The Don cracked his knuckles, loosened up his wrists, and got down to business. To make sure he was on the same type of system he had seen before, he typed the universal command for help.
>HELP FORMAT : COMMAND(S) : MMI COMMAND(S) [ (UNIQUE - "KEYWORD1 KEYWORD2 KEYWORD3") (GROUP - "? ? ?") (ALL MMIS - "ALLKEY") (TEXT FOR ALL MMIS - "ALLTXT") ] : ALLKEY ABOUT ADDING CELLS ABOUT DELET CELLS ACK ALARM ACTIVA CELNET LINK BUILD CP ROAMER CALL TRACE CHANGE CELL FEATUR CHANGE CP MOBID CHANGE MOB CELL CHANGE MTN PHYLNK CHANGE TEST ACCESS CHANGE USNAME COPY DAN DELETE CELL FEATUR DELETE CP BILLID DELETE CP CARIER DELETE CP MOBID DELETE PASSWO DISPLA ALARM DEFCON DISPLA CALL RECAVL DISPLA CP MOBID DISPLA CP SUBSCR DUMP DISK HELP IDLE MOBILE INIT CRASH LOAD DAN MESSAG MANUAL TRUNK TEST MODIFY SYNCH LINE PUT MOB CHAN RECORD DAN MESSAG REPORT BAD SECTOR STATUS CALL STATUS NETWOR VERIFY MOB NAILED
The list kept going. The commands scrolled down the screen like a waterfall. Over 1000 available commands. Most were self-explanatory, like CHANGE CP MOBID to change the phone number of the mobile phone or STATUS NETWOR to obtain the status of the system. Others were more obscure. For once, a help menu was surprisingly useful and gave The Don the ammunition he needed to complete his mission. It even listed diagrams on how to add or delete a cell from the network.
This was definitely the cellular switch he was looking for. And, judging by the command list, he had complete control. Beautiful.
From his previous score, he was already familiar with the DISP CP SUBSCR command, which was used to display specific information about a single mobile phone or range of phones. This was the best way to identify the phone number Knuth had given him.
>DISP CP SUBSCR Enter the single 7-digit MOBILE ID number or the range of 7-digit MOBILE ID numbers to be accessed or DEFAULT [0000000 - 9999999, DEFAULT] : 7238424 MOBILE ID = 7238424 COVERAGE PACKAGE = 0 SERIAL NUMBER = 82A5CDC7 ORIGINATION CLASS = 1 TERMINATION CLASS = 0 SERVICE DENIED = N PRESUBSCR CARRIER = Y CARRIER NUMBER = 288 OVERLOAD CLASS = 0 FEATURE PACKAGE = 4 CHARGE METER = N LAST KNOWN EMX = 16 PAGING AREA = 1 VOICE PRIVACY = N CALL FORWARDING = N FORWARD # = BUSY TRANSFER = N NO-ANSWER TRANSFER = Y TRANSFER # = 2022560 CREDIT CARD MOBILE = N SUBSCR INDEX = 54768 ROAM PACKAGE = 15 LAST KNOWN LATA = 1 CALL COMPLETION = NA CCS RESTR SUBSCR = NA CCS PAGE = NA VMB MESSAGE PEND = NA VMB SYSTEM NUMBER = 0 LAST REGISTR = NA VRS FEATURE = N VOICE MAILBOX # = NOTIFY INDEX = 0 DYNAMIC ROAMING = Y REMOTE SYS ROAM = N OUT OF LATA = N PER CALL NUMBER = N PRES RESTRICT = NA DMS MSG PENDING = NA SUBSCRIBER PIN = NA LOCKED MOBILE = NA LOCKED BY DEFAULT = NA 04:14:36 BS3YCT 7.2.1.0 TERM 4
The interesting thing about this entry is that the No-Answer Transfer feature was enabled. All calls coming into this mobile phone were being transferred automatically to another number.
The Don quickly fired up Mozilla in another window and went straight to Google. Could this forwarding number be identified? It sure could. And it was the first hit on the list.
The phone number was a direct line into SBM Investment Ltd., a subsidiary of the State Bank of Mauritius. Whatever the Knuth was planning seemed to be much larger than The Don had imagined. It had piqued his interest and he made a mental note of the number. Then, he continued .
As Knuth requested , he wanted a list of calls coming into and going out of this mobile phone number. The CALL TRACE command provided exactly what he needed, in a friendly formatted display.
>CALL TRACE MOBILE ID : 7238424 -------- 10:49:17 LINE = 0074 STN = 230 00:00:00 OUTGOING CALL DIGITS DIALED 226307888 00:01:28 CALL RELEASED -------- 18:55:10 LINE = 0053 STN = 230 00:00:00 INCOMING CALL RINGING 0:04 CALLING NUMBER 2634733033 NAME UNKNOWN 00:05:19 CALL RELEASED -------- 01:12:45 LINE = 0069 STN = 230 00:00:00 INCOMING CALL RINGING 0:02 CALLING NUMBER 226307888 NAME BIB 00:03:16 CALL RELEASED -------- 03:32:56 LINE = 0032 STN = 230 00:00:00 OUTGOING CALL DIGITS DIALED 2089767 00:00:47 CALL RELEASED 04:18:39 BS3YCT 7.2.1.0 TERM 4
The Don carefully transcribed the data from the screen to a small piece of paper. He folded it neatly and put it in his pocket. Hopefully Knuth would be happy with the results.
The final step was to remove the mobile number from the cellular phone database. As The Don noticed in the help file, a command existed specifically to do this.
>DELETE CP MOBID MOBILE ID : 7238424 << DELETE SUCCESSFUL >> 04:21:03 BS3YCT 7.2.1.0 TERM 4
And it was done. Weary and with bloodshot eyes, The Don stumbled out of Maxim s and made his way back to his flat. The sun was starting to come up, but what did it matter? His mission was complete.
When he returned home, The Don removed the SIM card from the back of the Nokia 6600 and stuck it through his crosscut shredder. The shredder never liked handling plastic cards and it wheezed and moaned as it blended the SIM card into unreadable tidbits of torn plastic.
Then he counted sheep.