Sky pulls the network cable

Sky panics...

She knows something she has done has caused something to happen.

Instinct takes over.
No time to think. No time to second-guess.
She yanks the network cable out of the laptop.

The Wi-Fi icon drops immediately.
Teams disconnects.
The email client displays a connectivity error.

For a moment—silence.

Maybe Sky stopped it.
Maybe she was fast enough.

But the sinking feeling in Sky’s stomach says otherwise.

Minutes later Baz appears at Sky's desk, laptop in hand.

“It’s already spreading,” he says, scanning Sky’s screen.
“Not just here. Mo’s workstation was hit too.”

Sky stutters something about the cable, the blank document, the weird delay.

Baz just nods grimly.

“We’ll have to quarantine the entire network.
I hope the Backup files are not compromised.”

Damage may have been limited.

But it wasn’t stopped.

Sky's quick reaction likely slowed the infection—but it couldn’t undo the breach.

By the time panic sets in, the real damage is already done.

Panic moves might slow the threat, but they will never move fast enough.
However prevention moves could have stopped it altogether.

Training.
Awareness.
Escalation.

These are your tools—not just the cable plugged into the laptop.

Sometimes one click is all it takes... and you can’t take it back.

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