Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!usc!srhqla!quad1!ttidca!hollombe From: hollombe@ttidca.TTI.COM (The Polymath) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: USA Today: Hackers can tap into free trip Message-ID: <6917@ttidca.TTI.COM> Date: 16 Oct 89 20:32:03 GMT References: <1752@sauron.Columbia.NCR.COM> Reply-To: hollombe@ttidcb.tti.com (The Polymath) Distribution: usa Organization: The Cat Factory Lines: 21 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