Where Did This Come From?
It started in tech offices in the early 2000s. Someone leaves their PC unlocked, a colleague strikes. "Goating" was born at Microsoft - where the move was sending embarrassing emails from the victim's account to huge distribution lists. Then came "Hasselhoffing" - changing the victim's wallpaper to David Hasselhoff. And of course, the classic "doughnut penalty" - leave your screen unlocked, you owe the office doughnuts.
But the French truly perfected it. They call it "croissantage" - someone sends an email from your unlocked PC announcing you're bringing croissants for the whole team. It's so widespread that even major research institutions practice it. The tradition even got its own formal rulebook. SnackBLASTED takes this worldwide - we like to imagine that in Germany it's Brezeln, in Japan it's mochi, and in Korea it's Choco Pies. Every culture deserves its own delicious penalty.
💡 Teams that embrace fun security traditions tend to build much better locking habits. Turns out the threat of buying snacks hits way harder than any mandatory training video.
SnackBLASTED was born in 2025 with one mission: unite every office snack tradition under one banner and make cybersecurity fun, one snack at a time. Lock your screen, or feed the team. 🍩
