From:	Dark Elf <VESPOSIT@****.SUNYSB.EDU>
Subject:	SHADOWBABBLE: orbiting death
Date:	Mon, 26 Oct 92 13:01:28 EST

>>>>>>[ After a little archive raiding, I've discovered something
interesting.
It seems that the control systems for some of the old military
satellites have been broken into on almost a regular basis over the
past two years. Whoever has been doing it has been very subtle (I had
to check out the service logs of most of the sources of remote entry
on the system for telltale inconsistencies). I found a few telltale
bit patterns that looked like someone had re-routed a matrix connection
and implanted headers for the transaction in the apparent source system
making it a real bitch to scope out. There's still no clue as to where
our mystery decker is operating from, but I'm positive that someone has
been re-programming old military satellites!]<<<<<
--Dark Elf <Eat My Static Corp Scum>

>>>>>[ Those satellites use 10 year old command interpreters and
instruction
encryption, must have been a real cakewalk to reprogram. ]<<<<<
--OddBall <13:11:21/10-26-53>

>>>>>[ The programming isn't the hard part. Most of the code for that
hardware
is in textbooks today. The real challenge is getting past the security.
The corp I investigated bought out all the hardware and software from
White Sands Missile Range about two years ago, and they have top line
security systems (which have been upgraded, I assure you) ]<<<<<<
--Dark Elf <Catch Me If You Dare>

>>>>>[ Good thing they haven't aimed any of those suckers at NY...yet. Do
you
know how many satellites have been compromised? ]<<<<
--Heckler <13:17:25/10-26-53>

>>>>>[ There are at least two of them, possibly more. By the way, I only
checked out the White Sands subsytem of Winter Systems Inc. There may
be more elsewhere. I don't like the way you said yet! I don't like the
thought of my hometown getting fried! ]<<<<<
--Dark Elf <Suck MegaPulses You Fraggin IC!>