Q Plugs In Silva’s Laptop

Q connects Silva’s captured laptop directly to MI6’s network to decrypt it. Silva’s code escapes containment, opens secure doors, and enables his escape.

Hostile content is given trusted execution inside the protected environment. Isolation and least privilege fail at exactly the boundary the attacker expects defenders to cross.

This is conventional malware and poor cyber hygiene; prompt injection is the modern analogy, not the literal mechanism.