HACKING GENIE BY:Silicon Rat -------------- I DIDN'T TELL ANYONE TO DO IT, I REALLY DIDN'T EVEN WANT THEM TO DO IT. I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHO THEY ARE OR WHAT THEY DID, BUT I HAVE WITNESSES THAT WILL SAY THAT THEY KNOW THAT I DIDN'T WANT THEM TO DO IT. THE RUMORS AREN'T TRUE, THE PICTURES ARE OBVIOUSLY FAKES, MY SIGNATURE DOESN'T LOOK ANYTHING LIKE THAT, AND THE WITNESSES ARE LIEING. (IN FACT, I THINK MY LAWYER WAS SLEEPING WITH THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY!) INFORMATION ON GENIE -------------------- ACTUALLY CALLED 'GENIE', WHICH IS AN ACRONYM FOR 'GENERAL ELECTRIC NETWORK FOR INFORMATION EXCHANGE'. GENIE IS GE'S REPLY TO COMPUSERVE. IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AS COMPUSERVE; IT HAS SIG'S, BBS'S, A CB SIMULATOR, A MAIL SYSTEM, VARIOUS NEWSLETTERS, MAGAZINES, AN ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA, AND ON-LINE GAMES. IT EVEN USES 3 LETTER COMMANDS FOR IT'S MENUES, JUST LIKE CPS. (LIKE 'CAT' FOR 'CATEGORIES'). IT EVEN DIPLICATES THE 'PAGES' THE CPS OFFERS, THE FORMAT FOR THE COMMAND ON GENIE IS 'M XXX', WHERE XXX IS THE PAGE NUMBER. THE SIG'S ON GENIE (CALLED ROUNDTABLES), ARE A LOT MORE SPECIFIC THAN ON COMPU-RIP, BUT THEY STILL SERVE THE SAME PURPOSE. THERE ARE ROUNDTABLES FOR GAMES, COMPUTERS, SCIENCE FICTION AND SCIENCE FANTASY AND FOR BBSES, WHERE YOU CAN TRANSFER PROGRAMS UNDER THAT TOPIC. THE LARGEST VARIATION OCCURS IN THE AREA OF CHARGES. GENIE IS $ 1.25 CHEAPER DURING NON-PRIME TIME, THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED BY GENIE CHARGING $ 35.00 DURING PRIME TIME. ALSO, UPLOADING, WHICH IS DONE IN XMODEM, IS FREE. DOWNLOADING WHICH HAS THE SAME PROTOCALL AS UPLOADING, ALWAYS COSTS. (SOUNDS LIKE LEACHES GONE CORPORATE TO ME) ALTHOUGH SOME PARTS OF GENIE LOOK LIKE THEY WERE SET UP WITH THE LEAST AMOUNT OF PLANNING POSSIBLE, GENIE ATTEMPTS TO MAKE UP FOR IT BY LISTENING TO A FEW OF THE COMMENTS THAT PEOPLE MAKE. CALLING GENIE ------------- SINCE YOU CANNOT USE GATEWAYS TO ACCESS GENIE, GENIE HAS SET UP THEIR OWN SET OF PORTS FOR YOU TO ACCESS. (ONCE AGAIN, THE PLANNING THAT WENT INTO THIS SERVICE DAZZELS ME) FIRST, SET YOUR TERMINAL FOR HALF DUPLEX, OR CHAT MODE. YOU CONNECT THROUGH A GENIE PORTAL BY CONNECTING, AND ENTERING "HHH", AND A CARRIAGE RETURN. THEN THE PROMPT "U#=" WILL COME UP AND YOU ENTER YOUR ID AND PASSWORD. THE 800 NUMBER IS FOR SIGNING UP ONLY, AND YOU WILL FIND THAT YOU CANNOT ACTUALLY HACK OUT ANY PASSWORDS FROM THERE. YOU NEED YOUR LOCAL ACCESS NUMBER TO DO THAT. THE FOLLOWING ARE ALL THE GENIE DIAL-UPS FOR WASHINGTON, OREGON, AND CALIFORNIA. IF YOU CANNOT FIND A LOCAL DIALUP FOR YOUR AREA, JUST DIAL THE TOLL- FREE NUMBER AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST, AND GET IT FROM GENIE. HACKING GENIE ------------- IT SEEMS THAT THE LONGEST PLANNING TIME FOR GENIE WENT INTO THE SECURITY. HACKING GENIE IS DEFINITELY A CHORE, AND ANYONE WHO SUCCEEDS WINS MY INSTANT RESPECT. (ONLY IF YOU SEND ME THE INFO THAT YOU USED) HACKING GENIE IS TOUGH BECAUSE ALTHOUGH YOU CAN CALL UP THEIR 800 TRY-OUT LINE, YOU CANNOT JUST LIE ABOUT YOUR CHECKING ACCOUNT AND GAIN ACCESS UNTIL SOMEONE FINDS OUT. THE REASON IS BECAUSE ALTHOUGH YOU GIVE ALL YOUR NORMAL INFORMATION (YOUR ADDRESS, YOUR NAME, YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER, YOUR CREDIT CARD NUMBER)...YOU ALSO GIVE YOUR MOTHER'S MAIDEN NAME, AND HOURS TO CALL YOU. THEN A FEW DAYS LATER, A GENIE OPERATOR CALLS YOU AND TELLS YOU YOUR PASSWORD, AND YOUR MAILBOX NAME. PASSWORDS ARE ENTERED IN THE ID#,PASS [RETURN] FORMAT. YOUR ID# IS ACTUALLY 8 DIGITS AND LETTERS COMBINED, EX. 'SEX12345'. (DOESN'T HAVE TO HAVE A WORD IN IT, I JUST PULLED THAT ONE OFF THE TIP OF MY TONGUE.) AND YOUR PASSWORD IS ANY WORD OR COMBINATION OF DIGITS AND LETTERS THAT YOU CAN THINK OF. EX. 'SNOWBUNNY' SO THAT THE ENTIRE CODE LOOKS LIKE THIS: SEX12345,SNOWBUNNY [RETURN] MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE NO SPACES IN THE ID,PASSWORD COMBO, (OR BETWEEN THE TWO) BECAUSE IF THERE ARE, THEY WILL BE COUNTED AS PART OF THE PASSWORD. SO GUESSING SOMEONE'S ID&PASSWORD IS GOING TO BE PRETTY TRICKY. GENIE HAS AN 800 NUMBER SET UP RIGHT NOW, THAT ALLOWS YOU TO CALL UP AND SIGN ON. JUST CALL THE NUMBER, WHICH IS GIVEN AT THE END OF THE FILE, AND WHEN YOU ARE CONNECTED, ENTER : "HHH" [RETURN] "5JM11988,GENIE" [RETURN] IT WILL TELL YOU THAT THE SERVICE YOU ARE USING IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE, AND WILL TELL YOU THAT THE START-UP RATE IS $ 18.00, THEN IT WILL ASK YOU IF YOU WANT TO START UP. ENTER "Y", AND THEN YOU CAN GET A LIST OF LOCAL NUMBERS TO HACK ON. PHONE NUMBERS ------------- NUMBER BAUDOT CITY --------- -------- ---------- WASHINGTON (206) : 272-2035 300/1200 TACOMA 355-2511 300/1200 EVERETT 448-6770 1200 SEATTLE 448-6785 2400 SEATTLE 448-6950 300 SEATTLE 693-3029 300/1200 VANCOUVER 943-0641 300/1200 OLYMPIA (509) : 534-1830 300/1200 SPOKANE 735-3579 300/1200 KENNEWICK OREGON (503) : 249-8365 2400 PORTLAND 287-9045 300/1200 PORTLAND 485-2343 300/1200 EUGENE CALIFORNIA (209) : 264-4655 300/1200 FRESNO 384-2271 300/1200 MERCED 529-8055 300/1200 MODESTO 948-1429 300/1200 STOCKTON (213) : 513-6893 300/1200 LONG BEACH 776-2005 2400 LOS ANGELES 776-2710 1200 LOS ANGELES 776-7222 300 LOS ANGELES 835-0411 2400 LONG BEACH (408) : 372-8579 300/1200 MONTERREY 425-1283 300/1200 SANTA CRUZ 455-1020 300/1200 SALINAS 683-4195 300/1200 SAN MARTIN 738-2685 2400 SUNNYVALE 738-3635 300 SUNNYVALE 746-0651 1200 SUNNYVALE (415) : 364-0900 300/1200 REDWOOD CITY 433-4211 300/1200 SAN FRANCISCO 443-6543 300/1200 LIVERMORE 452-1233 2400 OAKLAND 454-5300 300/1200 SAN RAFAEL 489-9400 300/1200 UNION CITY 778-0123 300/1200 ANTIOCH 825-9111 300/1200 CONCORD 829-8840 300/1200 DUBLIN 836-5060 1200 OAKLAND/SAN FRANCISCO 836-6800 300 OAKLAND/SAN FRANCISCO 871-1522 300/1200 SAN BRUNO 875-3942 2400 SAN FRANCISCO (619) : 296-5083 300/1200 SAN DIEGO 320-7805 300/1200 PALM SPRINGS 439-9980 300/1200 OCEANSIDE (707) : 445-5461 300/1200 EUREKA 462-0384 300/1200 UKIAH 545-8600 300/1200 SANTA ROSA (714) : 636-5102 300 ANAHEIM/GARDEN GROVE/HUNTINGTON BEACH 636-5330 1200 HUNTINGTON BEACH/GARDEN GROVE 636-6602 2400 GARDEN GROVE 661-2804 300/1200 CAPISTRANO 875-8751 300/1200 RIALTO 983-9841 300/1200 ONTARIO (805) : 487-9871 300/1200 OXNARD 541-3215 300/1200 SAN LUIS OBISPO 735-5440 300/1200 LOMPOC 833-6260 300/1200 BAKERSFIELD 963-6811 300/1200 SANTA BARBARA (818) : 579-6440 300/1200 EL MONTE 884-2127 300/1200 CANOGA PARK (916) : 342-0262 300/1200 CHICO 441-6126 300/1200 SACRAMENTO 726-5697 300/1200 ROSEVILLE 742-5139 300/1200 MARYSVILLE TOLL-FREE (800) : 638-8369 300/1200 (I STILL THINK THAT GE SHOULD HAVE STUCK TO REFRIGERATORS) --- (. .) 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