Bulletin Board #8
#1
Hi Tim, long time....I have an issue that hopefully you can help me
with...we have a problem in Xxxxxxxxx with harassment calls within the
plant...we can caller ID from inside to outside the plant but cannot trace
extension to extension. It is an analog system...is there any trace/trap
device that we can use to trace the call from extension to extension...?
Thanks for the help, Rxxxx
Tim wrote:
I really don't have enough information on your system to give you an
answer, but if it is computer driven, the information should be stored
within the software somewhere. In most systems, calls are logged, in, out
and internal. Get a printout and you should be able to identify the called
and calling extension by checking the times the calls occured.
Are the same people being called, what is being said, when are the calls
occuring (day, night, weekend, break times, etc.)? How big is the facility?
Is the system a straight analog system or is it a hybrid type (in which the
system can be programmed for additional features?
Also, if you have caller ID as a result of the system, you should be able
to program certain phones to show the number calling.
I realize this isn't much help, but, as I said, I don't have enough
information on the system.
Tim
Any of you others out there have any sugestions while we're waiting for the
type system to come back.
#2
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 17:36:21 -0800
From: Doug Ralph
Organization: COMSEC Services Inc.
Hello Tim - Have been reading with interest the concern raised by several
persons about coming across Federal devices. There was a Research Paper
(book - 84 pages) put out in 1995 by the Office of Technology Assessment
(Congress of the U.S.) s/n 052-003-01418-1 @ $ 5.50, also included on
their 5 Volume CD for sale in US Gov't Book stores for $ 23.00 (Contains
research papers form 1972 - 1995 until they ceased to exist. Recomend
you get a set while they last. In any event the research paper in
addition to describing most methods of federal electronic surveillance
methods, also discuss how the onus is on the phone companies to make
intercepts (wiretaps, room probes etc) 'transparent' to testing such as
TSCM.
Item # 2 - Re the Radio Shack Multi-channel Wireless Lapel Microphone, a
crystal controlled wireless microphone. Cost @ 79.95, recently on sale
for 49.95. Cat No. 32-1231. Each unit comes with 3 different crystals,
out of 8 possible in the concept. Freq's (MHz): 169.445 .505, 170.240 /
.300, 171.050, / .110, / 845, .905. Runs off of a 9 volt battery and
unit looks like a pager with a microphone approx 1 1/2 feet from same.
Mic. cable doubles as the antenna. Very impressed with the unit., was in
an old hotel recently in Wash DC, put it to the test, left it in my room
on the 4th floor and signal went down 2 floors through concrete and steel
to the 2nd floor, and was loud and clear. They claim 150 feet or more,
I'll say 'or more' really applies. Don't be surprised to see these gems
showing up as devices being abused as bugging devies.
Best regards - Doug R
#3
Subject: Thought for the day
Date: Wednesday, 12 March 1997 13:15PM
"When I die, I'd like to go peacefully, in my sleep, like my
grandfather. Not screaming, like the passengers in his car."
-- author unknown
#4
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 20:55:56 -0500
From: "Kevin D. Murray"
Reply-To: murray@spy.busters.com
To: murray@spy.busters.com
Subject: Mobile phone system logs used as evidence in murder case.
To: TSCM colleagues and interested security professionals
From: Murray Associates
Subject: Mobile phone system logs used as evidence in murder case.
Follow this link for the full story...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=000137485941746&rtmo=33177647&atmo=33177647&pg=/et/97/2/2/nmob02.html
#5
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 18:10:50 -0600
From: Trace Carpenter
Organization: Trace Carpenter Investigations
Subject: Response to Mike Andrews Posting
Mike,
There were some very good points in your posting. Many of them which we
in the business take for obvious which are often overlooked. I hope you
don't mind I'm going to pass the text on to a few of my corporate
clients.
As for the part of turning the bugs over to the authorities however I
have some concerns. I normally like to leave anything I find and use it
to our advantage. Either set up surveillance on it to catch the perp
returning to remove it/maintain it; or, use it to our advantage. By
that I mean feed the information out that we want the other side to
believe. If the client wants it left there, and dosen't want to file
charges we don't have a complainant.
What are your thoughts?
Sincerely,
Trace Carpenter
Trace Carpenter Investigations Professional Private
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#6
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Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 17:17:56 -0500
To: jmatk@tscm.com
From: jmatk@tscm.com (James M. Atkinson, Comm-Eng)
Subject: Spy Shops Plead Guilty (continued)
Here is another story regarding the spy shop busts
Note: Violations of Title 22, 27, 47 should be reported to the
U.S. Customs hotline at 1-800-232-5378.
-jma
Federal Authorities Shut Down the Spy Factory
NEW YORK (Reuter, Mar 10, 1997 11:35 a.m. EST) - Federal authorities shut
down the Spy Factory, the nation's largest chain of "spy shops," on Monday
after the company and its owner pleaded guilty to smuggling and selling
illegal bugging and wiretapping devices.
The San Antonio, Texas-based chain was closed shortly after a plea hearing
in Manhattan federal court at which U.S. District Judge Sonia Sotomayor
ordered Spy Factory and all of its assets forfeited to the United States.
Mary Jo White, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, told a
news conference that Customs Service agents closed Spy Factory's
headquarters and were in the process of padlocking its 11 stores. She said
the investigation was continuing.
Spy Factory pleaded guilty to 69 counts of money laundering, smuggling,
selling illegal wiretapping and bugging devices and conspiracy between 1989
and 1995.
The company's owner Ronald Kimball, a former Drug Enforcement
Administration agent who founded Spy Factory, pleaded guilty to three
counts of conspiracy to possess bugging and wire-tapping devices; using
false statements to import these devices into the United States and
smuggling the devices from Japan.
Spy Factory, owner plead guilty to smuggling
NEW YORK (Reuter) -- Federal authorities shut down the Spy Factory, the
nation's
largest chain of "spy shops," on Monday after the company and its owner
pleaded bugging and wiretapping devices.
The Texas-based chain was closed shortly after a plea hearing in Manhattan
federal court at which U.S. District Judge Sonia Sotomayor ordered Spy
Factory and all of its assets forfeited to the United States. The case had
entered its second week of testimony in Manhattan federal court when the
defendants agreed to plead guilty.
The illegal items included bugging devices that were miniature transmitters
hidden in everyday household and office items like pens, calculators and
three-plug electric outlet adapters.
"If it doesn't involve a torque wrench, then it's not TEMPEST"
James M. Atkinson
Phone: (508) 546-3803
Granite Island Group - TSCM.COM
127 Eastern Avenue #291
http://www.tscm.com/
Gloucester, MA 01931-8008
jmatk@tscm.com
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Well, folks,
that should be enough to get you through the second cup of coffee.
Keep your responses and inquiries coming.
Tim Johnson