1-6-21 - Sock Puppet

 Sock Puppet

IDEA - 1-6-21

by

Patrick Ryan

Raj has been working at Dunn Technology for five years. Building a reputation as one of the best programmers at the company. During that time, Raj was on several teams, interacting with hundreds of people. However, towards the end of his tenure at the company, there was no one he enjoyed teaming up with other than Mya, a project manager. She was the go-between for customers and programmers. She was gorgeous, funny, approachable, and if she wanted to be, she could be just one of the guys. Raj had become obsessed with Mya. She was the only person in the company with who he could have a conversation. Raj is shy, and Mya was charismatic, making it easier for Raj to open up to her. Eventually, Raj was offered a job with a promotion and a pay rise at a larger company. He debated over and over in his last days in the company, about telling Mya how he felt, but unfortunately never dared to. Raj stood in an empty office after all the goodbyes and best wishes, reflecting on his time in the company. As he started walking out, he saw Mya's desk and decided to write a letter and leave it under her keyboard.

"Mya, I just wanted to say that I enjoyed working with you. You made the long hours and hard work worth it. The truth is, for some time now, I have had a crush on you. You are so beautiful, easy to talk to and have a fun personality. If you ever want to meet up, just call- 555-728-6491. Take care, and I hope we see each other again. – Raj."

Months passed after Raj started a new job, and he had not heard anything from Mya. From time to time, he'd think of her, but even those thoughts began to fade. Raj gets a call out of the blue six months later. It's Mya!  She's panicking. She tells Raj that she made a crucial mistake, and it could cause her to lose her job or worse. Mya informed Raj that she had entered the wrong account number for a bank transfer scheduled to take place overnight. Mya came over to Raj's apartment and further explained. She wanted him to secretly hack behind the security wall of Dunn Technology and change the bank account number to the correct one. Raj explained that she would need credentials to make that kind of change. Mya took out a notecard, "Can the CEO's credentials do that? Raj was starting to get suspicious, Mya reached over and started to flirt, starting to get close, unbuttoning the button on her blouse and beginning to touch Raj's arm and shoulder. Raj grinned and began hacking. He was able to get behind the security wall without being detected. They discovered that Hollis Energy intended to move 632.5 million dollars to Dunn Technology. Mya started to provide the real account credentials, but Raj could see quickly, the new account was a Dunn Technology sock puppet, a false identity made to look like a real one. Raj started to hesitate and was about to say something, but just as words were about to come out, Mya slipped her hand onto Raj's inner thigh. "We're almost there now. I can't thank you enough for helping me out. There's got to be a way for me to pay you back," said Mya in a sexy accent. Raj finished passing the data to the sock puppet. That night, they had sex, and in the morning, Mya was gone. Later that day, the news emerged that Dunn Technology had been hacked. It turned out the entire persona of Mya was a sock puppet, fake name, address, and references. Mya worked at the company for three years and then disappeared with $632.5 million. Raj was going nuts. What if this was traced back to him? He wanted to take time off and track down the real Mya, he was in love. He had seen many details on the sock puppet account when Mya had given it to him. With a few strings to pull at, the search would begin. Little did he know that leaving when he left would be a horrible idea and raise a massive red flag. As Raj chases after a sock puppet who barely exists, the FBI is closely following his every move.