The Return of the Yeti

Christmas 2023 is already just around the corner. The Bandit Yeti has been sleeping for most of the year to prepare to hack back into the Best Festival Company. Should he have used that time to plan his attack? Probably. But Yetis need a lot of energy, so don't judge!

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The Yeti Speaks

Oi! Gather 'round and let me spin ye a frosty tale. So there I was, the Bandit Yeti, just wakin' up in me icy den, when me eyes catch a bit o' news that set me a grinnin' like a Cheshire cat. Seems the Best Festival Company is mixin' up with this South Pole workshop-as-a-service AntarctiCrafts. Me brain started churnin' like a blizzard. Maybe it's a chance to give McSkidy a taste of her own medicine.

Been sniffin' around for a while, and who do I find? A shadowy character, goes by the name Van Spy. Nobody knows the bloke, but he's keen to help me break into their network. With McSkidy and her crew lockin' down their servers tighter than a walrus in a wetsuit, I needed all the help I could get. So, now I wait.

Then, bam! Van Spy buzzes me this mornin'. Turns out, one of McSkidy's servers at AntarctiCrafts has gone kaput. The elves, in a mad rush 'cause of the merger, grabbed an old PC used by some intern and hooked it up, no fuss. Talk about a lucky break! Van Spy's got a hunch this intern's a bit of a slacker, so crackin' the password was a breeze. "BFC123", and we're in. He planted a sneaky backdoor and even snagged some WiFi chit-chat thinkin' it might come in handy.

But here's the clincher: as Van Spy's dishin' out the dirt, he realizes he's not alone. Elves everywhere! I hear him whisper, all hush-hush, "I think they're onto me! I'm sendin' you the goods now... Gotta leg it!" And just as he's scramblin', ding! An email lands in my inbox. The plot thickens, eh?