Phreakers are hackers who specialize in telephone fraud. What type of telephone fraud simulates
the tones of coins being deposited into a payphone?
A.
Red Boxes
B.
Blue Boxes
C.
White Boxes
D.
Black Boxes
Explanation:
The Red box basically simulates the sounds of coins being dropped into the coin slot of a payphone.
The traditional Red Box consisting of a pair of Wien-bridge oscillators with the timing controlled by
555 timer chips. The Blue Box, The mother of all boxes, The first box in history, which started the
whole phreaking scene. Invented by John Draper (aka “Captain Crunch”) in the early 60s, who
discovered that by sending a tone of 2600Hz over the telephone lines of AT&T, it was possible to
make free calls. A Black Box is a device that is hooked up to your phone that fixes your phone so that
when you get a call, the caller doesn’t get charged for the call. This is good for calls up to 1/2 hour,
after 1/2 hour the Phone Co. gets suspicious, and then you can guess what happens. The White Box
turns a normal touch tone keypad into a portable unit. This kind of box can be commonly found in a
phone shop.