A gifted student at an elite academy discovers forbidden knowledge and becomes radicalized, using their talents to access or activate weapons of mass destruction that their mentors cannot contain.
Directly maps to lone-wolf radicalization, insider threat programs, and the risk of talented individuals in sensitive research positions being recruited by adversarial actors.
Domains: Warfare and Weapons TechnologySocial Engineering and PsychologyExistential Risk and Civilizational Collapse
Scenario Types: Warning / Self-preventing prophecyCautionary tale
Outcomes: CatastrophicCautionary
Tags: radicalizationinsider-threatweapons-accessmentorship-failure