�OICE �AIL �ACKING           ----- ---- ------- �ART 1: �RIEF �UMMARY ---- -- ----- ------- �LONG ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO, � WOULD DO JUST ABOUT ANYTHING TO GET MY OWN �MB. � WOULD ALMOST SELL MY SOUL FOR ONE. �UT ALAS, AT THE TIME ALMOST NO ONE WAS GIVING ANY AWAY AND � HAD NOTHING WORTHY TO TRADE. �O, � STARTED HACKING MY OWN. �T FIRST � HACKED PEOPLE'S BOXES, GUESSING THEIR PASSCODES. �HIS OF COURSE IS STUPID, BECAUSE ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS ALERT THE SYSTEM MANAGER AND POOF, NO MORE MAILBOX. �O, AFTER � HAD EXPERIANCED THAT, � STARTED TO DISCOVER THAT NO ONE MISSED EMPTY BOXES. �ND HERE � AM TODAY - WRITING A FILE TO TEACH MOST OF YOU WHAT � KNOW NOW. �O LET'S BEGIN, SHALL WE? �HE FIRST STEP TO HACKING ANYTHING - ANYTHING AT ALL - IS TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE HACKING. �HE SAME APPLYS TO �MB HACKING. �O, LET ME START OFF BY DESCRIBING SOME OF THE PROMINANT VOICE MAIL SYSTEMS. �DR --- �HESE ARE THE FAMILIAR MAILBOXES THAT � AM SURE ALL OF YOU HAVE CALLED ONCE IN YOUR LIFE. �HESE ARE THE SYSTEMS WHERE YOU HEAR SOME CHEESY GREETING, HIT "*" TWICE, AND THEN ENTER THE MAILBOX NUMBER. �HEN YOU FIRST PRESS THE "*", THE SYSTEM THINKS THAT YOU OWN THAT MAILBOX AND ARE ENTERING IT. �O, IT WILL REPLY WITH "�ELLO XXXX, PLEASE ENTER YOUR PASSCODE." �O YOU HIT "*" A SECOND TIME AND ABORT IT, AND FIND YOURSELF PLOPPED AT THE MAIN MENU, WITH THE FRIENDLY GREETING OF "�ELCOME TO THE MESSAGE CENTER." �OME NOTES ON THIS SYSTEM IS THAT BOXES ARE USUALLY (SOMETIMES NOT) 4 DIGITS IN LENGTH - AS ARE THE PASSCODES. �HE MESSAGE LENGTH IS USUALLY PRETTY NICE, ANYWHERE FROM 1-5 MINUTES. �UT OF COURSE THIS ALL DEPENDS ON THE NAZI SYSTEM MANAGER. �NYWAY. �DR'S ARE GOOD LITTLE SYSTEMS. �ASY TO HACK - EASY TO USE. �SPEN ----- �'M SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS AT ONE TIME CALLED THIS, TOO. �F THERE IS NO SYSTEM GREETING, YOU WILL BE WELCOMED WITH "�ELLO, THIS IS �SPEN. �HE AUTOMATED SPEECH EXCHANGE NETWORK." �RETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY, IS IT NOT? �F THERE IS A SYSTEM GREETING SET-UP, YOU WILL HAVE TO PRESS "*" ONCE TO SKIP THAT. �OU WILL THEN HEAR "�LEASE DIAL THE NUMBER OF THE PERSON YOU'RE CALLING. �F YOU HAVE A MAIL BOX ON THIS SYSTEM, PLEASE PRESS POUND." �SPEN'S ARE CLEAR GIVE-AWAYS. �OXES ARE EITHER 3-4 DIGITS, PASSCODES 4-5 OR LONGER. �OWEVER, � HAVE NEVER SEEN ANY LARGER THEN 5 DIGITS, BUT THEY CAN BE EXPANDED TO AS MUCH AS 9. �ESSAGE LENGTH IS USUALLY AROUND THE 1 MINUTE RANGE, DEPENDING ON WHAT MAILBOX YOU HACK. � HAVE ONE CURRENTLY ON AN �SPEN THAT IS UP AROUND THE 8 MINUTE RANGE, BUT THAT'S JUST BECAUSE IT'S LIKE A "�OSYSOP" BOX. �T CAN DO LIMITED SYSTEM MANAGER FUNCTIONS. �NYWAY. �RIENDLY SYSTEM, EASY TO HACK. �ENESIS ------- �K, � WOULD SUPPOSE. �HEN YOU CALL, YOU'LL BE GREETED WITH (USUALLY) "�OOD XXXX. �LEASE ENTER THE MAILBOX NUMBER YOU WISH". �HE "#" KEY TAKES YOU TO A DIRECTORY, WHERE YOU CAN JUST HIT THE FIRST LETTER (�,�,�,ETC.) OF SOMEONES NAME TO HEAR THEIR MAILBOX NUMBER. �F COURSE, � � & � ARE ALL ON THE SAME NUMBER, 2, SO THAT IS EVEN EASIER. �UST SCRIBBLE DOWN SOME BOX NUMBERS - THEY MAY BE WORTH PLAYING AROUND WITH. �FTER ALL, IT'S ALWAYS FUN TO DELETE SOMEONE ELSE'S VOICE MAIL. �F YOU PRESS "*" IT WILL USUALLY ADJUST THE VOLUME, OR JUST ABORT TO WHATEVER. �OXES ARE 3-4 DIGITS, 3 IS MORE PROMINANT. �ASSCODES ARE USUALLY 3-4, WITH 4 BEING THE MORE FREQUENT CHOICE. �HILE YOU ARE LISTENING TO SOMEONE'S GREETING, YOU CAN PRESS "0" TO ENTER THE PASSCODE FOR THAT MAILBOX. �VERALL, IT'S OK. �OT THE GREATEST, BUT NOT THE WORST EITHER. �ART 2: �OCATING �N �MPTY �OX ---- -- -------- -- ----- --- �HIS IS, FOR THE MOST PART, THE MAJOR STEP TO �MB HACKING. �OR IF YOU CAN'T FIND AN EMPTY, YOU'LL PROBABLY LOSE YOUR BOX THE NEXT BUISNESS DAY. �NYWAY. �HE MAIN PAIN-IN-THE-ASS ABOUT �MB HACKING IS THAT AFTER 3 INVALID TRYS THE SYSTEM USUALLY HANGS UP ON YOU. �O MAKE YOUR JOB EVEN HARDER, THEY USUALLY SPACE OUT BOXES, LEAVING LITTLE GAPS OF 3 OR 4 IN BETWEEN. �HAT WAY IF YOU SCAN STRAIGHT THROUGH YOU KEEP GETTING HUNG-UP AND GET DISCOURAGED. �UT OF COURSE, THERE IS A WAY AROUND THAT NASTY LITTLE FEATURE. �LL SYSTEMS HAVE A NIFTY LITTLE "�BORT" KEY. �T'S USUALLY "*" OR "#", AND IT TAKES YOU OUT OF ALMOST ANY SITUATION. �HAT COMES IN VERY, VERY HANDY WHILE YOU ARE LOOKING OVER THE SYSTEM FOR AN EMPTY BOX. �ET ME PASS ON SOME TRICKS FOR EACH SYSTEM. �DR --- �O, YOU HAVE NOW FOUND YOURSELF AN ���. �OU ARE AT THE "�ELCOME TO THE.." PROMPT. �HINGS TO REMEMBER ARE THAT BOXES USUALLY START AT 1000 OR 2000, AND THERE IS ALMOST ALWAYS A SYSTEM MAILBOX SOMEWHERE IN THE 9000 RANGE, USUALLY AT 9999. (�HAT APPLYS FOR EVERY SYSTEM, SAVE THAT SOME SYSTEMS MAY BE 3 DIGIT BOXES, SO CHOP A DIGIT, THAT'S ALL.) �OW, TO DEFEAT THAT NASTY LITTLE 3 TRY HANG-UP, YOU MUST FIRST FIND YOURSELF A GOOD BOX. �T DOSEN'T MATTER WHOSE - EMPTY OR NOT. �OOK IN THE COMMON PLACES, EXPLAINED ABOVE. �S SOON AS YOU FIND ONE, JOT IT DOWN. �OW YOU CAN SCAN FREELY AND AFTER EVERY 2 BAD TRYS JUST PUNCH UP THE GOOD BOX, ABORT OUT OF THAT AND SCAN SOME MORE. �O, OK. �ET'S SAY YOU FIND A GOOD MAILBOX. �OU'LL BE HEARING THE GREETING. �IT "*" TWICE, YOU'RE BACK AT THE "�ELCOME TO THE.." PROMPT. �OW YOU CAN SCAN 2 MORE INVALID TRYS WORTH. � HINT IS THAT EMPTY BOXES ARE ALWAYS, AND � MEAN ALWAYS, AT THE END OF THE GOOD BOXES. �O SAVE TIME � SUGGEST SCANNING BY 100'S. �F COURSE, GOING BACKWARDS ONCE IN AWHILE A FEW DIGITS.. �NYWAY. �HEN YOU FIND AN EMPTY MAILBOX, INSTEAD OF A GREETING YOU'LL HEAR "�AILBOX XXXX" OR SOMETHING. �IT "*" ONCE, AND YOU'LL HEAR "�ELLO MAILBOX XXXX, PLEASE ENTER YOUR PASSCODE." �HALLA, YOU HAVE LOCATED AN EMPTY. �RITE THE NUMBER DOWN, HIT "*" AND SCAN BY ONES ABOVE AND BELOW THE NUMBER. �HERE IS NEVER JUST ONE. �PSEN ----- �HE EASIEST WAY TO SCAN �SPEN'S IS TO PRETEND YOU'RE GOING TO ENTER YOUR MAILBOX. �IT "#", THEN A PROBABLE MAILBOX NUMBER, AS � OUTLINED IN THE �DR'S ABOVE. �NCE YOU FIND ONE, YOU'LL HEAR SOMETHING LIKE "�OHN �OE, PLEASE ENTER YOUR PASSWORD." �HE NAME WILL BE IN THE OWNER'S VOICE - JUST TO MAKE EVERYTHING NICE AND FRIENDLY. �IT "*" AND SCAN AROUND. �HEN YOU FIND AN EMPTY, YOU'LL HEAR SOMETHING LIKE "�AILBOX XXXX, PLEASE ENTER YOUR PASSCODE." �HE REST IS BASICALLY THE SAME AS THE �DR'S. �RITE IT DOWN, SCAN AROUND. �EE, THIS IS SURE FUN, ISN'T IT? �ENESIS ------- �ELL, YOU GET THE GOOFY PROMPT ON THIS, AND THE EASIEST WAY IS JUST TO HIT "#" AND THEN "2" AND WRITE DOWN SOME NUMBERS. �R, YOU COULD DO 2-9 AND FIND THE HIGHEST NUMBER. �HEN SCAN JUST ABOVE THAT FOR EMPTYS. �HEN YOU ENTER SOMEONE'S BOX, YOU'LL HEAR THEIR GREETING. �IT "0", THEN HIT "#" TO ABORT. �S ALWAYS, REMEMBER THE 3 STRIKES RULE, AND KEEP GOING BACK TO A GOOD BOX AFTER 2 FAULTY TRIES. �HEN YOU LOCATE AN EMPTY, THE GREETING WILL BE "�'M TAKING A MESSAGE FOR �MAILBOX XXXX." �IT "0". �HEN YOU'LL HEAR SOMETHING LIKE "�LEASE ENTER YOUR PASSWORD." �RETTY EASY, EH? �O THE ROUTINE.. �RITE IT DOWN, SCAN AROUND. �ART 3: �ACKING �HE �MPTY �OX ---- -- ------- --- ----- --- �ELL, NOW YOU HAVE YOUR EMPTY'S ALL WRITTEN DOWN AND ARE READY TO JUMP INTO THEM. �HE THING TO KEEP IN MIND HERE IS TO KEEP IT SIMPLE! �O ONE WANTS TO BE TROUBLED WITH REMEMBER A 9 DIGITS TOTALLY RANDOM PASSCODE. �HEY WANT SOMETHING SMALL AND SIMPLE, LIKE A 4 DIGIT YEAR. �EMEMBER - THINK STUPID. �HE SYSTEM MANAGER IS USUALLY ABOUT AS SMART AS A SNAIL IN A BOWL FULL OF �ELLO. �E WANTS TO WORK LEAST OF ALL - SO HE'LL MAKE THE EMPTYS UP WITH CHEESY PASSCODES. �DR --- �HIS IS A BALL-BUSTER TO HACK. �OU GET 3 PASSCODE TRYS, THEN YOU GET DUMPED. �FTER YOU ENTER ONE PASSCODE, THAT'S IT - YOU CAN'T ABORT ANYMORE. �UT YOU CAN (SOMETIMES) HIT "*" RIGHT WHEN IT SAYS "�OODBYE" AND FIND YOURSELF BACK AT THE "�ELCOME TO THE.." PROMPT. �O PLAY AROUND SOME. �EMEMBER, PASSCODES ARE SIMPLE. �ON'T BEAT YOUR HEAD IN TRYING TO GUESS SOME OUTRAGEOUS PASS, JUST SCAN ANOTHER SYSTEM AND MOVE ON. �ASSCODES ARE USUALLY THE SAME AS THE MAILBOX NUMBER, THE CURRENT YEAR, 1234, 0, OR THEY SOMETIMES DON'T HAVE ONE AT ALL. �O, PLAY WITH IT. �SPEN ----- �SPEN'S ARE ALWAYS FUN. �HE PASSCODES ARE 3 OR 4 DIGITS, AND USUSALLY NO LONGER - THUS MAKING IT A FUN LITTLE JOB TO PULL OFF. �N MOST SYSTEMS AFTER 2 BAD PASSCODES YOU CAN JUST ABORT OUT OF THE BOX, AND THEN DO IT AGAIN. �F COURSE, ON EMPTY BOXES YOU NEED NOT WASTE YOUR TIME WITH 4 BILLION TRYS, SO WHY BOTHER. �ASSCODES ARE SIMPLE, AS ON �DR'S, AND ALMOST EVERY OTHER SYSTEM FOR THAT MATTER. �EMEBER, THINK STUPID. �ENESIS ------- �AME AS ABOVE, BUT THERE IS A LITTLE TRICK. �OST EMPTY BOXES HAVE PASSCODES SET TO "0", SO TRY THAT FIRST. �ND � CAN'T STRESS THIS ENOUGH, THINK SIMPLE FOR CHRIST'S SAKE! �ART 4: �FTERMATH ---- -- --------- �NCE YOU ACHEIVE A BOX, YOU CAN BASICALLY FIGURE IT OUT FROM THERE. �F YOU'RE HAVING TROUBLE FINDING EMPTYS ON ONE SYSTEM, OR THE EMPTYS HAVE TWISTED PASSCODES, DROP THAT SYSTEM. �CAN YOURSELF ANOTHER. �HEY'RE ALL OVER THE DAMN PLACE. �F COURSE, � KNOW YOU'RE ALL SITTING OUT THERE ASKING "�UH, WHY ARE THERE EMPTYS ANYHOW?" �ELL LOOK AT THE HUMAN RACE AS A WHOLE. �E ARE LAZY, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US. �HO IN GOD'S NAME WANTS TO SIT THERE EVERY OTHER SECOND AND SPRINT TO MAKE A NEW BOX FOR SOME NEW EMPLOYEE? �O ONE, THAT'S WHO. �O, THE SYSTEM MANAGER SETS UP 5-10 BOXES FOR FUTURE EXPANSION. �E SETS THE PASSCODES REAL CHEESY-LIKEM, SO THAT EVEN HE WITH HIS 2ND GRADE EDUCATION CAN REMEMBER THEM FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME. �O, THINK SIMPLE. �HINK LIKE A MORON. �HINK LIKE A MAN WHO HANGS OUT AT THE WATER-COOLER AND SELLS CHEESY HOUSES FOR A LIVING. �ART 5: �LOSING ---- -- ------- �OME NOTES. �F YOU SHOULD HAPPEN TO STRAY ACROSS THE SYSTEM MANAGER PASSCODE, ���� ����� ��������, LEAST OF WHICH THE PASSCODE. �UST MAKE A FEW BOXES IN A NICE SHADY CORNER OF THE SYSTEM AND KEEP A LOW PROFILE. �F THE MANAGER CAN'T GET INTO HIS OWN MAILBOX, HE'LL KNOW SOMETHING'S UP FOR SURE AND GO LOOKING AROUND. �O BETTER HELP YOU IDENTIFY THESE SYSTEMS, CALL THESE. �RY TO REMEMBER THE VOICE, TOO. �HEY ARE CLEAR GIVE-AWAYS. �DR --- 1-800-326-5477 (24 �OURS, �YSTEM BOX AT 5000.) �SPEN ----- 1-800-800-1239 (24 �OURS, �YSTEM BOX AT 9999. �IT "*" THEN BOX NUMBERS.) �ENESIS ------- 1-800-999-2328 (24 �OURS, �OXES START AT 200 AND GO UP.) �ELL, HAVE FUN. �ND DON'T GIVE ALL YOUR FRIENDS TOO MANY MAILBOXES NOW, EH? �ND REMEMBER - DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME ON AN OLD SYSTEM. �HE NEWER, THE BETTER. �HE OLD ONES HAVE BEEN HACKED TO HELL AND BACK, AND THE MANAGERS MAKE EVERYTHING DIFFICULT. �CAN EXCHANGES LIKE MAD, GATHER VIRGIN SYSTEMS, HACK THEM. �HEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE UP AGAINST, SO THEY MAKE EVERYTHING NICE AND FRIEDNDLY. �ICE AND OPEN. �ICE AND EASY. �ELL, LATERS.                          -�AIRY �EECH �YPED ON 2/22/91. �UPPORT THE FOLLOWING: �ALL0UT [206]862-2086 �EST �N �HE �TATES.. �OCIAL �ISTORTION [908]303-0927 �ICKING �AJOR �SS.. 
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