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· 9 years ago · Aug 23, 2016, 11:12 PM
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22Hello, and welcome to THE DARK ARMYâ€™s zine. 
23Today, The Dark Army, will disclose all their breaches, along
24with personal data acquired from the breaches. In this zine, we will only be 
25discussing breaches, no personal attacks.
26When we first began, we did not know that the group would become so successful so quickly.
27Our security researches and trouble makers have devoted their time, into causing lulz
28for the internet, and punishing corporate america and the gov.
29Now get your popcorn, and prepare for the story of how we began chaos, destruction, and brotherhood.
30(very nice police work XD *clapping* @FBI)
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40â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•—â–ˆâ–ˆâ•—  â–ˆâ–ˆâ•—â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•—    â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•—â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•—  â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•— â–ˆâ–ˆâ•—   â–ˆâ–ˆâ•—â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•—â–ˆâ–ˆâ•—     â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•—
41â•šâ•â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â•â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘  â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â•â•â•â•    â•šâ•â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â•â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•—â–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•—â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘   â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â•â•â•â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘     â–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â•â•â•â•
42   â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘   â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•—         â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘   â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘   â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•—  â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘     â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•—
43   â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘   â–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â•â•         â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘   â–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•—â–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â•šâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•— â–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â•â•  â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘     â•šâ•â•â•â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘
44   â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘   â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘  â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•—       â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘   â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘  â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘  â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘ â•šâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â• â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•—â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•—â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘
45   â•šâ•â•   â•šâ•â•  â•šâ•â•â•šâ•â•â•â•â•â•â•       â•šâ•â•   â•šâ•â•  â•šâ•â•â•šâ•â•  â•šâ•â•  â•šâ•â•â•â•  â•šâ•â•â•â•â•â•â•â•šâ•â•â•â•â•â•â•â•šâ•â•â•â•â•â•â•
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66              ||   /   \____.--=''''==--.._                0   â€”â€”â€”â€”â€”â€” COME JOIN US ON THE CRUISE OF DARKNESS!
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82So while we were working on finding vulnerabilities in popular domains, 
83we came across a very large traveling agency called kiatravels.com. 
84They have had over 1.5 million clients, and contain private information that is not secure.
85At first, we found an open RDP server, where admins login to view their domain.
86We ran a dir scan on the RDP server, and found the dir name â€œkeyaâ€. 
87This was a root dir on the RDP server, which contained the files below :
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111These files contained personal information on all 1.5 million clients who have used this site
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116http://www.filedropper.com/travelingdump  
117travelingdump.zip
118Just the POC of the dump :) We do not enable stupid carders.
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123cddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd;
1240Mo..........':ldkO0KKXXKK0kxoc,..........kMd
1250Ml......;d0WMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMWKx:......kMd
1260Ml...cOWMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMWO:...kMd
1270Ml.lNMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNc.kMd
1280MdKMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM0OMd
1290MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMd
1300MxcxWMMMMMNXXNMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNXXNMMMMMWkcKMd
1310Md..lMKo,.,'...:kWMMMMMMMNx;...',.;dXMl.'XMd
1320Mx'.,O;dXMMMXl....:dWMNo;....oXMMMKd;0,.'KMd
1330MO;.,NMWMMMMMMWk;...XMK...:OWMMMMMMWMN,.cNMd
1340MxxNMX;KMMKdcclkWN0WMMMN0WNxc:lxXMMk;WMXdKMd
1350MMMMMO;MMl.......KMXOMNkMk.......xMM.NMMMMMd
1360MMMMMMXKoclddl;.oWMdkMN,MN:.:ldolcdXNMMMMMMd
1370MMMMMMWXMMMMMMMW0KdoNMMdox0MMMMMMMMXMMMMMMMd
1380MMMMXc'WMMMMMMMMkcWMMMMMMkcMMMMMMMMN'lXMMMMd
1390MMMd..cMMMMMMMMNdoKMMMMM0x:XMMMMMMMM:..kMMMd
1400MM0....d0KKOd:.....c0Kx'.....:d0NX0l....NMMd
1410MMO.....................................WMMd
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1450Ml...dMMMMMMMMKl...........c0MMMMMMMMd...kMd
1460Ml...cMMMMMMMMMMMXOxdddk0NMMMMMMMMMMM'...kMd
1470Ml....KMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMO....kMd
1480Ml.....OMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMK.....kMd
1490Ml......:XMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNl......kMd
1500Ml........lXMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMKc........kMd
1510Ml..........:KMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM0,..........kMd
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172â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•—   â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•—â–ˆâ–ˆâ•—â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•—â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•—â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•— â–ˆâ–ˆâ•—   â–ˆâ–ˆâ•—
173â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•— â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â•šâ•â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â•â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â•â•â•â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•—â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘   â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘
174â–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘   â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘   â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•—  â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘  â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘   â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘
175â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â•šâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘   â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘   â–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â•â•  â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘  â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘   â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘
176â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘ â•šâ•â• â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘   â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â–ˆâ–ˆâ•—â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•—â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â•šâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•
177â•šâ•â•     â•šâ•â•â•šâ•â•   â•šâ•â•â•šâ•â•â•šâ•â•â•â•â•â•â•â•šâ•â•â•â•â•â•  â•šâ•â•â•â•â•â• 
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183Now, for the 3rd time, the mit.edu domain, has officially been owned. 
184This attack was NOT as sophisticated as the HTP breach where they had access to their mail servers.
185This was a simple Local File Inclusion vulnerability we found, which disclosed usernames,
186which we were able to brute force, (we had admin of all subdomains, and root on their servers.)
187The shell was later removed, and so we shelled them a second time, and they deleted it, 
188then we shelled them again, and it was erased, so we just archived their entire database,
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202daemon:*:1:31::0:0:The devil himself:/root:
203operator:*:2:28::0:0:System &:/usr/guest/operator:/bin/csh
204bin:*:3:7::0:0:Binaries Commands and Source,,,:/:/dev/null
205games:*:7:13::0:0:Games pseudo-user:/usr/games:
206uucp:*:66:1::0:0:UNIX-to-UNIX Copy:/var/spool/uucppublic:/usr/lib/uucp/uucico
207nobody:*:32767:9999::0:0:Unprivileged user:/nonexistent:/dev/null
208dmr:*:10:31::0:0:Dennis Ritchie:/usr/guest/dmr:
209ken:*:11:31::0:0:& Thompson:/usr/guest/ken:
210ingres:*:267:74::0:0:& Group:/usr/ingres:/bin/csh
211falcon:*:32766:31::0:0:Prof. Steven &:/usr/games:/usr/games/wargames
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218â–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â•â•â•â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•—â–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•—   â–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â•â•â•â• â–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â•â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•—â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘   â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘
219â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•—  â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘  â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘   â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘  â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•—â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘   â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘   â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘
220â–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â•â•  â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘  â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘   â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘   â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘   â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â•šâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•— â–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•
221â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘     â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘  â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â–ˆâ–ˆâ•—â•šâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â•šâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â• â•šâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â• 
222â•šâ•â•     â•šâ•â•â•â•â•â• â•šâ•â•  â•šâ•â•â•šâ•â• â•šâ•â•â•â•â•â•  â•šâ•â•â•â•â•â•   â•šâ•â•â•â•  
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227After hacking into numerous banks, companies, and universities. 
228We decided to have fun with the government. 
229In total, we found a couple hundred vulnerabilities in .gov domains,
230but that will be linked below. Now, for the main show, the fda.gov. 
231One of our members started looking for vulns in their domain,
232and we found a closed dir, but the files were open, so we started dorking 
233files found in .govs and found 02P-0317_emc-000019.txt .
234We later were able to access all emails that went through fda.gov mail server.
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243From: Rich Murray [rmforall@att.net]
244Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 3:56 AM
245To: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
246Subject: FDA Docket 02P-0317 aspartame toxicity brief review: Murray
2479.23.2 rmforall
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249FDA Docket 02P-0317 Recall Aspartame as a Neurotoxic Drug
250http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/871
251aspartame toxicity brief review: Murray 9.23.2 rmforall
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253Rich Murray, MA    Room For All    rmforall@att.net
2541943 Otowi Road, Santa Fe  NM  87505 USA   505-986-9103
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256http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/messages
257for 871 posts in a public searchable archive
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259http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/862    long review
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261http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/860
262RTM: FDA: objections to neotame approval 8.3.2 rmforall  38 pages
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264http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/868
265Murray: submit complaints and papers to FDA Docket 02P-0317
266by Jan 12  2003: Recall Aspartame as a Neurotoxic Drug 9.20.2 rmforall
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268http://www.dorway.com/tldaddic.html  5-page review
269Roberts HJ Aspartame (NutraSweet) addiction.
270Townsend Letter  2000 Jan;  HJRobertsMD@aol.com
271http://www.sunsentpress.com/    sunsentpress@aol.com
272Sunshine Sentinel Press  P.O.Box 17799  West Palm Beach, FL 33416
273800-814-9800 561-588-7628 561-547-8008 fax
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275http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/669
2761038-page medical text   "Aspartame Disease: An Ignored Epidemic"
277published May 30  2001    $ 85.00 postpaid    data from 1200 cases
278available at  http://www.amazon.com
279over 600 references from standard medical research
280http://www.aspartameispoison.com/contents.html    34 chapters
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282http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/859
283RTM: Roberts: the life work of a brilliant clinician:
284aspartame toxicity 8.2.2 rmforall
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286http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/790
287RTM: Moseley:
288review Roberts "Aspartame Disease: An Ignored Epidemic" 2.7.2  rmforall
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290http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/782
291RTM: Smith, Terpening, Schmidt, Gums:
292full text: aspartame, MSG, fibromyalgia 1.17.2 rmforall
293Jerry D Smith, Chris M Terpening, Siegfried OF Schmidt, and John G Gums
294Relief of Fibromyalgia Symptoms Following
295Discontinuation of Dietary Excitotoxins.
296The Annals of Pharmacotherapy 2001; 35(6): 702Ã±706.
297Malcolm Randall Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Gainesville, FL, USA.
298BACKGROUND: Fibromyalgia is a common rheumatologic disorder that is
299often difficult to treat effectively.
300CASE SUMMARY: Four patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia syndrome
301for two to 17 years are described.
302All had undergone multiple treatment
303modalities with limited success. All had complete, or nearly complete,
304resolution of their symptoms within months after eliminating monosodium
305glutamate (MSG) or MSG plus aspartame from their diet.
306All patients were women with multiple comorbidities
307prior to elimination of MSG.
308All have had recurrence of symptoms whenever MSG is ingested.
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310Siegfried O. Schmidt, MD  Asst. Clinical Prof.  siggy@shands.ufl.edu
311Community Health and Family Medicine, U. Florida, Gainesville, FL
312Shands Hospital
313West Oak Clinic Gainesville, FL 32608-3629    352-376-5071
314
315Debbie J. Hypes   painfreeliving@aol.com  304-872-4141  (Case # 1 of 4)
316P.O Box 25  Lookout, WV 25868-0025  She has about 1,000 on her local
317mailing list, and has been a volunteer activist since 1997.  Her guide
318first came out in 1997:  http://www.Pain-Free-Living.net
319"The Food Plan: How To Do It"  $ 5 by mail,  free by email.
320Her sister Darlene, now 47,  cured her own severe fibromyalgia in 1995
321by using an elimination diet, and then Debbie also cured herself by
3221997.  Their doctor, Siegfried Schmidt, paying attention, tried it on
323two selected women, who got well, and are his third and fourth cases.
324
325http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/846
326RTM: aspartame in Merck Maxalt-MLT worsens migraine,
327AstraZeneca Zomig, Eli Lilly Zyprexa,
328J&J Merck Pepcid AC (Famotidine 10mg) Chewable Tab,
329Pfizer Cool Mint Listerine Pocketpaks 7.16.2 rmforall
330Migraine MLT-Down: an unusual presentation of migraine
331in patients with aspartame-triggered headaches.
332Newman LC, Lipton RB  Headache 2001 Oct; 41(9): 899-901.
333[Merck 10-mg Maxalt-MLT, for migraine, has 3.75 mg aspartame,
334while 12 oz diet soda has 200 mg.]
335Headache Institute, St. Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY
336Department of Neurology   newmanache@aol.com
337Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
338Innovative Medical Research   RLipton@IMRInc.com
339
340http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/855
341RTM: Blumenthall & Vance:
342aspartame chewing gum headaches Nov 1997 7.28.2 rmforall
343Harvey J. Blumenthal, MD, Dwight A Vance, RPh
344Chewing Gum Headaches.
345Headache 1997 Nov-Dec; 37(10): 665-6.
346Department of Neurology, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine,
347Tulsa, USA.   neurotulsa@aol.com
348Aspartame, a popular dietetic sweetener, may provoke headache in some
349susceptible individuals. Herein, we describe three cases of young women
350with migraine who reported their headaches could be provoked by chewing
351gum sweetened with aspartame. [6-8 mg aspartame per stick chewing gum]
352
353http://ww.presidiotex.com/barcelona/index.html
354Trocho C, Pardo R, Rafecas I, Virgili J, Remesar X,
355Fernandez-Lopez JA, Alemany M  ["Trok-ho"]
356Formaldehyde derived from dietary aspartame binds to tissue
357components in vivo.  Life Sci 1998 Jun 26; 63(5): 337-49.
358Departament de Bioquimica i Biologia Molecular, Facultat de Biologia,
359Universitat de Barcelona, Spain.
360http://www.presidiotex.com/barcelona/index.html
361Maria Alemany, PhD (male)  alemany@porthos.bio.ub.es
362
363http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/864
364Murray: Butchko, Tephly, McMartin: Alemany: aspartame formaldehyde
365adducts in rats 9.8.2 rmforall
366Prof. Alemany vigorously affirms the validity of the Trocho study
367against criticism:
368Butchko, HH et al [24 authors], Aspartame: review of safety.
369Regul. Toxicol. Pharmacol. 2002 April 1; 35 (2 Pt 2): S1-93, review
370available for $35, [an industry paid organ].  Butchko:
371"When all the research on aspartame, including evaluations in both the
372premarketing and postmarketing periods, is examined as a whole, it is
373clear that aspartame is safe, and there are no unresolved questions
374regarding its safety under conditions of intended use."
375
376http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/867
377Murray: Thatcher:
378simple tests for immune system reactions due to formaldehyde from the
37911% methanol in aspartame: Tholen 9.17.2 rmforall
380
381http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/628
382Rich Murray: Professional House Doctors: Singer:  EPA: CPSC:
383formaldehyde toxicity 6.10.1 rmforall
384
385http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/863
386Murray: Wilson: CIIN: EPA: Gold:  Thrasher & Kilburn: Shaham:
387formaldehyde toxicity  8.22.2 rmforall
388
389http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/645
390Rich Murray: 18 recent formaldehyde toxicity [Comet assay] abstracts
3916.25.1 rmforall
392
393http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/622
394Rich Murray: Gold: Koehler: Walton: Van Den Eeden: Leon:
395aspartame toxicity 6.4.1 rmforall
396
397http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/623
398Rich Murray: Simmons: Gold: Schiffman: Spiers:
399aspartame toxicity 6.4.1 rmforall
400
401http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/870
402Aspartame: Methanol and the Public Interest 1984:
403Monte: Murray 9.23.2 rmforall
404Dr. Woodrow C. Monte  Aspartame: methanol, and the public health.
405Journal of Applied Nutrition 1984;  36 (1):  42-54.
406(62 references)   Professsor of Food Science
407Director of the Food Science and Nutrition Laboratory
408Arizona State University,  Tempe, Arizona 85287
4096411 South River Drive #61 Tempe, Arizona 85283-3337
410602-965-6938    woody.monte@asu.edu
411The methanol from 2 L of diet soda, 5.6 12-oz cans, 20 mg/can, is
412112 mg, 10% of the aspartame.  The EPA limit for water is 7.8 mg daily
413for methanol (wood alcohol), a deadly cumulative poison. Many users
414drink 1-2 L daily. The reported symptoms are entirely consistent
415with chronic methanol toxicity. (Fresh orange juice has 34 mg/L, but,
416like all juices, has 16 times more ethanol, which strongly protects
417against methanol.)
418
419"Fruit and vegetables contain pectin with variable methyl ester content.
420
421However, the human has no digestive enzymes for pectin (6, 25)
422particularly the pectin esterase required
423for its hydrolysis to methanol (26).
424
425Fermentation in the gut may cause disappearance of pectin (6) but the
426production of free methanol is not guaranteed by fermentation (3).  In
427fact, bacteria in the colon probably reduce methanol directly to formic
428acid or carbon dioxide (6)  (aspartame is completely absorbed before
429reaching the colon). Heating of pectins has been shown to cause
430virtually no demethoxylation; even temperatures of 120 deg C produced
431only traces of methanol (3).  Methanol evolved during cooking of high
432pectin foods (7) has been accounted for in the volatile fraction during
433boiling and is quickly lost to the atmosphere (49).
434Entrapment of these volatiles probably accounts for the elevation in
435methanol levels of certain fruit and vegetable products
436during canning (31, 33)."
437
438Recent research [see links at end of post] supports his focus on the
439methanol to formaldehyde toxic process:
440
441"The United States Environmental Protection Agency in their Multimedia
442Environmental Goals for Environmental Assessment recommends a minimum
443acute toxicity concentration of methanol in drinking water at 3.9 parts
444per million, with a recommended limit of consumption below 7.8 mg/day
445(8). This report clearly indicates that methanol:
446
447"is considered a cumulative poison
448due to the low rate of excretion once it is absorbed.
449In the body, methanol is oxidized to formaldehyde and
450formic acid; both of these metabolites are toxic." (8)....
451
452Recently the toxic role of formaldehyde (in methanol toxicity) has been
453questioned (34).  No skeptic can overlook the fact that, metabolically,
454formaldehyde must be formed as an intermediate to formic acid
455production (54).
456
457Formaldehyde has a high reactivity which may be why it
458has not been found in humans or other primates during methanol
459poisioning (59)....
460
461If formaldehyde is produced from methanol and does have a reasonable
462half life within certain cells in the poisoned organism the chronic
463toxicological ramifications could be grave.
464
465Formaldehyde is a known
466carcinogen (57) producing squamous-cell carcinomas by inhalation
467exposure in experimental animals (22).  The available epidemiological
468studies do not provide adequate data for assessing the carcinogenicity
469of formaldehyde in man (22, 24, 57).
470
471However, reaction of formaldehyde
472with deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) has resulted in irreversible
473denaturation that could interfere with DNA replication and result in
474mutation (37)...."
475
476http://www.dorway.com/barua.html
477Dr. J. Barua (ophthalmic surgeon), Dr. Arun  Bal (surgeon)
478Emerging facts about aspartame.
479Journal Of The Diabetic Association Of  India 1995; 35 (4):
480(79 references)    barua@giasbm01.vsnl.net.in
481"...the total amount of methanol absorbed will be approximately
48210% of aspartame ingested. An EPA assessment of methanol states
483that methanol, 'is considered a cumulative poison due to the low rate
484of excretion once it is absorbed.  The absorbed methanol is then
485slowly converted to formaldehyde...'"
486"Reaction of formaldehyde with DNA has been observed,
487by spectrophotometry and electron microscopy, to result in
488irreversible denaturation."
489"DKP has been implicated in the occurence of brain tumors."
490
491http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/804
492RTM: Hetle & Eltervaag: 2001 thesis
493abstract: aspartame brain damage in mice:
494Sonnewald 1995 study full text 2.17.2 rmforall
495
496http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/346
497WebMD: Barclay: Barth:
498survey shows aspartame hurts memory in students 11.9.00
499http://www.psy.tcu.edu/psy/barth.htm
500Timothy M. Barth Department of Psychology    t.barth@tcu.edu
501Texas Christian University TCU Box 298920 Fort Worth, TX 76129
502Chairman, Physiological Psychology   817-921-7410
503
504http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/760
505Kovatsi L, Tsouggas M
506The effect of oral aspartame administration on the
507balance of magnesium in the rat.
508Magnes Res 2001 Sep;14(3): 189-94.
509Laboratory of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine
510Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece  kovatsi@med.auth.gr
511
512http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/689
513Karikas GA, Schulpis KH, Reclos GJ, Kokotos G
514Measurement of molecular interaction of aspartame and
515its metabolites with DNA. Clin Biochem 1998 Jul; 31(5): 405-7.
516Dept. of Chemistry, University of Athens, Greece
517http://www.chem.uoa.gr   gkokotos@atlas.uoa.gr
518
519http://www.medscape.com/MedGenMed/braintumors
520Lennart Hardell, M.D., PhD, in 1999 reported in Sweden that both
521cell phone use and heavy aspartame use correlate with increased
522brain cancers    lennart.hardell@orebroll.se   +46 19 602 15 46
523
524http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/31
525Murray: Wurtman: aspartame & seizures 11.9.85 10.30.99
526Wurtman RJ   Aspartame: possible effect on seizure susceptibility.
527Lancet 1985 Nov 9; 2(8463): 1060.
528Richard J. Wurtman, Ph.D.  dick@mit.edu  617-253-3091
529Professor of Neuroscience
530Prof. of Health Sciences and Technology
531Massachusetts Institute of Technlogy  Cambridge, Mass. 02139
532
533http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/32
534Murray:  Drake: aspartame & panic attacks 9.13.86 10.30.99 rmforall
535Miles E. Drake, MD
536Panic attacks and excessive aspartame ingestion.
537Lancet 1986 Sep 13; 2(8507): 631.
538Department of Neurology and Psychiatry,
539Ohio State University Medical Center,  Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
540
541http://www.dorway.com/blayenn.html
542Russell L. Blaylock, MD  dodd@netdoor.com
543Excitotoxins, neurodegeneration and neurodevelopment.
544The Medical Sentinel Journal  1999 Fall;  (95 references)
545russell@misnet.com   601-982-1175
546
547http://www.truthinlabeling.org/    Truth in Labeling Campaign [MSG]
548Adrienne Samuels, PhD   The toxicity/safety of processed
549free glutamic acid (MSG): a study in suppression of information.
550Accountability in Research 1999;  6:  259-310.  52-page review
551P.O. Box 2532 Darien, Illinois 60561
552858-481-9333   adandjack@aol.com
553
554http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/841
555RTM: Merisant Co., MSD Capital, Dell Computer Corp., NutraSweet Co.,
556JW Childs Assc.: aspartame-neotame toxicity 7.10.2 rmforall
557
558http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/857
559RTM: www.dorway.com: original documents and long reviews of flaws in
560aspartame toxicity research 7.31.2 rmforall
561
562http://www.dorway.com  David O. Rietz  over 12,000 print pages
563Mission-Possible-USA    Betty Martini   770-242-2599
564Bettym19@mindspring.com     dorietz@awod.com
565http://www.dorway.com/asprlink.html   many links
566http://www.dorway.com/nslawsuit.txt    Jeff Martin, Attorney
567http://www.dorway.com/upipart1.txt
568UPI reporter Gregory Gordon: 96K 3-part expose Oct 1987
569http://www.dorway.com/doctors.txt
570What many informed doctors are saying/have said about aspartame
571
572http://www.HolisticMed.com/aspartame    603-225-2100
573Aspartame Toxicity Information Center    Mark D. Gold
574mgold@shelltown.net    12 East Side Drive #2-18 Concord, NH 03301
575http://www.holisticmed.com/aspartame/abuse/methanol.html
576"Scientific Abuse in Aspartame Research"
577
578Aspartame Consumer Safety Network and Pilot Hotline  [1987-2001]
579Mary Nash Stoddard, Founder & President
580P.O. Box 780634  Dallas, TX 75378   .
581214-352-4268   marystod@airmail.net
582http://web2.airmail.net/marystod/index.html
583http://web2.airmail.net/marystod/espanol.htm
584Toxicology Sourcebook: "Deadly Deception: Story of Aspartame"
585
586http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/858
587RTM: Samuels: Strong: Roberts: Gold:  flaws in double-blind studies re
588aspartame and MSG toxicity  8.1.2 rmforall
589
590"Survey of aspartame studies: correlation of outcome and funding
591sources," 1998, unpublished:   http://www.dorway.com/peerrev.html
592Walton found 166 separate published studies in the peer reviewed
593medical literature, which had relevance for questions of human safety.
594The 74 studies funded by industry all (100%) attested to aspartame's
595safety, whereas of the 92 non-industry funded studies, 84 (91%)
596identified a problem. Six of the seven non-industry funded studies
597that were favorable to aspartame safety were from the FDA, which
598has a public record that shows a strong pro-industry bias.
599Ralph G. Walton, MD, Prof. of Clinical Psychology, Northeastern Ohio
600Universities, College of Medicine, Dept. of Psychiatry, Youngstown,
601OH 44501, Chairman, The Center for Behavioral Medicine,
602Northside Medical Center, 500 Gypsy Lane, P.O. Box 240 Youngstown,
603OH 44501    330-740-3621    rwalton193@aol.com
604http://www.neoucom.edu/DEPTS/Psychiatry/walton.htm
605
606http://google.com  gives 105,000 websites for "aspartame" , while
607http://groups.google.com/  finds on 700 MB of posts from 20-years of
608Usenet groups, 72,300 posts, and
609http://www.AllTheWeb.com  gives 177,012, the top four being leading and
610very well informed volunteer anti-aspartame sites.
611http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/   lists 712 aspartame items.
612
613http://www.readthelabel.org.uk/  Additives Survivors' Network (UK)
614geoffbrewer@eurobell.co.uk
615
616http://www.aspartame.ca/   John T. Linnell   admin@aspartame.ca
617http://www.aspartame.ca/page_a10.html
618Canadian Class Action Law Suit
619
620http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/802
621RTM: 700.club.com: CBN:
622Totheroh & Robertson: aspartame expose 2.13.2 rmforall
623
624http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/805
625RTM: Ive:
626UK Daily Mirror Magazine: aspartame toxicity 2.18.2 rmforall
627
628http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/813
629[also on  http://www.rense.com/general20/bushaspertameAL.htm
630Contact  Jeff Rense  <jr@rense.com> ]
631RTM: (corrected)
632danger to President Bush from aspartame toxicity 2.24.2 rmforall
633
634http://www.vegsource.com  extensive vegan information
635http://www.vegsource.com/articles/kradjian_milk.htm
636Robert Kradjian MD Discusses Milk
637**********************************************************
638
639Serious symptom syndrome summary:
640Aspartame (NutraSweet, Equal, Canderel, Benevia) is reported by
641scientific studies and case histories to be toxic: * headaches
642* many body and joint pains (or burning, tingling, tremors, twitching,
643spasms, cramps, or numbness)  *  fever, fatigue
644* "mind fog", "feel unreal", poor memory, confusion, anxiety,
645irritability, depression, mania, insomnia, dizziness, slurred speech,
646ringing in ears, sexual problems,  poor vision, hearing, or taste
647* red face, itching, rashes, burning eyes or throat,
648dry mouth or eyes, mouth sores  *  hair loss
649* obesity, bloating, edema, anorexia,
650poor or excessive hunger or thirst    * breathing problems
651*  nausea, diarrhea or constipation * coldness  * sweating
652* racing heart, high blood pressure, erratic blood sugar levels
653* seizures   * birth defects  * brain cancers  * addiction
654* aggrivates diabetes, autism, ADHD, allergies,
655and interstitial cystitis (bladder pain)
656**********************************************************
657
658http://members.tripod.com/~mission_possible/scotland_branch.html
659http://www.aspartame.ca/  Canada
660http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/4578/   Canada
661http://www.cybernaute.com/earthconcert2000/AspartaMalcache.htm
662http://www.reseauproteus.net/therapies/nutritio/aspartame.htm
663http://ww2.grn.es/avalls/aspa1.htm   Spain
664http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Falls/8669/   Brazil
665http://www.phd.com.br/aspartame.htm
666http://hem.passagen.se/mission.possible.sweden/
667http://home.online.no/~dusan/foods/aspartame.html   Norway
668http://www.aspartaam.nl/info/product.html   Holland, in Dutch
669http://www.laleva.org/   Italy
670http://www.laleva.org/alimenti/dorwayaspartame.html
671http://users.westnet.gr/~cgian/aspartame.htm   Greece
672**********************************************************
673
674
675From: Gordon, Indya
676Sent: Friday, November 19, 1999 10:13 AM
677To: Dockets, FDA
678Subject: FW: Tordoff: aspartame doesn't increase hunger & weight 6.9.99
679
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681
682-----Original Message-----
683From: Henney, Jane 
684Sent: Friday, June 18, 1999 1:40 AM
685To: EXECSEC
686Subject: FW: Tordoff: aspartame doesn't increase hunger & weight 6.9.99
687
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689
690
691> ----------
692> From: 	Richard T. Murray[SMTP:RMFORALL@EARTHLINK.NET]
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695> Subject: 	Tordoff: aspartame doesn't increase hunger & weight 6.9.99
696> Auto forwarded by a Rule
697> 
698Subject: Re: aspartame
699        Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 13:29:19 -0400
700       From:  "Michael Tordoff" <tordoff@monell.org>
701 Organization: http://extra.newsguy.com
702 Newsgroups: sci.med.nutrition
703 
704Laurel Amberdine <circle@NOSPAMmtco.com> wrote in message
705news:jhj73.38$st2.6200@iagnews.iagnet.net...
706> SharpGymn <sharpgymn@aol.com> wrote in message
707> news:19990608123748.22541.00001360@ngol02.aol.com...
708> > Consuming aspartame seems to trigger a hunger type feeling, even if
709> > I have just eaten, whereas if I abstain from aspartame, I would be
710> > satisfied.  Does this have any scientific validity, or am I just
711> > imagining it?  I really get ravenous after consuming "straight"
712> > aspartame like in a diet coke, versus aspartame added to a food,
713> > like a milkshake or oatmeal sweetened w/ aspartame.
714>
715>
716> Actually, this is the only real problem I know of from aspartame.  (I
717> suppose any artificial sweetener might do the same.)  The sweet taste
718> causes you to secrete insulin in anticipation of sugar.  Since there
719> isn't any real food there, your blood sugar drops and you get hungry.
720>
721> People with this problem should prolly eat something when they have
722> aspartame.  I still think its a better idea than sugary soda.
723>
724> -Laurel
725>
726>
727>
728First, there is good, valid evidence that ingesting aspartame can
729increase feelings of hunger.  The original work was done by John
730Blundell (Blundell, J.E., and Hill, A.J. Paradoxical effects of an
731intense sweetener (aspartame) on appetite. Lancet i: 1092-1093, 1986).
732and I have published similar findings in which the aspartame was
733embedded in chewing gum (Tordoff, M.G., and Alleva, A.M.
734Oral stimulation with aspartame increases hunger.
735Physiology and Behavior 47: 555-559, 1990).
736This work also shows a complex, gender-related sweetness-response
737effect, which may explain why you feel "ravenous" after consuming some
738aspartame-containing products but not others.  There are several
739published reports from other groups as well, but also at least an equal
740number of failures to find an effect of aspartame on hunger.
741
742My reading of the literature is that there is a very, very small effect
743of aspartame to increase hunger-- so small that it is practically
744undetectable in the real world, outside the lab.  Moreover, although
745there may be an increase in hunger, it is even less clear whether this
746translates into an increase in food intake.  One thing that is clear,
747however, is there are no studies showing that consuming aspartame
748increases body weight-- if anything the data point in the other
749direction.
750
751Second, it is tempting to think this increased hunger produced by
752consuming asparatme is due to "anticipatory" changes in insulin levels,
753which is termed the "cephalic phase insulin response".  However, the
754evidence is against it.  The best paper on this topic is by my
755colleague, Karen Teff (Teff, K.L., Devine, J., and Engelman, K.
756Sweet taste: effect on cephalic phase insulin release in men.
757Physiol Behav 57: 1089-95, 1995).  There are many cephalic phase
758responses, such as salivation, gastric acid production, and changes
759in liver metabolism, and it's my guess that one of these other
760responses is responsible for the appetite.
761
762I hope this helps
763
764Michael Tordoff
765Monell Chemical Senses Center
766Philadelphia
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769Hope they patch their security next time :)
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771
772Here is the list of .gov vulnerabilities we found, just a small bit :)
773
774( http://www.filedropper.com/ripgov ) ripgov.zip 
775ripgov.zip extracting to gov_vulns.txtâ€¦
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778â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•—â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•— â–ˆâ–ˆâ•—      â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•— â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•—â–ˆâ–ˆâ•—  â–ˆâ–ˆâ•—â–ˆâ–ˆâ•—â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•— 
779â–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â•â•â•â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•—â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘     â–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•—â–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â•â•â•â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘  â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•—
780â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•—â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘     â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•—â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘  â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘
781â•šâ•â•â•â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â•â•â• â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘     â–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â•šâ•â•â•â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘  â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘
782â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘     â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•—â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘  â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘  â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•
783â•šâ•â•â•â•â•â•â•â•šâ•â•     â•šâ•â•â•â•â•â•â•â•šâ•â•  â•šâ•â•â•šâ•â•â•â•â•â•â•â•šâ•â•  â•šâ•â•â•šâ•â•â•šâ•â•â•â•â•â• 
784                                                           
785
786One of our members went vulnerability hunting on a password managing site called
787https://www.splashid.com/ , he/she found an Local File Inclusion on the domain and
788got a shell popped on the domain. He later had root on their domains, and had all their client information. 
789
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791Picture of shell : http://imgur.com/a/YxHCh
792Etc/passwd output on a subdomain they had : 
793root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
794daemon:x:1:1:daemon:/usr/sbin:/bin/sh
795bin:x:2:2:bin:/bin:/bin/sh
796sys:x:3:3:sys:/dev:/bin/sh
797sync:x:4:65534:sync:/bin:/bin/sync
798games:x:5:60:games:/usr/games:/bin/sh
799man:x:6:12:man:/var/cache/man:/bin/sh
800lp:x:7:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:/bin/sh
801mail:x:8:8:mail:/var/mail:/bin/sh
802news:x:9:9:news:/var/spool/news:/bin/sh
803uucp:x:10:10:uucp:/var/spool/uucp:/bin/sh
804proxy:x:13:13:proxy:/bin:/bin/sh
805www-data:x:33:33:www-data:/var/www:/bin/sh
806backup:x:34:34:backup:/var/backups:/bin/sh
807list:x:38:38:Mailing List Manager:/var/list:/bin/sh
808sshd:x:104:65534::/var/run/sshd:/usr/sbin/nologin
809nobody:x:65534:65534:nobody:/nonexistent:/bin/sh
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813The entire user database, and admin access is for sale. 
814xmpp : maxs@jabber.se
815Price : 8.583 Bitcoin
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820 â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•— â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•—  â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•— â–ˆâ–ˆâ•—   â–ˆâ–ˆâ•—â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•—
821â–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â•â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•—â–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•—â–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•—â•šâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•— â–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â•â•â•â•
822â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘   â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘  â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘ â•šâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â• â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•—
823â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘   â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘  â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘  â•šâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•  â•šâ•â•â•â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘
824â•šâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘  â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘   â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘   â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘
825 â•šâ•â•â•â•â•â• â•šâ•â•â•â•â•â• â•šâ•â•  â•šâ•â•   â•šâ•â•   â•šâ•â•â•â•â•â•â•
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827
828In this part of the zine, we disclose a list of 
829vulnerabilities and 0days we found over the time of these breaches.
830The first vulnerability was an local file inclusion found in www.webroot.com.
831Discloses apache logs, etc/shadow, etc/master.passwd, etc/passwd.
832
833POC : (http://www.filedropper.com/screenshot2016-08-23at24325pm)
834file name : Screen Shot 2016-08-23 at 2.43.25 PM
835
836The next vulnerability was in blog.soundcloud.com, yes, I know 
837what you are thinking â€œbut the hacker from zone-h got a deface on it!)
838well this isnâ€™t that vulnerability. We wrote a code that allows us to view 
839private files stored on the domain, so we found etc/primary which the output was
840â€œforeign-keyâ€. 
841
842POC : (http://www.filedropper.com/screenshot2016-08-23at40137pm)
843file name : Screen Shot 2016-08-23 at 4.01.37 PM
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847â–ˆâ–ˆâ•—  â–ˆâ–ˆâ•— â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•— â–ˆâ–ˆâ•—     â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•— â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•—â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•— â–ˆâ–ˆâ•—
848â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘  â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•—â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘    â–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â•â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•—â–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â•â•â•â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•—â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘
849â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘    â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â–ˆâ–ˆâ•—â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•—  â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘
850â–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â•šâ•â•    â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â•â•  â–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•—â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘
851â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘  â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘  â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â–ˆâ–ˆâ•—    â•šâ–ˆâ•‘â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘     â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘
852â•šâ•â•  â•šâ•â•â•šâ•â•  â•šâ•â•â•šâ•â•     â•šâ•â•šâ•â•â•â• â•šâ•â•     â•šâ•â•â•â•â•â• â•šâ•â•
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856BELOW IS A LITTLE EXTRA STORY WE WROTE, JUST FOR FUN.
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876THE WONDERFUL STORY OF HOW WE CLOWNED THE FBI
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880After our member breached the FDA, our best friends, the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
881The reason they were after us, were because we hacked fda.gov mail server, and we extorted a women 10k
882threatened to have her kidnapped XD. But, after FBI New York, and the investigators the women knew â€œteamed upâ€
883they were onto us like never before. The information they pulled were the groups name and a @gmail.com email we used to call her.
884We later tricked them into thinking we knew hitman and that they were coming for her. So, they had FBI posted up at her house.
885Then we tricked them into thinking we would drop fda.gov FULL database, so they had the domain offline for a couple hours, 
886and locked up their servers. Then, they attempted to go on IRC chat rooms to look for us. 
887
888
889LOG : 
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892[8/19/16, 12:47:46 PM] ~HEX~ : Anybody know some hackers called dark army?
893
894First mr FBI hacker man, the warrant for the HF account username Hex was leaked and its public. :) check your OpSec man. 
895
896(http://www.filedropper.com/warrant-pwnsauce-hackforums-net) 
897file name : warrant-pwnsauce-hackforums-net.pdf 
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903
904 â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•— â–ˆâ–ˆâ•—   â–ˆâ–ˆâ•—â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•—â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•—  â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•— 
905â–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â•â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•—â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘   â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â•šâ•â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â•â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•—â–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â•â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•—
906â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘   â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘   â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘   â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘   â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘   â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘
907â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘   â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘   â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘   â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘   â–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â•â–ˆâ–ˆâ•—â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘   â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘
908â•šâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•â•šâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•   â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘   â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘  â–ˆâ–ˆâ•‘â•šâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ•”â•
909 â•šâ•â•â•â•â•â•  â•šâ•â•â•â•â•â•    â•šâ•â•   â•šâ•â•  â•šâ•â• â•šâ•â•â•â•â•â• 
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913After this summer, we have clowned many companies, and had our laughs.
914We will still be here tho! Thank you for reading our zine, and the next one will be out shortly!
915You have no idea what we have in stored for next time!
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920Twitter.com/d4rkarmy