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The 5 Scariest Things In IT This Halloween

Techstrong.IT, Thursday, October 30th, 2025

Every Halloween, we love to tell ghost stories - haunted houses, cursed code, zombie processes that refuse to die. But in IT, we don't need vampires or witches to get spooked. The real monsters are already in the machine. From runaway AI to collapsing cybersecurity defenses, 2025 has given us plenty of reasons to sleep with one eye open.

So grab a flashlight, check your backups, and let's take a walk through the digital graveyard of today's tech landscape. Here are the five scariest things in IT this Halloween - and why every CIO, developer and security pro should be trembling just a little.

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