ABC Bank, a UK-Based Bank Hired Anthony, to Perform a Penetration

ABC bank, a UK-based bank hired Anthony, to perform a penetration test for the bank. Anthony began performing lookups on the bank's DNS servers, reading news articles online about the bank, performing competitive intelligence gathering, watching what times the bank employees come and go, and searching the bank's job postings. What phase of the penetration testing is Anthony currently in?

A) Attack phase
B) Post-attack phase
C) Pre-attack phase
D) Remediation phase