The 13 Scariest Things in IT: Halloween Is Just Another Day at the Office
Techstrong.IT, Friday, October 30th, 2026
Techstrong.IT's Halloween list of 13 IT nightmares, from zombie servers and untested backups to overprivileged AI agents and deepfake CEOs.
A humorous Halloween piece listing 13 things that frighten IT professionals.
Traditional horrors include servers nobody owns, backups nobody has tested, Friday afternoon changes described as quick, and runaway cloud bills.
Newer ones come from AI: shadow AI, agents with administrator privileges and deepfake executives.
The author says the biggest scare is the expectation that AI lets organizations do more with less, because cutting IT expertise while relying on AI to handle everything makes existing vulnerabilities more dangerous.