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From: meadley@cell.mot.COM (A. Meadley)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: USA Today: Hackers can tap into free trip
Summary: I tried ...
Message-ID: <249@zircon.UUCP>
Date: 19 Oct 89 13:48:41 GMT
References: <1752@sauron.Columbia.NCR.COM> <6917@ttidca.TTI.COM>
Distribution: usa
Organization: Motorola Inc. - Cellular Infrastructure Div., Arlington Heights, IL 60004
Lines: 19

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.