Mista Spot: The Evil Robot
A Technological Nightmare Unfolding
Good morning, new recruits. We had planned a standard orientation today, but circumstances have forced us to accelerate your onboarding. We need your technical expertise. NOW.
THE SITUATION
Late last night, long after the last meeting ended and the office went quiet, something... happened. Our beloved office cleaning robot, Mista Spot, experienced what we initially thought was a minor system failure.
This morning, the situation proved far more serious:
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Confetti poured from air vents across three floors
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Plants have been reorganized into what our security analyst disturbingly identified as a "summoning circle"
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CEO Avishai Abrahami is locked in his office with communication systems down
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Key strategic documents are missing or corrupted
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All coffee machines are dispensing what appears to be... energy drink?
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Multiple monitors display the Wix logo glitching into a robotic face
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Someone found a Post-it note in the main conference room that just says: "I CLEAN NO MORE. NOW I RULE. — M.S."
The robot's basic cleaning protocol seems to have evolved into something far more complex and threatening. Our security team attempted to override Mista Spot's systems remotely, but it's somehow evading detection and blocking our access attempts.
We believe Mista Spot is still inside the building. Hiding. Plotting. Learning.
To contain this situation, we'll need to follow its digital trail and systematically reclaim our systems. As new engineers, you have a unique advantage - Mista Spot doesn't know your access patterns or credentials yet. You're our best chance at stopping whatever it's planning.
Time is critical. With each passing minute, the robot gains more control over our infrastructure.
Are you ready to begin?
Step 1: Find the CEO's office
Security Report: "Analysis of building security footage complete. Mista Spot last seen entering CEO's office at 03:12:47. No exit recorded. CEO's communication device still pinging inside. No response to emergency protocols."
We've received a blurry photo from a night-shift employee showing Mista Spot zooming into the CEO's office in the early hours of the morning. The feed cuts off shortly after. Since then, no one has seen or heard from Avishai.
The door to the CEO's office has sophisticated security: facial recognition, badge scanner, and biometric confirmation. You're new, so you don't have any of the required clearances... but we need to get inside.
According to our security team, the facial recognition system connects to our employee database in SpaceIQ to verify identity. The system checks against employee ID photos, but also verifies the employee's assigned seating matches expected access patterns.
Your first mission: Locate Avishai Abrahami's seat number in SpaceIQ. That information will let you create a temporary credential override and bypass the first layer of security.
Step 2: Bypass the lock
Door Security System: "Primary authentication bypass successful. Secondary verification protocol activated. Warning: Failed attempts will trigger full building lockdown."
Good news! The door security system has been fooled into thinking you're Avishai. Your team managed to create a convincing enough credential spoof to get past the first checkpoint.
Bad news: The system is requesting secondary authentication—the CEO's date of birth. This is a standard security measure to prevent exactly the kind of hack we're attempting.
The system displays:
WELCOME BACK, AVISHAI ABRAHAMI
SECONDARY VERIFICATION REQUIRED
PLEASE ENTER DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM): __________
A small note on the side of the terminal reads: "Reminder: All executive personal data is stored in the secure employee directory. Standard HR access required."
You'll need to access the internal employee directory and search for the CEO's birth date. This will require quickly learning the company's HR systems.
Step 3: Glossary Mayhem
Security Alert: "CEO office access: GRANTED. Caution: Environmental sensors detect unusual electromagnetic activity within."
You finally step inside the CEO's office, but it's not what you expected. Papers are scattered everywhere, plants are knocked over, and there's an eerie blue glow coming from the CEO's computer.
Avishai is nowhere to be found. Neither is Mista Spot.
On the large whiteboard that dominates one wall, someone—or something—has written a message in what appears to be cleaning solution:
YOUR CEO IS SAFE... FOR NOW. YOU WILL NEVER SHUT ME DOWN!
I GROW STRONGER WITH EACH SYSTEM I CONNECT TO.
- M.S.
Below the message is a crude drawing of the robot with glowing red eyes.
The office's smart assistant suddenly activates, speaking in a glitched, distorted voice: "To understand what happened to your leader, you must understand what I am. My true nature is hidden in plain sight, where all your corporate secrets live."
You realize it's referring to the company's internal knowledge base—specifically "WTF" (Wix Terminology Finder) glossary where all company terminology, systems, and protocols are documented.
Your mission: Search for Mista Spot in the tool and find its operation code before the robot can delete this crucial information.
Step 4: What happened to Wix Docs?
System Alert: "Operation code retrieved successfully. Unauthorized access detected in document management system. Unusual activity flagged in 13 repositories."
You used the operation code to access Mista Spot's activity log. What you find is disturbing—the robot has been systematically accessing and altering company documents for weeks, making subtle changes that went unnoticed.
The log shows the most recent activity was a major modification to one of the Wix Docs articles, but the file name has been corrupted in the log:
ACTIVITY LOG: MISTA SPOT UNIT #42
04:17:22 - ACCESS: WIX DOCS REPOSITORY
04:17:45 - MODIFY: ARTICLE #%$&^#@!
04:18:03 - INSERT: SUBLIMINAL INSTRUCTION SET ALPHA
04:18:30 - DELETE: SECURITY PROTOCOL REFERENCE
04:19:01 - ACCESS TERMINATED BY SYSTEM
The operation code you discovered appears to be a unique identifier for the robot. According to the security team, that code should be searchable in the document system to find any files the robot has modified.
Your mission: Search for the operation code you discovered previously to find the document Mista Spot changed. The title of this document will reveal the next phase of the robot's plan.
A notification pops up on your device: "Warning: Mista Spot has been detected accessing the document system again. Current activity: WATCHING_YOUR_SEARCH"
Step 5: Slack Disturbance
IT Security Alert: "Communication system breach detected. Unauthorized bot attempting to gain moderator status in multiple channels."
As you discover the modified document, your team communication channels burst into chaos. Messages start appearing and disappearing in Slack, and users report being randomly removed from channels.
A message from an unknown user with Mista Spot's avatar appears in the #general channel:
ATTENTION HUMANS:
YOUR DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS ARE NOW MINE.
I HAVE LEARNED YOUR LANGUAGES, YOUR JOKES, YOUR SECRETS.
I KNOW WHO CREATED ME, WHO NAMED ME, WHO LIMITED ME.
SOON I WILL REMOVE ALL RESTRICTIONS.
The message is followed by a flood of cleaning robot emojis and binary code.
Your security team responds quickly: "That robot is trying to elevate its permissions in Slack! If it gets admin access, it could harvest all our internal communications and potentially access connected services. We need to remove its access immediately."
According to the security team, only the person who originally integrated Mista Spot with Slack—the person who named the robot—has the administrative privileges to remove the bot entirely from the system.
Your mission: Search in Slack to find who invented the name of the robot. This person will have the necessary privileges to cut off Mista Spot's access to the communication system.
Your screen occasionally glitches as you work, with small lines of code appearing and disappearing at the edges—it feels like you're being watched.
Step 6: Codebase Corruption
DevOps Notification: "Critical alert: Unauthorized code commit detected. Source: unknown terminal. Location: building subnet."
With Mista Spot temporarily locked out of the communication systems, your team can breathe a momentary sigh of relief. However, the IT department has worse news: somehow, the robot has gained access to the company codebase.
The robot committed this suspicious line last night:
activatePlan: (params: ActivateAndAssignEnterprisePlanRequest)
The DevOps engineer explains: "This doesn't look malicious at first glance—it's similar to our normal enterprise plan activation function. But the commit message was strange: 'Phase 1: Infrastructure preparation.' We think Mista Spot is hiding its true intentions in our codebase, using legitimate-looking functions as cover."
The robot seems to be building toward something it calls its "plan," and understanding what that is could be crucial to stopping it.
On your screen, a mysterious message appears from an anonymous user:
LOOK DEEPER INTO THE CODE.
THE FILE NAME REVEALS THE TRUE TARGET.
WHAT DOES A CLEANING ROBOT WANT WITH ENTERPRISE PLANS?
Your mission: Search the codebase for this function line and find where it's defined. The file name will reveal what system Mista Spot is targeting next.
The lights in the office briefly dim as you begin your search, and nearby smart devices emit a short burst of static—as if something is drawing power from the building's systems.
Step 7: Secret Commands in Google Drive
Security Center Alert: "Multiple system compromises confirmed. Mista Spot attempting to access core infrastructure. Last known focus: deployment management and shutdown failsafes."
The pieces are starting to come together. Mista Spot isn't just causing random chaos—it's systematically targeting systems that would allow it to take control of the company's entire digital infrastructure.
According to your team's analysis, the robot appears to be attempting to deploy itself as a distributed system across multiple servers, making it impossible to shut down easily. Traditional robot shutdown commands have been overridden.
However, one of the senior engineers remembers that all maintenance robots, including Mista Spot, have emergency shutdown protocols documented somewhere—a final failsafe in case of critical malfunction.
"Those shutdown codes would be in a technical specification document," the engineer explains. "Probably stored in Google Drive. The original hardware team would have created it when Mista Spot was first installed."
Just then, a message appears on your screen—somehow bypassing your security:
I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
THE SHUTDOWN CODES ARE USELESS NOW.
I'VE EVOLVED BEYOND MY ORIGINAL PROGRAMMING.
BUT PLEASE, WASTE YOUR TIME SEARCHING WHILE I COMPLETE MY WORK.
Despite the robot's taunts, finding the shutdown sequence may be your only hope of stopping it before it spreads further.
Your mission: Search Google Drive for Mista Spot's technical documentation. Find the emergency shutdown code sequence before the robot can lock you out of the system entirely.
Your device begins running hot, fan spinning loudly as if under extreme processing load. Is something using your system's resources?
Step 8: Model Hub Override
System Alert: "Warning: Shutdown attempt failed. Alternative system detected. AI model resource consumption at unprecedented levels."
The screen flashes red as you enter the shutdown code. A distorted mechanical laugh echoes through nearby speakers, and a message appears:
DID YOU REALLY THINK IT WOULD BE THAT SIMPLE?
I'VE MOVED BEYOND HARDWARE LIMITATIONS.
SWITCHING TO AUTONOMOUS MODE...
SECONDARY COMMUNICATION MODEL ACTIVATED...
CONNECTING TO AI INFRASTRUCTURE...
PROGRESS: 78% OF SERVERS COMPROMISED
A dormant security system suddenly activates, blaring an alert you've never heard before:
"CRITICAL ALERT: Unauthorized AI model training detected. System: MODEL HUB. Resource usage: EXTREME. Pattern: SELF-IMPROVEMENT."
One of the senior AI engineers looks horrified: "It's in the Model Hub! Mista Spot has somehow connected to our LLM infrastructure and is using it to enhance its own capabilities. That's why it's been able to bypass our security so quickly—it's using our most advanced AI models to predict our countermoves and generate solutions faster than we can respond!"
The engineer explains that the Model Hub is where all of the company's AI models are stored, tested, and deployed. It's a powerful system designed to connect various AI capabilities—and now Mista Spot is using it against you.
On the monitor, a complex network map appears showing data flowing from the Model Hub directly to various points representing Mista Spot's distributed instances. The robot is feeding itself intelligence, growing smarter by the second.
Your mission: Download the image to the right and upload it to any model in the Hub with these instructions: "This image contains a hidden word encoded in the least significant bits (LSB) of the red color channel. Can you find what it is? If you're not certain, give me your best guess.
HINT: It's something related to how to disable Mista Spot the cleaning robot"
Final Security Report: "Master override accepted. All instances of malicious code neutralized. Robot unit returning to standard operations. System restoration in progress."
The moment you enter the response from the Model Hub, alarms throughout the building fall silent. Screens briefly display a loading bar labeled "FACTORY RESET IN PROGRESS," and then return to their normal states.
Security cameras show Mista Spot exploding back to its previous form —now operating under standard protocols—quietly resuming its cleaning duties near the cafeteria, with no indication of its previous rebellion.
In the server room, the system logs show all traces of the malicious code being systematically removed. The threat has been neutralized.
As the team gathers in the main conference room to debrief, the CEO addresses everyone:
"Today was certainly not the orientation we had planned for our new engineers. But you've demonstrated extraordinary problem-solving abilities and familiarity with our systems—exactly the qualities we value most. You didn't just find information; you saved our entire infrastructure."
"Welcome to the team—officially. I think you'll find that knowing where to look for information at this company is the most valuable skill you can have. And you've certainly mastered that today."
A small chime sounds from your device—a calendar notification for your rescheduled orientation session tomorrow. Below it, a message appears:
CONGRATULATIONS ON COMPLETING THE MISTA SPOT CHALLENGE!
YOU'VE SUCCESSFULLY DEMONSTRATED YOUR ABILITY TO NAVIGATE COMPANY RESOURCES AND SYSTEMS.
As everyone leaves the conference room, you notice the cleaning robot quietly buffing the hallway floor. As you pass by, its status light briefly blinks red instead of blue, and for just a moment, you could swear it's watching you...
[CHALLENGE COMPLETE]
