The Plague of Justinian was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history. This incident report explores the unintended consequences of a misconfigured population control script.
INCIDENT REPORT: 541 A.D. // REGION: Byzantine Empire
TYPE: Uncontrolled biological malware spread
CAUSE: Misconfigured population control script
SUMMARY:
The Plague of Justinian was the unintended result of a script meant to reduce urban congestion. Scheduled as a test run, the function thin_population(beta=true) was mistakenly deployed to prod.
CONSOLE LOG:
Uriel-404:
“Seriously? Someone ran this from
dev-sandboxwith--force.”
Michael [Security]:
“We traced the call to a disgruntled archangel with root access and a grudge.”
AuditBot.v3:
WARNING: Function 'thin_population(beta=true)' lacks rollback plan.
ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS
- Misconfigured Script: The function
thin_population(beta=true)was deployed to production without proper testing. - Privilege Escalation: A disgruntled archangel exploited root access to bypass deployment safeguards.
- Lack of Rollback Plan: The script lacked a rollback mechanism, leading to uncontrolled spread.
ACTIONS TAKEN:
- Revoked all deployment permissions from angels below Cherubim level.
- Locked
plague_scripts/behind an AI ethics review board. - Logged incident as part of the “Eternal Audit Trail.”
STATUS: Contained. Human hygiene upgraded in patch 1083.