Jack Recider

Man, I can't even imagine being in this scenario. Listening in on an interview with someone else pretending to be you? Trying to get this job? What? All the time fake Connor is speaking, the real Connor is muted, listening. How does he respond to all this? How would you respond to this situation?

Man, I can't even imagine being in this scenario. Listening in on an interview with someone else pretending to be you? Trying to get this job? What? All the time fake Connor is speaking, the real Connor is muted, listening. How does he respond to all this? How would you respond to this situation?

If I were him, I'd be freaking out, wondering if I'm being pranked and wanting to know who this guy is that's pretending to be me. And who put him up to this?

If I were him, I'd be freaking out, wondering if I'm being pranked and wanting to know who this guy is that's pretending to be me. And who put him up to this?

So this P&D person set up this interview and asked Andrew to join it and pretend to be Conor. Andrew said no for ethical reasons, but then someone else pretending to be Connor did join the call. Who was that person?

So this P&D person set up this interview and asked Andrew to join it and pretend to be Conor. Andrew said no for ethical reasons, but then someone else pretending to be Connor did join the call. Who was that person?

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Download the State of Cybersecurity 2024 Trends Report today at arcticwolf.com forward slash darknet. That's arcticwolf.com forward slash darknet. Okay, so let's recap. Someone made an Upwork profile using Connor's resume and information, and they were using that fake profile to apply for real jobs, then getting someone else to act like Connor for the job.

Download the State of Cybersecurity 2024 Trends Report today at arcticwolf.com forward slash darknet. That's arcticwolf.com forward slash darknet. Okay, so let's recap. Someone made an Upwork profile using Connor's resume and information, and they were using that fake profile to apply for real jobs, then getting someone else to act like Connor for the job.

Then that person would sit in an interview and pretend to be Connor. Yeah, so Upwork is a place that freelancers can go to look for jobs. Anything from design to IT or legal professionals, freelancers will make an account saying what skills they have and that they're available to work on these projects.

Then that person would sit in an interview and pretend to be Connor. Yeah, so Upwork is a place that freelancers can go to look for jobs. Anything from design to IT or legal professionals, freelancers will make an account saying what skills they have and that they're available to work on these projects.

And either someone messages the freelancer about a job or a job gets posted on Upwork and freelancers can apply for it. Someone made an Upwork account using Connor's details, some real, some fake, and applied for jobs saying, look how great my profile is. I want to come work for you.

And either someone messages the freelancer about a job or a job gets posted on Upwork and freelancers can apply for it. Someone made an Upwork account using Connor's details, some real, some fake, and applied for jobs saying, look how great my profile is. I want to come work for you.

And as Connor looked through the information Andrew sent over, he realized that some of the people communicating to Andrew also seem to be impersonators. Like Maris, for instance, was a real person with a nice GitHub and stuff, but it was probably not the real Maris who was messaging Andrew.

And as Connor looked through the information Andrew sent over, he realized that some of the people communicating to Andrew also seem to be impersonators. Like Maris, for instance, was a real person with a nice GitHub and stuff, but it was probably not the real Maris who was messaging Andrew.

A lot of these trails seem to come back to the person in the Slack chat app calling themselves PND. PND is who told Andrew to impersonate Connor for the job. And he's also telling everybody what to do in this chat room. PND might also be Maris. I don't know. But it seems that PND has a website called PND Design, which offers coding and web design services.

A lot of these trails seem to come back to the person in the Slack chat app calling themselves PND. PND is who told Andrew to impersonate Connor for the job. And he's also telling everybody what to do in this chat room. PND might also be Maris. I don't know. But it seems that PND has a website called PND Design, which offers coding and web design services.