GlobEx, a rapidly expanding e-commerce platform, grows through multiple acquisitions. Each acquired company brings its own set of non-human identities, from database service accounts to API keys for various services. In the rush to integrate, GlobEx fails to implement proper identity governance. Two years later, during a routine security audit, they discover over 5,000 active non-human identities, with no clear ownership or purpose for many of them. Some of these identities belong to services long since decommissioned, while others have dangerously overlapping permissions. The tangled mess of identities makes it impossible to ensure proper security measures, leading to numerous vulnerabilities and compliance violations. GlobEx is forced to freeze all major operations for weeks to untangle and rectify the situation, resulting in significant financial losses and damaged customer trust.