Sounds like a story from the IT crowd rather then real life situation.

TeMPOraL · 2026-07-29T14:12:00.000000Z

You're saying that people fall for phishing because scammers invent completely unrealistic scenarios that would never happen outside TV shows?

watwut · 2026-07-29T14:52:35.000000Z

I am saying it is unbelievable scenario and yes, I want the person dealing with it ignore it as such.

ben_w · 2026-07-29T15:27:38.000000Z

Then you're making the opposite mistake (but still a mistake) as all officers going in with lethal force during a swatting.

• https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna12208992

• https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1070007/suicidal-caller-mistak...

• https://hongkongfp.com/2026/04/15/woman-trapped-in-tai-po-bl...

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_fi...

inigyou · 2026-07-29T22:26:54.000000Z

They could go to the server room and check if there's smoke pouring out of it before dialing 911.

TeMPOraL · 2026-07-30T07:14:41.000000Z

It takes 20 minutes to reach it and by that time everyone there is dead.

Also consider that in context of this discussion, anything short of ignoring the message and maybe clicking "report scam" is "executing instructions embedded in data". The point isn't to litigate any particular scenario, it's to show that you cannot separate "instructions" from "data" in general purpose systems, and it's not a bug but a fundamental feature.