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That's spycloud.com slash darknetdiaries. This episode is sponsored by Delete Me. In episode 133, I spoke to Connor Tumbleson about some people from who knows where who were stealing his identity.

That's spycloud.com slash darknetdiaries. This episode is sponsored by Delete Me. In episode 133, I spoke to Connor Tumbleson about some people from who knows where who were stealing his identity.

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So let's start out with who you are. What do you do?

So let's start out with who you are. What do you do?

The main thing to know about Connor is he spent years in the tech industry. He's a great programmer, which has led him to become a director of engineering. And he's content in his current role. He's definitely not job-seeking. However, his resume is pretty nice, and he's got a whole list of skills under his belt, and he has a great GitHub.

The main thing to know about Connor is he spent years in the tech industry. He's a great programmer, which has led him to become a director of engineering. And he's content in his current role. He's definitely not job-seeking. However, his resume is pretty nice, and he's got a whole list of skills under his belt, and he has a great GitHub.

GitHub is a place where people go to share programming code they made, and Connor has wrote a lot of code. So Connor has published a lot of this code to GitHub for other people to see. If you go there, you can see what code he's been writing since 2011. In fact, he's posted new code 51,000 times over the last 12 years. And what's interesting about GitHub is

GitHub is a place where people go to share programming code they made, and Connor has wrote a lot of code. So Connor has published a lot of this code to GitHub for other people to see. If you go there, you can see what code he's been writing since 2011. In fact, he's posted new code 51,000 times over the last 12 years. And what's interesting about GitHub is

is you can go back through those years and see every line of code that he shared and what date he shared it. Okay, September 14th, 2022, you get an email.

is you can go back through those years and see every line of code that he shared and what date he shared it. Okay, September 14th, 2022, you get an email.

It does have a spammy taste to it, doesn't it? I think I've probably gotten spam like this before. You know, click here to see if my identity is stolen.

It does have a spammy taste to it, doesn't it? I think I've probably gotten spam like this before. You know, click here to see if my identity is stolen.

The e-mail was from a guy named Andrew. Andrew is also a programmer, but he's just starting out in college and has only posted a little bit to GitHub, Andrew said someone found him and messaged him on GitHub and offered him a job. But when Andrew asked more questions about the job, he was told he had to act like Connor to get the job.

The e-mail was from a guy named Andrew. Andrew is also a programmer, but he's just starting out in college and has only posted a little bit to GitHub, Andrew said someone found him and messaged him on GitHub and offered him a job. But when Andrew asked more questions about the job, he was told he had to act like Connor to get the job.