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Happy Halloween! Cybersecurity horror stories from SOCs past

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Feed Name: Expel Blog

Threat Score
30/100

Date Published: 2024-10-31

Date Updated: 2026-04-27

Author: Scout Scholes

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A Halloween-themed set of SOC analyst stories recounts past cybersecurity nightmares—physical server outages requiring manual reboots after an exploit, the WannaCry ransomware kill-switch discovery, an unannounced acquisition that flooded alerts, a pen test that accidentally brought down industrial systems, and an MFA fatigue account takeover—paired with practical tips for preventing each scenario.

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