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Circuit Chuckles · Daily comic

MFA Night Shift

Published Monday, 7 September 2026 · By Security.io

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A four-panel black-and-white newspaper-style comic titled Circuit Chuckles — MFA Night Shift. In a retro night office, Glitch warns that a multi-factor alert is buzzing while sleepy Rusty sets up a cot and calls it a night factor.

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Rusty mistakes multi-factor authentication hardening for adding a literal nighttime factor: a bed next to the console.

Transcript

Accessible reading order
  1. Panel 1 — Glitch: Your multi-factor alert is buzzing.
  2. Panel 2 — Rusty: I added a night factor.
  3. Panel 3 — Glitch: That is just a bed.
  4. Panel 4 — Rusty: Attackers hate when authentication is unconscious.