:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+::+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+: :+:+ PHONE PHREAK BUGS FBI Uploaded by Ninja Master +:+: :+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+::+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+: JOHN "CAPTAIN CRUNCH" DRAPER THREE TIME CONVICTED PHONE PHREAK (FRAUD BY WIRE) DISCOVERED WHAT MAY BE THE ULTIMATE PHONE TAPPING METHOD. "I KNEW THE PHONE COMPANY UTILIZED AN AUTOMATIC VERIFICATION IN MANY AREAS, THIS ALLOWED THE OPERATORS TO GO ACROSS (LISTEN IN) ON ANY LINE IN THEIR AREA TO SEE IF IT WAS IN USE OR OUT OF SERVICE. THERE WAS A SHORT TIME LIMIT WHICH AUTOMATICALLY DISCONNECTED THE OPERATOR AFTER USING THE PROCEDURE. SOME YEARS AGO I FIGURED OUT HOW TO ACCESS THE AUTO-VERIFY SYSTEM WITH A BLUE BOX, BYPASSING THE HUMAN OPERATOR. THIS WAS POSSIBLE BECAUSE THE PHONE COMPANY HAD INSTALLED A COMMON VERIFY TRUNK THROUGH A NUMBER OF LOCAL TOLL CENTERS. I DISCOVERED I COULD ACCESS THIS TRUNK BY DIALING A SEVEN DIGIT NUMBER AND THEN A THREE DIGIT ACCESS CODE (WITH THE BLUE BOX). THIS WOULD CONNECT ME TO ANY PHONE LINE FOR AS LONG AS I CHOOSE TO STAY ON THE WIRE. THIS SAME PROCEDURE WAS USED BY TELCO TO VERIFY FOR CONVERSATION AND "CHECK FOR TROUBLE ON THE LINE" A EUPHEMISM FOR LISTENING IN ON AN INTERESTING LINE. THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WERE STAGGERING. I LISTENED TO THE LOCAL FBI'S PRIVATE LINES, THE LOCAL ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE LOCAL CIA, AND EVEN PHONE COMPANY SECURITY AGENTS. AFTER A WHILE THE AUTO VERIFY SYSTEM WOULD ONLY CONNECT TO EACH LINE FOR A SHORT WHILE, BUT I COULD OVERRIDE THIS PROBLEM BY SHOVING A 2600 HZ TONE DOWN THE LINE." JOHN WAS EVENTUALLY BUSTED BY FBI AGENTS TAPPING HIS PHONE, WHO WERE WELL, SURPRISED TO HEAR THEIR OWN CONVERSATIONS ON JOHN'S LINE! THEY CAME THROUGH THE DOOR AT 2:00 AM ONE MORNING TO HAVE A LITTLE CHAT WITH JOHN ABOUT HIS UNUSUAL TALENT... WHAT DID THEY TALK ABOUT ON THEIR "SECURE PRIVATE LINES"? "MOSTLY THEIR GOLF GAMES AND THEIR WIVES" WAS JOHN'S COMMENT TO A LOCAL NEWSPAPER. THE AUTO VERIFY CONCEPT HAS SINCE BEEN PHASED OUT IN MOST AREAS, BUT THE IDEA OF THE PHONE COMPANY INSTALLING AN AUTOMATIC TAP FOR ANY LINE IN THEIR SYSTEM, FROM ANY PHONE IN THEIR SYSTEM, IS A STARTLING ONE INDEED... *  /