ISSUE 004 /
The Approval Avalanche
A storm of unexpected sign-in requests floods a community makerspace. Cyber Defender helps the team deny the request, check the account through an official route and alert trusted IT support.
Read the story as text
- A community-makerspace staff member is surprised by a phone as a red storm of sign-in alerts appears. She says, ‘I didn’t sign in.’
- Cyber Defender raises a glowing shield between the staff member and the alerts. He says, ‘Then don’t approve it.’
- The staff member selects DENY on a new sign-in request. Cyber Defender’s instruction is: ‘Deny the request.’
- The staff member independently opens the official account page on a laptop. Cyber Defender says, ‘Open the official account page.’
- A trusted IT teammate reviews recent account activity with the staff member. The instruction is: ‘Report it to your IT team.’
- The notification storm breaks apart as Cyber Defender and the team stand together. He says, ‘Secure the account.’ Footer: ‘DENY. REPORT. SECURE.’