#fedifiction #fiction #chooseyouradventure #poll #storytelling #story
You are the admin of an instance with 5000 active users.
As you tuck into your bacon sandwich, your phone buzzes with a notification. As you swipe to open your Mastodon moderation queue, a message from an unknown account named "VoidSurge" appears at the top.
"Admin, this is legit. Your instance has been compromised. Check the README in the root directory for your next move."
You scroll down to see your most recent activity. Everything looks normal—community announcements, user posts, the usual traffic. But your heart races as you worry that this is real.
You then receive an email: "Your account has been accessed from a new IP address". That wasn't you.
You login to the server via SSH , knowing that a compromise likely means your password and keys are compromised. Indeed the README is there.
What to do next? Next episode after this poll expires.