==Diet Phrack== Volume Three, Issue Thirty-Six, File 4 of 11 The History ah MOD Revision #3 -- November 1991 Written by Wing Ding [Originally From The MOD Technical Journal, Issue 4: File 6 of 10] NOTES: I approximated all dates, as my records are not totally complete. If I left anyone out or put someone in that shouldn't be in, fuck off! I tried and did spend considerable time researching the dates and BBS files, the old MOD BBS software, etc. This file is from MOD and was intended for internal group reading only. Non-MOD versions are being translated at this time, and will be released at a later date. MoDm0dMoDm0dMoDm0dMoDm0dMoDm0dMoDm0dMoDm0dMoDm0dMoDm0dMoDm0dMoDm0dMoDm0dMoDm0d ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ [ De Hist'ry uh MOD ] BOOK ONE: De Originals In de early time part uh 1987, dere wuz numerous amounts uh busts in de US and in New Yo'k in particular. Word to ya motha'. Fo' de most part, many uh de so-called "elite" had gone underground o' had plum gotsten scared out of hackin'. Many sucka's, as always, dought hackin' would die cuz' of de raids. It wuz right befo'e dese raids dat MOD had fo'med. It came about when Acid Phreak, den usin' anoda' handle, had been runnin' a semi-private fuckin'bbs off his Commodo'e piece uh shit and 10 generic Commie drives. It wuz called KAOS, and it attracted hacks and phreaks fum across de country (as well as de usual amount uh k0dez d00ds). Nynex Phreak had been co-systum mastuh (havin' been AP's partna' fo' about 2 years befo'e dat) and da damn bo'd started off wid about 140 users but wuz weeded to de best 60 o' so. On dis fuckin'bbs, Acid Phreak had gotsten along wid some few "kewl dewds" who enjoyed da damn mischievous aspect uh phreakin'. Dey wuz Silva' Surfa' in Califo'nia, and Quick Hack in Texas. When de raids came however, Silva' Surfa' gots nabbed fo' usin' some PBX in 404 and derefo'e, retired. Quick Hack and Acid stayed low and called each oda' less frequently dan usual. Soon dey had bod stopped completely. Slap mah fro! In early time 1989, Acid had jet back into de scene and had called some local New Yo'k bo'd wid some somewhut "k0dez-e" attitude called ShadoWo'ld in 212. Of course dere wuz lots uh neophytes eaga' to learn mo'e about hackin' and how t'call places fo' free. Word! Most uh dem had been in de "duz 950 trace?" stage, 'sept fo' someone who went by de handle Harry Hazardous. Unda' de handle Phuck Dis (also Bell Bandit which had o'iginally been Nynex Phreak's oda' handle), he met wid Harry. Slap mah fro! Soon dey had gained enough respect fo' each oda' and decided t'meet. Harry turned out t'be HAC, some cyberpunk t'de "T". In numerous conversashuns between de two, AP had muhntioned de sweetness uh tela'fone binnis computa's and how interestin' deir intricate structures wuz. HAC wuz some hardco'e systums gangsta' himself, but he had also been partners wid someone who came across (and had an impressive knack fo') some telco computa's. He went by de name Sco'pion and he also lived in de NYC area. Sheeeiit. Soon de dree wuz partakin' in all so'ts uh mischievous pranks and unda' de guise of numerous handles (ie. Word! De Potent Rodent, Dream Master, Phuck Dis) dey took t'knockin' down de locals who dought "I know all dere be about hackin'". It wuz in de midst uh all dis fun dat dey agreed t'fo'm an underground group called MOD (approx. June 1989). About one mond latuh, Acid had been on Altos (revisitin' some chat dat wuz once, but neva' again, de heart uh a lot uh fresh gangsta' convos since early time '84 o' so) when he came across someone ax'in' fo' Unix gurus. Hims handle wuz De Win', and he ran some Unix systum fum his crib in Pennsylvania. Sheeeiit. Sco'pion wuz always some Unix guru while Acid had only jet across it in college two years back. De Win' offered Acid an account on his systum and soon he became "Phreak-Op" on De Sevend Dragon, his fuckin'bbs run off de Unix, usin' yet anoda' old alias "Depeche Mode". Relayin' de info'mashun t'Sco'pion on yet anoda' fresh addishun to de group, dey decided t'recruit him into MOD. De fun, it seemed, had plum started... BOOK TWO: Creative Mindz Wid de addishun uh De Win', came some shitload uh pranks and loads uh fun. 'S coo', bro. He hadn't knode much about tela'fone systums, but one thang he knowed wuz how t'make Unixes do nifty thangs. Of course, he and Sco'pion had undertakun de tax' uh takin' on some wo'dwhile projects and providin' de group wid some healdy side-benefits (which kinnot be muhntioned o' commuhnted on at dis particular momuhnt in time). At dis point, de group consisted uh de 4 o'iginal founders (flounders??) -> Acid Phreak, HAC, Sco'pion, and De Win'. Around dis time, 2600 Magazine had 2 bo'ds in opuh'shun. De Central Office, and De Toll Center. Word to ya motha'. OSUNY had gone down fo' some funky reason a sho't time eardisr. Word to ya motha'. It wuz on De Toll Centa' (Red Knight's fuckin'bbs) dat AP had fust met da damn next memba' of de group (and coincidentally Red Knight which be de most recent memba' to de group). He called himself "Supuh'nigga" and had much de same ideology as de rest uh de group. It wuz followin' his group's o'iginal "knock down dose who dink dey know everydin'" attitude dat MOD also adopted da damn same muhntality. Slap mah fro! Supuh'nigga' wuz drafted and wid him came hours uh discusshuns on REAL phreakin' and Social Engineerin'. Dere wuz also some loooong puh'iod of time where MOD had some conference bridge set up by SN. Hours of enjoymuhnt and fun fo' de whole family and kids uh all ages... Anoda' gangsta' and telco computa' specialist also seemed t'be real prominent and knowledgeable den as sheeit. He wuzn't likesd real much a'cuz he seemed t'gots' some rada' large ego, which ah' may add, makes it coo' t'gots' when ya' know so's much as he dun did. He went by two oda' handles some long time befo'e, and when AP had fust called him up he had an idea he wuz also dose 2 oda' sucka's, but he had refused to admit so. He declared he wuz "Phiba' Optik uh de LOD. Word! " and ax'ed whut AP wants'ed. Sco'pion, Acid and Phiba' exchanged ideas on switchin' thera fo' some long while, but den came da damn time when PO wants'ed t'know Acid Phreak's digits since he found it "unfair". AP muhntioned dat he could prove himself by findin' it fo' himself. Word! Armed wid a dialup, PO called Acid back on his real numba' and casually proclaimed victo'y. Slap mah fro! And so, Phiba' Optik wuz "brought into" de group. What wuz different however, wuz de fact dat he and AP had similar interests and started "hangin'" as homeys "around da damn way" along wid HAC and Sco'pion in de Village (NYC). De Toll Centa' went down weeks latuh and PO, AP, and Sco'pion found demselves callin' random "newjacks" t'de scene. Word! In dis way dey stumbled across Crazy Eddie and some "quesshun and answa' fo'um" among de foe uh dem ensued wid Crazy Eddie proclaimin' his eagerness t'learn. 'S coo', bro. Coincidentally afta' a few calls t'CE on his crib line he challenged de MOD crew t'find his oda' number. Word to ya motha'. Sho' nuff dey called it but coincidentally enough, some few days on latuh in de week, some rada' nasal soundin' boy had called him sayin' he wuz ITT security(?) and had tried to convince him he wuz in deep shit fo' usin' c0des and dat he knows de "numbers uh de gangsta's dat gots' been callin'" him. 'S coo', bro. In some rada' idiotic fashion, de ITT sucka' attempted t'coax de 3 MOD members t'call him usin' 10488 (equal access, fgd). He gave some bullshit numba' to where he wuz at and chilled by his little dermal printa' fo' de digits to pop up. Of course, dey realized whut some futile attempt t'catch dem dis wuz, and Crazy Eddie had repdisd dat "dey say dey duzn't feel likes usin' equal access but dey'll call de numba' anyway". It turns out da damn number wuzn't even real and afta' meetin' wid de ITT boy on some loop he declared dat dey wuz smarta' dan he dought. Afta' a few monds, Crazy Eddie wuz introduced t'de group and so, he had gotsten t'know de group real well. Unfo'tunately, so's had de Secret Service. Word! BOOK THREE: A Kick In De Groin Sheeit, suffice it t'say, de fun couldn't last fo'ever. Word to ya motha'. On January 24, 1990, de Secret Service visited da damn cribs uh Acid Phreak, Phiba' Optik, and Sco'pion. De raid dun didn't cum as some surprise since dey had been somewhut weary of Domas Covenant's behavio' as uh late. Acid Phreak had been away fo' 2 weeks (visitin' relatives in some fo'eign country) and wuz *somewhut* surprised t'meet such unoppo'tune guests some day afta' his arrival. Phiba' wuz equally amused at da damn "cleanin' service" he found so diligently wo'kin' in his bedroom. 'S coo', bro. Sco'pion on de oda' hand, 'estremely *enjoyed* de do'ough job dey had puh'fo'med at bod his do'm and his house and even saved some hardware dey had left behind fo' de next time dey visit (which dey dun did). Days latuh, dey had gone t'meet De Win', which wuzn't able t'rap fo' too long since he wuz too busy. Slap mah fro! He had been anticipatin' dis little visit fo' awhile dough. His dad dun didn't 'esactly likes de idea uh deir presence and kicked deir lack-of-a-warrant asses out befo'e dey gots some chance t'put to use deir years uh interrogashun techniques classes. Seems dey dink he showed his teacha' a credit repo't o' sump'n... A few weeks go by, and MOD gits t'know Seeker. Word to ya motha'. He sounds def enough, and he knows his electronics so's he be a real valuable addishun t'de group. Seeka' made his way in and so's dun did de million-and-one MOD stickers and funny-colo'ed-little-box-din'ies. De stickers, uh which, made deir way t'Ground Zero's big-ass butt at some 2600 meetin'. Anyways, de MOD Unix went down, and 3 local gangsta's wid much potential caught attenshun t'dem. 'S coo', bro. Dey wuz: ZOD (a Unix gangsta'), Outlaw (just a general dude), and sum nigga name Co'rupt (Vax kin'). Afta' days uh gettin' t'know dem, dey wuz pulled in. 'S coo', bro. Countless weeks went by wid whut seemed likes a dozen MOD fuckin'bbs's on 800s, packet switched netwo'ks, etc... De group's popularity so'ed in such some sho't puh'iod uh time, but many gangsta's disagreed wid de MOD style much in de same way Phiba' Optik had enjoyed humiliatin' dose "in de know" publically. Slap mah fro! ZOD wuz de last uh de group t'be raided (o' at least da damn most recent), but gots 'em sum since made much 'haidway into de telecom wo'ld. Outlaw gots 'em sum also been somewhut adept wid telco speak. Sum nigga' name Co'rupt, havin' been real active befo'e, duzn't gots' some wo'kin' computa' anymo'e and so.. sheeit, duh. Two new members wuz introduced around da damn time uh de writin' uh dis chapter. Word to ya motha'. De fust wuz De Plague. Word! He had some professional attitude and wuz certainly wo'd trustin'. Of course, wid all de media attenshun drawn to him and MOD in general, he gots 'em sum decided t'remain low and not brin' any mo'e t'himself. Word! Red Knight wuz o'iginally on trash runs wid Acid Phreak in '89 but wuz not brought in until July '90. It seems RK gots 'em sum learned some lot about telco ways since he fust put up De Toll Center. Word to ya motha'. RK also seems to enjoy reminiscin' about da damn trash run days (of which dere wuz quite a few). As uh August 1, 1990, dere are 14 members. Dese include, dig dis: Acid Phreak (r) HAC Sco'pion (r) De Win' (v) Supuh'nigger Nynex Phreak (r) Phiba' Optik (r) Crazy Eddie (r) Seeker ZOD (r) Outlaw Sum nigga' name Co'rupt De Plague Red Knight (v) signifies sucka' wuz visited but nodin' took (r) means eida' raided o' retired, it's some pickem. 'S coo', bro.. - - -> MOD be now *CLOSED* t'membership. <- - - Dis be de official (and most likesly t'be da damn final) list uh dewds. Of course, members may use some GROUP account o' anoda' handle, but da damn fact remains dat dese are da damn ONLY members in de group. Unlikes LOD, we know who be in and who isn't.. We should also note Julian Dibbell (Dr. Bombay) fo' his wo'k on "Rebel Hackers" in De Village Voice on July 24, 1990. He po'trayed de scene da damn way it really be and uh course gave us de amount uh coverage we deserve. Word! And uh course, we came out da damn way we really are and not as gangsta's out t'destroy de wo'ld. Dr. Word to ya motha'. Bombay wuz invited t'de MOD Unix right befo'e da damn raid. 'lo and behold.. some front-page cover sto'y. Word! "We rule". MOD/Fo'eva' We Hack BOOK FOUR: End uh '90-1991 Two weeks befo'e his bust, Lo'd Micro wuz introduced into de group. Unfo'tunately he wuz busted fo' hackin' FON cards off de 800/877-8000. Sho' nuff, he knowed he wuz gonna git busted but he dun didn't listen, o' care fo' dat matter. Word to ya motha'. Afta' hours (and hours, and hours) uh community service, LM lived t'joke about his o'deal bein' dat he IS some funny guy. Slap mah fro! Don't eva' get dis guy drunk. Fo' quite some long time now, MOD gots 'em sum jet to realize whut some bunch of idiot posers de LOD wuz (wid de 'sepshun uh a few). It plum goes t'show, ANYONE kin be some great gangsta' as long as enough sucka's dink so's too. Why boda' resparkin' interest in MOD? Why boda' keepin' de damn thang goin' when de new members ain't half as fresh as de o'iginals? ah' duzn't know, but ya' kin ax' Erik Bloodaxe who be de self-proclaimed "leader" at dis point in time. Word! Jeez, and ah' dought brin'in' back TAP wuz stupid. Anoda' posa' dat came out uh de woodwo'k be Skandle (STAN), who somehow decided he had powa' in DPAK (Supuh'nigger's group). Afta' hours of tryin' t'figure dis one out, we plum had t'conclude wuz plum anoder dumb Jersey hick. Oh sheeit.. so's much fo' dat. A new group, FORCE 1(ONE) Hackers led by Expose(which sounds fuckin gay if ya ax' me), decided t'declare war on MOD. Assisted by Hellrat, he says, dig dis: "You's guys (MOD) should stay out uh de hackin' buziness 'cuz none uh my fellas are 'fraid uh ya'. I'll snatch all uh ya' out mah'self. Word! " ...along wid some lot of oda' nonsense about 10-way billin' and oda' ca-ca he's read in one too many g-files. One thang dat's def be de addishun uh a lama' database online (on wingnet now MODNET). It's great when you be plannin' roll-ups and shit and it's some great o'ganiza' dat takes care uh all dat rummagin' drough sheets and shit. Hundreds uh losers fo' hours uh fun. Word! Durin' de fust week in February, MOD finally declared,"Dat's it. Word! It's official now. LOD declares war on MOD. Word! " Oh broder. Word to ya motha'...eenie-meenie-minie-moe. Word! I declare war on......YOU. Word! Nyah-nyah. Sheeit, it be now de second week uh February and da damn only thang dat gots 'em sum happened so's far in de "MOD-LOD War" be dat dere wuz about 5 invalid login attempts on modnet. It seems dat "MOB" gots 'em sum decided t'join in de war. Word to ya motha'. What some fuckin' joke, dey are tied wid MCWS fo' lameness (which isn't hard t'do). De legacy uh de underground "clandestine" netwo'k continues and so's duz de war (and ridiculin') against all de self-proclaimed, so-called "elite". BOOK FIVE: Who are dey and where dun did dey jet from? Sheeit, it's time again fo' anoda' journul. It's now de middle uh summa' 1991. Lately we've heard some few fresh sto'ies out uh de mouds uh sucka's we duzn't even know. Dere gots' even been some few funny occurances in de past few weeks. 1) Dere are rumours dat Phiba' Optik wuz wuztin' his life away and not usin' his talents wisely. Slap mah fro! Sheeit, de trud of de matta' is, he gots 'em sum been some speaka' in many public debates and conferences on hackin' in general and computa' security. Slap mah fro! He be also wo'kin' as some programmuh/developuh' fo' some computa' firm in NYC. Also, he be wo'kin' closely wid de EFF (which recently gots' set up deir own systum fo' deir o'ganizashun). 2) COMSEC be fo'med. De *new* LOD (whose only member consists uh Erik Bloodaxe) goes into de computa' security binnis. Nodin' t'date be documuhnted on deir services and we gots' yet t'see whut de hell dey kin provide. Word! EBA fo' one be an o'iginal memba' and he knows close t'nodin' (except fo' de thangs dat he ax'ed Phiba' Optik t'tell him). Not t'muhntion dese guys are hardly co'po'ate and gots' NO 'espuh'ience in de binnis end uh computa' security; which 'esplains why dey gots caught misrepresentin' demselves as Landmark Graphics t'oda' well-established computa' security firms. Also, dey gots' bragged about narkin' on some few members uh MOD in deir jealous rage. Word! Dis we kin prove drough insiders. MOD wuz neva' a text stash "how-to" group. It wuz always based on some broderhood type deal and everydin' done be secretive and gots 'em sum some purpose behind it. LOD on de oda' hand, never made sense t'any uh us anymo'e. Word! It wuz fresh at fust, when all de o'iginal (knowledgable) members wuz active, but lately it's become t'be knode as some group uh guys wid real sparce telecom knowledge ridin' on some name dat once actually stood fo' sump'n. Even Phiba' Optik quesshuned wheda' LOD meant Legion uh Doom o' Lump uh Doo-doo (on Gyrotechnic's private fuckin'bbs). He stood firm against all de oda' members on de systum until finally dey wuz dumbfounded and speechless. Sheeit, de bo'd died. Now, PO and da damn rest uh de MOD bunch snatch t'dem likes a swatta' to fdiss. Give it up fellas.. it'll neva' wo'k. 3) Renegade Hacka' (a NYC local) dinks he's def. He gits raided, starts rapin', and when confronted by MOD, hides behind mommy. Slap mah fro! Den he says he hates MOD (which be funny since he wuz sweatin' MOD's nuts since da damn day he fust gots some modem; dose who wuz at da damn 2600 know whut ah' mean. 'S coo', bro..) De fact remains he be a real losa' out t'make some name fo' himself by tryin' t'inspire dose who gots' less contact wid de better gangsta's in de community. Slap mah fro! NASTY (his group) = BIG Joke. Word! (dey scribble files..de Nashunal Enquira' of de h/p wo'ld) *Rent-A-Gay Hacka' changed his fone #.. please note da damn new one in de database. Word! * 4) Lo'd Micro gits Xenix and creates whut gots'ta be modnet 2. (De Win' be de mina'strato' uh #1 in PA) Crazy Eddie plans t'put up some fuckin'bbs (open fo'um) in de 2600 Magazine fo'mat (likes OSUNY, Central Office, De Toll Center). NO illegal shit...plum deo'etical discusshun..whut real gangsta's are made of. Word! 5) Vinny (De Technician) be "outed". He be an admitted homosexual. I'm tellin' ya'.. watch out fo' dese SSWC guys..dey're some little funny, ya know? 6) Mind Rape, o' sump'n likes dat, uh NSA be a new pest. Gimme some break. When gots'ta dey eva' learn? Infiniti wuz anoda' one, but ah' guess he's kept quiet..which be fresh. Let's plum hope he duzn't ax' Mind Dweeb fo' help. Add Purple "no-show" Mustard (c0dez kid..see MOD/database fo' mo'e info) t'dis catago'y. Slap mah fro! Also, dere's anoda' guy usin' Acid's handle in 216. Wasn't home when we called twice. Word! Special danks t'Jack Hitt and Paul Tough uh Harpuh''s Magazine. Word! Great guys, fresh scribblers/edito's.. damn dat stuff wuz fun. 'S coo', bro. Hello t'State Police Offica' Donald Delaney. Slap mah fro! Not such some bad-ass guy, plum dat he IS some cop and he DID bust some uh us. But he also gots dose guys piratin' cellular service in Queens, which really wuz a majo' bust. Nice tie. Word! =================== = Anoda' MOD.duh = = file = "Mo'e eLiTenezz in one pinky = = dan 2 kans uh LOD. Word! " = All repdiss kin = = be sent to, = = dig dis: = = = = MOD@modnet.UUCP = =================== -> kill r0dentz. Word! . Word! . Word! MoDm0dMoDm0dMoDm0dMoDm0dMoDm0dMoDm0dMoDm0dMoDm0dMoDm0dMoDm0dMoDm0dMoDm0dMoDm0d