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- To The ELITE AoL UsEr TriBune,
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- Part One: What Is Credit Bureau, Incorporated?
-
- As many of you know, CBI is a credit reporting agency, or credit
- bureau. It keeps the credit history of millions of Americans on file.
- Our friends at CBI have been kind enough to make this information available
- to the public for a moderate annual fee. If you are cheap, or if you just
- want to learn how to hack CBI, "you have come to the right place."
-
-
- Part Two: The CBI Account.
-
- A CBI account follows this general format:
- 3 Numbers, 2 Letters, 2-5 Numbers, a dash{-}, followed by
- a letter and a number.
-
- A sample might look like this: 123ab4567-a1.
- or: 123ab4567-a1,bc,d.
-
- Either way is acceptable. The `bc,d' is not necessary.
-
-
- Part Three: Connecting To CBI.
-
- When calling CBI, I suggest you use at least one outdial if you know
- for sure the account you have is valid. If you are going to be hacking
- accounts, use at least three outdials. I don't suggest calling direct,
- even if the dialup is local to you. If you don't know why, you don't
- deserve to be reading this text.
- CBI runs at either 300 baud, or that oh-so-technologically advanced
- 1200 baud. This means you will need a 300 or 1200 baud outdial for the
- NPA containing the CBI dialup. Make sure your terminal program is set
- at E-7-1. I also find it easier to work at half-duplex, because CBI
- does not echo a thing you type. So, if you connect with full-duplex,
- and don't see your account appearing on the screen, don't call your
- local P/H BBS and post twenty messages saying, "N0thInG i tYpE aPPeArS
- 0n tHe sCrEEn aT CbI!!!!!!!!!!!1!!1!1!!!!!!!!!!!!111!!!!!!!!!!!" (Note:
- the exorbitant amount of exlamation points is a sign of the loser's
- complete and utter idiocy.) Another thing I find useful is just to have
- my capture log running as I work. This saves you the trouble of having
- to write everything down, and it also serves as a good reference.
-
- Currently functioning CBI dialups are:
-
- *[201/984-6297] Newark, New Jersey
- *[503/226-1070] Portland, Oregon
- [612/341-0023] Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota
- [713/591-8100] Houston, Texas
- *[804/466-1619] Norfolk, Virginia
- [916/635-3935] Sacramento, California
-
- The starred numbers I have not verified.
-
- Keep in mind some CBI accounts are only valid on certain dialups.
- They still serve any part of the country, you just can't use them on
- every dialup. I have found CBI accounts that work on more than one
- dialup, so it can't hurt for you to try. The worst thing you will get
- is a message saying it's NOT VALID ON THIS PHONE NUMBER or something.
- If you are hacking accounts and get this message, try the account that
- yields the message on different dialups. Maybe you'll "get lucky".
-
- CBI also has voice dialups. These numbers are provided for those
- "Social Engineers" out there. I have not verified these.
-
- [201/842-7500] Newark, New Jersey (Equifax Credit Information Services)
- [617/932-8163] Boston, Massachusetts (CBI)
-
-
- Part Four: Applied Password Use: Pulling Info.
-
- Use is fairly straightforward. When you connect to CBI, hit Control-S
- (^S) twice, then <RETURN> (<CR>) twice. You should get a message that
- reads:
- (ND)PLEASE SIGN-ON
-
- At this point you should enter the password. Make sure when you
- enter the password that you include a period at the end. This is very
- important; if you neglect to type the period, you won't get in. Type
- the password: "123ab456-a1." then hit CONTROL-S, and a <CARRIAGE
- RETURN>. The ^S is the CBI "wakeup" command. CBI doesn't respond to
- regular <CR>s. If you ever think CBI should be doing something, and it has
- just frozen, hit ^S. Chances are this will solve the problem. Anyway,
- you will then get a message telling you to
-
- WC5E - PROCEED
-
- This is when the fun begins. You decide you want to know your next
- door neighbor's credit history. Here is what you do:
-
- NM-SMITH,ALAN,S. <CR>
- CA-157,MAPLE,ST,YUTZVILLE,NY,10011. <CR>
- ID-SSS-012-34-5678. ^S <CR>
-
- This is, of course, based on the assumption that your subject's name
- is "Alan S. Smith" and that he lives at 157 Maple Street in
- Yutzville, New York, 10011, and that his Social Security Number is
- 012-34-5678. Keep in mind, the ID-SSS line is not necessary, but it
- is necessary if you are to distinguish between Alan S. Smith, Jr.
- and Alan S. Smith, Sr. Wait a moment. The report will pop up.
- You may want to hunt someone down from a Post Office Box. If this
- is the case, replace the above CA- line with this:
-
- CA-418#,POB,,YUTZVILLE,NY,10011.
-
- If you only have the subject's Social Security Number, type
-
- DTEC-012-34-5678. ^S <CR>
-
- This will give you a name and address to enter in the above format.
-
-
- Part Five: A Sample CBI Report.
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- S A M P L E C B I R E P O R T
- Note: All information in this report is fictional, including the ACCOUNT
- NOs and the BUS/ID CODEs.
- :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
-
- *SMITH,ALAN,S SINCE 04/00/75 FAD 10/21/89 FN-700
- 157,MAPLE,ST,YUTZVILLE,NY,10011,TAPE RPTD 10/89
- 68,PENN,ST,NOWHERE,IA,50055
- SEX-M,MAR-M,DEPS- 2,AGE-38,SSS-012-34-5678
- 01 ES-WALMART CORP
- 02 EF-MCDONALDS RESTAURANTS
-
- *SUM-01/85-01/91,PR/OI-NO,FB-NO, ACCTS:11,HC$6-1600, 3-ONES.
-
- *INQS-450DC81 02/24/89,178BB20089 02/06/89.
-
- * BUS/ID CODE RPTD OPND H/C TRMS BAL P/D RT 30/60/90+MR DLA/ACCOUNT NO
- 03 S*178BB34860 11/90 05/85 500 171 521 139 R5 01 01 01 66 1234567890123456
- PREV HI RATES: R4 10/90, R3 09/90, R2 08/90
- CLOSED ACCOUNT
- AMOUNT IN H/C COLUMN IS CREDIT LIMIT
- 04 I*178CD8712 10/90 03/89 123 123 123 O1 003/88 048286423
- 05 I*342IH34 10/90 12/85 1600 500 1600 R9 00 00 03 462642892
- PREV HI RATES: R5 11/88, R5 10/88, R5 09/88
- CHARGED OFF ACCOUNT
- AMOUNT IN H/C COLUMN IS CREDIT LIMIT
- 06 I*905PZ82 11/90 12/86 700 0 390 R9 00 00 00 16 3482684629331
- PREV HI RATES: R9 03/89, R9 02/89, R9 01/89
- CHARGED OFF ACCOUNT
- AMOUNT IN H/C COLUMN IS CREDIT LIMIT
- 07 U*178BQ282 10/90 01/85 231 231 R9 00 00 03 4560337134046711
- PREV HI RATES: R5 04/90, R5 03/90, R4 02/90
- CHARGED OFF ACCOUNT
- 08 I*956BB115 10/90 05/86 1100 0 R9 00 00 03 714827012
- PREV HI RATES: R5 05/90, R5 04/90, R5 07/89
- CLOSED ACCOUNT
- 09 I*178AC10870 07/90 05/87 123 123 123 123 R9 38812604654
- CHARGED OFF ACCOUNT
- 10 A*906OC69 01/90 10/87 0 O5 00 00 01 09 01/90 4906124373
- PREV HI RATES: O5 04/89.
- COLLECTION ACCOUNT
- PAID-CREDIT LINE CLOSED
- 11 I*906OF259 12/89 11/87 6 6 6 O9 00 00 02 3724962236703
- PREV HI RATES: O5 11/89, O5 10/89, O9 02/89
- 12 I*416DC1577 11/88 11/87 300 R1 00 00 00 12 32134882735921
- SETTLEMENT ACCEPTED ON THIS ACCOUNT
- CHARGE
- 13 I*421DC4566 07/89 10/87 401 390 372 R9 00 00 01 18736847728634
- PREV HI RATES: R9 02/89, R9 01/89, R5 12/88
- CHARGED OFF ACCOUNT
- CHARGE
-
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- END OF REPORT CBI AND AFFILIATES - 01/30/91 SAFESCANNED
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- M1 OF 1 NM-SMITH,ALAN,S CA-157,MAPLE,ST,YUTZVILLE,NY,10011,10/89
- FA-68,PENN,ST,NOWHERE,IA,50055 ES-WALMART CORP
- SS-012-34-5678 AGE 38&
-
- END OF REPORT CBI AND AFFILIATES - 01/30/91
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-
- Part Six: Making Sense Out of All That Shit.
-
- SMITH,ALAN,S - is the subject's last name, first name, and middle
- initial.
-
- SINCE 04/00/75 - I imagine this is how long they've had a file on the
- subject. (Since April, 1975).
-
- On the next line is his address- his current address is listed first,
- and his past addresses are listed underneath.
-
- SEX-M is pretty self explanatory. (It indicates he is a MALE. Jeez.)
-
- MAR-M is the subject's marital status (single, married, widowed, divorced).
-
- DEPS- 2 is the number of dependants the subject has. A dependant is
- most often a son or daughter of the subject who is still under 21.
-
- SSS-012-34-5678 is the subject's Social Security Number.
-
- ES- is the subject's current employer.
-
- EF- are his past employers, listed in order, from most recent to least
- recent.
-
- SUM-01/85-01/91 indicates that the report is a summary from January
- 1985 to January 1991. This really just tells you how far back in time
- the report covers.
-
- PR/OI-NO - Public Record/Other Information. This indicates whether
- or not the subject has been involved in any court cases (Public Record),
- and how those cases turned out (usually that is what Other Information
- is.) Obviously, the NO indicates the subject has not had any legal
- involvement during the period which the report covers.
-
- FB-NO - Firm/Business. I assume this signifies the subject is not a
- business.
-
- ACCTS:11,HC$6-1600 tells you that there are 11 entries listed below, and
- that the credit limit (or amount loaned, in the case of a loan) ranges from
- $6 to $1600.
-
- 3-ONES - This tells you the credit rating. The "3" indicates that
- there are 3 of the following type ("ONES" in this case). The more
- "ONES" a subject has, the better his rating. This particular person has
- a lousy credit rating. Out of 11 accounts, only 3 are ONES. There can
- also be TWOS, THREES, FOURS, et cetera, up through NINES. NINES are
- incredibly bad; the more of these the subject has, the worse his credit
- rating is. ZEROS indicate that the account was too new to be rated at
- the time the creditor last reported.
-
- INQS - This line tells what creditors have checked on the subject's
- credit. While interesting, it is more of a hassle than anything. You
- see, when YOU pull the subject's info, a little line will be added
- saying that your hacked account pulled the file. Now, this won't look
- funny until the subject reports fraudulent charging on his card. Then,
- CBI may check on who has pulled the guy's info. When they see that The
- First National Bank of Ethiopia has pulled his info, they will know
- something is up. They will probably call the First National Bank of
- Ethiopia and say, "Did you pull this dork's info?" And of course they'll
- say "No." Actually, I've made more out of this than it's worth. Anyway,
- the most recent credit check is listed first, and then it works backwards.
- It lists the ID CODE and the date the file was pulled.
-
- The next line contains the headings for the columns that fall under them.
-
- BUS/ID CODE is the CBI account (minus the password) of the creditor that
- holds the subject's credit card, loan, or whatever. In front of the
- actual ID CODE, there is a letter and an asterisk (*). The letter
- signifies what type of account it is. A - Authorized, C - Co-maker,
- I - Individual, J - Joint, S - Shared, T- Terminated, U - Undesignated.
- Consult your Local Library to find out what each type of account is.
- This isn't really relevant to what you are after.
-
- RPTD - The last time the creditor reported on the subject.
-
- OPND - tells when that account was opened.
-
- H/C - you will notice throughout the report that the "AMOUNT IN H/C
- COLUMN IS CREDIT LIMIT". On a loan, this column reports the amount loaned.
-
- TRMS - clarifies the terms of a loan. Usually in the case of a
- credit card, this column is blank. A "48M" in this column indicates
- that the amount in the H/C column will be paid back over a period of 48
- months, or four years. In such a case, the number in the MR column
- subtracted from the 48 will tell you how many more months the subject
- has to go before paying off that loan.
-
- BAL is an abbreviation for BALANCE OWING. This is how much of the credit
- limit (on a credit card) has been used, or how much of the loan has been
- paid back. On a credit card entry, the BAL subtracted from the H/C is how
- much the subject is authorized to spend.
-
- P/D- Past Due. Every month, a minimum amount of money is due on
- your credit card payment. This may be as little as 10% of the total
- amount due. Now, the credit card company would be damned happy to see
- you only pay the minimum amount, because then they can charge interest
- on every thing you owe. But, if you do not pay this minimum amount
- (say you pay $75 out of a $100 minimum), then $25 will be PAST DUE.
- It isn't good to owe money thta
-
- RT - Rating. This column gives the credit rating for that
- particular account. An 'R' means the account is a revolving or option
- payment plan, an 'I' means it is an installment payment plan, and an
- 'O' means it is an open account. Consult your library for definitions.
- The number following it is the credit rating for that account.
- Remember, a '1' is good, and a '9' is really bad. The number of '1's
- here should match the number "X" in "X-ONES" on the first line.
-
- 30/60/90 - the number in the 30 column means that the subject has
- been between 30 and 59 days delinquent on his payment that many times.
- If a "2" is in the 60 column, this indicates that the subject has been
- between 60 and 89 days late with the minimum payment twice during the
- number of months in the MR column. A number in the 90 column would
- indicate that the minimum payment has been over 90 days past due "X"
- number of times.
-
- +MR - Months Reviewed. Indicates how many months thave been
- reviewed. (Obviously.) Say you have a "1" in the 30 column, and a 49
- in the MR column. This indicates that the subject has been 30-59 days
- late with the minimum payment in the past 49 months. It's not really
- too hard to understand.
-
- DLA/ACCOUNT NO - This column contains the credit card numbers. Visa
- and Mastercard both have 16 digits. American Express (Amex) has 13
- digits. DLA is the Date Last Activity. If there is a date in this
- column, it is NOT a credit card expiration date, it is telling you the
- last time that account was active.
-
- PREV HI RATES - This indicates the past ratings of the account on
- the date listed.
-
-
- Explanation of the DTEC report:
-
- "1 of 1" means that the first report of one is being listed.
- Remember, no two people have the same Social Security Numbers. NM is
- the subject's name. CA is the subject's current address. The date
- at the end of this line should match the most recent date on the address
- line in the subject's full report. The FA line lists former addresses.
- The ES line lists the subject's current employer. Following this is the
- subject's Social Security Number, which you must have already had to get
- the DTEC report. And lastly, the subject's age.
-
-
- Part Seven: Practical Use of CBI.
-
- You may have a question now, "Whose file do I pull?" You want to
- pull the file of someone who is rich. Usually Lawyers and Doctors will
- fit the bill. Look in the Yellow Pages under "Lawyers" and "Doctors"
- and find the names of some upper class bastards. You can use your local
- White Pages to cross-reference and get their home addresses. From here,
- you call CBI, and pull their file.
- Once you get the file, look in the DLA/ACCOUNT NO column. Find all
- the 13 and 16 digit numbers. 16 digit numbers starting with "4" are
- Visas. 16 digit numbers starting with "5" are Mastercards. 13 digit
- numbers starting with "37" are American Express. The first four digits
- of the card number signify the bank that issued the card. A list is
- supplied below, taken from the Narc Infofile #7, Update A. Thanks to
- Htaed for this. I have not done any work toward verifying these myself,
- either.
-
- VISA
- ----
- 4428 Bank of Hoven
- 4128 Citibank CV
- 4271 Citibank PV
- 4929 Barclay Card CV (from England)
- 4040 Wells Fargo CV
- 4019 Bank of America CV
- 4024 Bank of America PV or CV
- 4019 Bank of America Gold (This card looks like a CV but without a CV after
- the expiration date)
- 4678 Home Federal
- 4726 Wells Fargo CV
- 4036
- 4561
- 4443
- 4833
- 4424 Security Pacific National Bank
- 4428 Choice Visa [Citibank(Maryland)]???
- 4070
- 4735
- 4673
- 4044
- 4050
- 4226 Chase Manhattan Bank
- 4605
- 4923
- 4820
- 4048 CV
- 4121 Signet Bank CV
- 4368
-
-
- Mastercard
- ----------
- 5419 Bank of Hoven
- 5410 Wells Fargo
- 5412 Wells Fargo
- 5273 Bank of America Gold
- 5273 Bank of America
- 5254 Bank of America
- 5286 Home Federal
- 5031 Maryland Bank of North America
- 5326
- 5424 Citibank
- 5250
- 5417
- 5215
- 5204
- 5465 Chase Manhattan Bank
- 5411
- 5421
- 5329 Maryland Bank of North 5308
- 5217
- 5415
- 5291 Signet Bank
-
- American Express
- ----------------
- 3728 GOLD
- 3713 Regular
- 3732 Regular
- 3737
- 3782 Small Corporate Card
- 3731
- 3724
- 3742
- 3727
- 3787 Small Corporate Card
- 3726
- 3766
- 3734
- 3749
- 3763
- 3710
- 3718
- 3720
- 3739
- ----
- At this point, your rendezvous with CBI is complete. Write the
- credit card number you obtained, and the subject's basic info in your
- notebook. Destroy the CBI report you have- there's no need to have
- evidence sitting around.
-
-
- Part Eight: Getting the CBI account.
-
- Okay kids, here's the hard part. Actually, it's not very hard at
- all. Just time consuming. First, you have to find an ID CODE. You
- know, the part of the account BEFORE the dash. Remember, the part
- following the dash is the password. To get the ID CODE, go trashing
- at a car dealership. You should find some printed out reports. On
- these reports (they should look like what I supplied above), you will
- find the "usernames" in the BUS/ID CODE column, and in the INQS line.
- All you have to add to this ID CODE is the password (obviously).
- Remember, the password is a letter and a number. So, say your ID CODE
- is 123ab4567. When CBI asks you to PLEASE SIGN ON, you begin hacking.
- Two common passwords are -c2 and -c3. So, the first two things you try
- to enter should be "123ab4567-c2. ^S <CR>" and "123ab4567-c3. ^S <CR>".
- If neither of these work, start at "123ab4567-a1." and work to
- "123ab4567-z9." If I don't find something by the time I get through
- -d9, I will usually pick another ID CODE and start over. You can do
- it however you like.
- The lazy way to do this is hang around on QSD with the sex freaks
- and see if you can find someone who will trade with you. Chances are
- you'll get screwed, because almost everyone there is a leech. They'll
- either give you something fake, or nothing at all. If you want to
- trade, there are more trustworthy and knowledgeable people on Lutzifer.
-
-
- Part Nine: ID CODEs.
-
- This section is a list of ID CODEs for you to hack on. This
- list is taken from The Ghost's file on CBI, because I am too damn lazy
- to make up my own list.
-
- {************************************************************************}
-
- I haven't collected these myself, so I don't know if they all are
- valid. But, what the hell, this is free, isn't it? Who are YOU to
- complain?
-
-
- Part Ten: We're Done.
-
- I hope you have enjoyed my text. This file is the first in a
- series of informational files written by me. I owe a few thank-yous to
- various members of the Renegade Legion, various members of SoC, Owsley,
- The Gypsy, The Ghost (for the ID CODEs), Htaed (for the Bank IDs), and
- Merchant, who supplied me with a decent portion of this information.
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- Original Distribution Sites:
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- (516) The Demon's Crypt
- (617) The Grapevine
- (617) The Infinity Well
- (617) The Night Elite
- (617) The Works BBS
- (206) ELiTE AoL UsEr TRiBuNe SeCrEt HaCKeR BBS
-
- Internet Distribution (FTP sites):
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- mars.ee.msstate.edu
- chsun1.uchicago.edu
- http://www.virii.org/users/commando/
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