How Dracula Got Hacked
A short story in cybersecurity
Phoebe Levins.
9/19/20232 min read
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One fateful day, Count Dracula slept soundly believing that his private information and emails were as fortified as his castle.
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But when he woke up the next evening, he found that his inbox had been completely flooded full of poison. Much like his own venom, Dracula watched the virus spread and completely take over his emails.
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His private documents had been leaked, his bank details unleashed, his secret schemes and perfect plans had been seen by human hacker eyes.
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Those who were in on his latest diabolical idea had been sent fake emails from someone pretending to be him. His underlings had been lied to and manipulated into turning on eachother.
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His whole operation was falling apart- how could he take over the world if he couldn’t protect his business?
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He tried to use his mind control to halt the hackers’ attack. It didn’t work. None of his ancient means of defense could stop the modern warfare raging on his laptop.
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He scoured the internet for a solution, so he may rise triumphant out of the digital ashes….There it was, glistening on his screen- www.protectyour.business.
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