Hacker Disrupts GPS Network

Sam Wormleigh

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Apr 1, 2005, 6:34:42 AM4/1/05

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A service interruption of the Global Positioning Network previously
attributed to a solar flare
is now known to be the work of a hacker, according to a reliable source.

The hacker was a college student who had access to a satellite tracking dish
as part of a
summer internship. The hacker intercepted the control codes for analysis
through the simple
method of observing regular GPS control signals backscattered from the moon.

Government officials believe that this was an isolated incident which could
not be repeated
by a hostile government because the highly sophisticated equipment which the
hacker had
access to would not be available to those governments.

Sam Wormleigh

Tim Baas

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Apr 1, 2005, 7:25:10 AM4/1/05

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"Sam Wormleigh" <sworm...@yoohoo.com> wrote in message
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This could be a big problem for the DOD and even bigger for those who hate
paper maps.
Also, it took from last summer's internship to April 1st for the media to
release the story?

Tim B.

Doug Huffman

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Apr 1, 2005, 8:12:29 AM4/1/05

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The 'media' is not your friend especially if you thirst for news that
doesn't 'bleed', hence the anathema that is MSM.

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Morten Holm

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Apr 1, 2005, 8:20:09 AM4/1/05

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Sam Wormleigh wrote:

Riiiight ....

... now pull the other one. :-D

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B. Peg

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Apr 1, 2005, 9:08:41 AM4/1/05

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April Fools.

B~

Joel

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Apr 1, 2005, 9:16:51 AM4/1/05

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Tim Baas <timb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>Also, it took from last summer's internship to April 1st for the media to
>release the story?

Advice for USENET newbies: ignore (or at least triple-check)
any stories posted on USENET on April Fool's Day.
--
Joel Plutchak "People who drink wine with barbecue deserve to be
plutchak@[...] jeered at and socially ostracized." - Mike Stewart

Mxsmanic

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Apr 1, 2005, 9:47:27 AM4/1/05

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Joel writes:

> Advice for USENET newbies: ignore (or at least triple-check)
> any stories posted on USENET on April Fool's Day.

Better advice: Do this every day.

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Jack Yeazel

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Apr 1, 2005, 10:41:39 AM4/1/05

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"B. Peg" wrote:
>
> April Fools.

No fooling??
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Jack

Get general GPS information at: http://www.gpsinformation.net/

tvnav.com

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Apr 1, 2005, 10:44:33 AM4/1/05

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Imagine the chances of 2 Sam Wormlxxx with only a slight change of the
spelling of the last name.
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Darrel Goheen
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http://www.tvnav.com

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Jacquelin Hardy

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Apr 1, 2005, 3:30:11 PM4/1/05

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Sam Wormleigh or Sam Wormley playing April fish ?

JH

"Sam Wormleigh" <sworm...@yoohoo.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
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Joel

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Apr 1, 2005, 4:26:39 PM4/1/05

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In article <jnnq4198n7n7qr7ts...@4ax.com>,

Mxsmanic <mxsm...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Joel writes:
>
>> Advice for USENET newbies: ignore (or at least triple-check)
>> any stories posted on USENET on April Fool's Day.
>
>Better advice: Do this every day.

Good point!
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plut...@VERYWARMmail.com excessive but not the dismemberment?"
- from a discussion of the movie "Sin City"

Andreas van Hooijdonk

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Apr 1, 2005, 6:46:50 PM4/1/05

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"Jacquelin Hardy" <jach...@videotron.ca> wrote in message
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> Sam Wormleigh or Sam Wormley playing April fish ?
>
>
> JH

Sam Wormleigh only posts once a year on April first.

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Andreas van Hooijdonk
http://www.gps-practice-and-fun.com

Tim Baas

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Apr 1, 2005, 9:54:09 PM4/1/05

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"Joel" <plut...@see.headers> wrote in message
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ok, thanks ya 'tard.

Tim B.

Tim Baas

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Apr 1, 2005, 10:23:07 PM4/1/05

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"Tim Baas" <timb...@gmail.com> wrote in message

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sorry, I didn't mean to use abusive language by calling you a retard.
I've been communicating with this usenet group for about 5 years and value
user input.
I just tried to play along with the game.
You believed me so, ha ha April fools on you! Ha Ha.

Tim Baas