED THI
S TO. CALL HOME WHILE STATIONED IN ENGLA
ND.. . THE CAP'N PRACTICED FOR YEARS. HE
. REPORTEDLY WOULD PLACE CALLS AROUND.
THE WORLD TO HIMSELF. HE WOULD THEN. TAL
K AND HERE HIMSELF 20 SEC. LATER.. HE WE
NT ON TO DISCOVER THE OPERATOR. CODES IN
CLUDING AUTO-RELAY (OPERATOR. INTERUPT,O
R VERIFY BUSY). THUS,EAVES-. DROPPING IN
TO CONVERSATIONS. HE. CLAIMED TO LISTEN
IN ON THE FOLLOWING:.. 1. PRES. OF THE U
NITED STATES. 2. FBI WHEN IT WAS AFTER P
ATTY HEARST. 3. THE SECT. OF DEFENSE. 4.
AND VARIOUS MILITARY BASES THRU. AUT
OVON... CAP'N CRUNCH WAS THRUST INTO THE
SPOT-. LITE WITH AN ARTICLE IN ESQUIRE.
. . THE TERM "BLUE BOX" CAME ABOUT BECAU
SE. THE FIRST ONE THAT WAS CAPTURED WAS.
THAT COLOR. THE CAP'N SOON WENT BEYOND.
THE SIMPLE WHISTLE TO MORE COMPLICATED.
DEVICES. . . THOUSANDS OF PHREAKS CHANC
ED UPON AN. UNUSED TELEX TEST BOARD TRUN
K LINE. IN A 4A SWITCHING MACHINE IN. VA
NCOUVER.. DIALING AREA CODE 604 FOLLOWED
BY 2111. PLACED YOU IN AN INTERNATIONAL
PARTY. LINE... SOON,MORE SOPHISTICATED
BOXES. FOLLOWED. IN '77, THE PHONE COMPA
NY. INSTALLED THE FIRST OF THEIR MORE. S
OPH. EQUIP. IT HAS INCREASED THE. RISK,
BUT BY NO MEANS STOPPED IT.. BELL NOW H
AS A SYSTEM THAT WILL PRO-. DUCE A RECOR
DED VOICE TELLING YOU TO. STOP, RECORDS
PART OF CONVERSATION,. AND BILLS THE CAL
L TO THE NUMBER.. THOSE NUMBERS ARE THEN
PRINTED OUT. WITH THE TIME AND DATE...
BELL NOW HAS 74 CENTRALIZED TICKET. INVE
STIGATION (CTI). ONE OF THESE. ALONE PER
FORMS 7000 INVESTIGATIONS A. DAY... CRUN
CH WAS CAUGHT A NUMBER OF TIMES, . INCLU
DING A TOP SECRET MANUAL IN HIS. CLOSET
DESCRIBING THE NCIC. (NATIONAL. CRIME IN
FORMATION CENTER:). AFTER 3 CONVICTI
ONS AND A FEW YEARS IN JAIL,. HE PACKED
IT UP FOR A JOB IN A SOFT-. WARE COMPAN
Y OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.. BUT DO YOU BE
LIEVE THAT? SOMEWHERE,. SOMETIME, I HAV
E AN EERIE FEELING THAT. HE IS OUT THERE
. THE CAP'N WAS ALWAYS. JUST ONE STEP IN
FRONT, AND I'M SURE. HE'S STILL THERE..
. SO NEXT TIME YOU BLUE BOX OR PHREAK,.
THINK OF THAT GUY LIVING NEXT DOOR,. WHO
KNOWS....******************************
*********. TRIVIA.*********
************************ PERFECT TONES.
WITHIN THE 2% ERROR RANGE ESTABLISHED..
REPORTEDLY,PHREAKS WOULD CALL HIM UP. TO
TUNE THEIR BOXES. NOW WORKS FOR THE. PH
ONE COMPANY AFTER A, SHALL WE SAY,. AN I
LLUSTRIOUS CAREER...********************
*******************. RECORD
PHREAK.********************************
*******.. UNKNOWN PHREAK CALLED:.. 1. PR
ESIDENT. 2. ARMY COMMANDANT IN RUSSIA. 3
. USAF SAC SQUADRON ALMOST CAUSING AN.
AIR ALERT... BIGGEST CALL I KNOW OF WA
S EXECUTED BY. HIM: $19,000 12 HOUR CALL
TO. INDONESIA!..SELECT 1-
6 OR A (?=MENU):
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