The Cyber Pandemic Has Arrived

Originally published Dec. 26, 2023 by TraderStef on CrushTheStreet

While plebeians were hiding in their homes and wearing useless face diapers during the pandemic panic in mid-2020, the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) membership accelerated a cybersecurity agenda by launching its Cyber Polygon initiative. Those events bring together senior officials from international organizations and corporate behemoths to wargame simulated cyberattacks and coordinate real-time responses. Over 200 organizations from dozens of countries participate in the training exercise. WEF popularized the term ‘cyber pandemic’ while hosting those workshops with a stated objective “aimed at increasing global cyber resilience.”

Klaus Schwab regularly gaslights any objection to the lack of privacy society will face when succumbing to the WEF’s cyber solutions and claims if you don’t have anything to hide you shouldn’t be concerned. The term polygon in the initiative’s name refers to a plane figure that forms a closed polygona chain, which is not a coincidence when considering an eerie similarity to the WEF’s preferred Great Reset surveillance state that utilizes artificial intelligence (A.I.) that’s gift-wrapped with transhumanism utopia in a fourth industrial revolution.

I initially explored that web of tyranny with “A.I. is Coming for Your Clothes, Boots, Harley, and Jobs” in Part 1, 2, 3’s mini-documentary, and 4 in 2018. Then “The Orwellian Panopticon Majority Report is Born” Part 1, 2, and 3 since fall of 2018, “The Naked Emperors’ Great Reset” Part 1 and 2 since fall of 2020, “Autonomous A.I. Has Infiltrated the Military and Humanity” Part 1 and 2 since 2021, and finally “The A.I. Freak Show Requires Your Obedience and Capital” published in Feb. 2023. Before I opine today on why a cyber pandemic has already infiltrated society on the heels of AI’s exponential growth and integration into technology platforms, let’s revisit Darth Vader in the flesh with a speech he delivered at the height of lockdowns during the pandemic panic.

Klaus Schwab on Cybersecurity and the Cyber Pandemic – WEF, Jul. 2020

The narrative published by mainstream and alternative media typically focuses on a specific society-wide event instead of addressing what’s already taking place all around you and violating privacy. A worst case scenario that shuts down all infrastructure across the U.S. is a real possibility, as the release of “Leave the World Behind” in October could turn out to be a prime example of predictive programming.

Cyber Apocalypse 2023: Is The World Heading For A ‘Catastrophic’ Event?… “As the 2023 annual meeting of the World Economic Forum wrapped up in Davos, Switzerland, it ended with a disturbing prediction from one of the leading voices. Delivering a presentation on the 2023 Global Cybersecurity Outlook report, forum Managing Director Jeremy Jurgens revealed that 93% of those surveyed believe that a ‘catastrophic’ cyber security event is likely in the next two years.” – Forbes, Feb. 2023

It is no secret that cybercrime is skyrocketing since the pandemic and cybersecurity trends are growing rapidly. Threats include but are not limited to impacts on national security, email phishing, hacking smartphones, the propagation of malicious files and viruses, organized gangs using security jammers to break into homes, the covert lifting of digital data from credit and debit cards with RFID readers, ransomware attacks, and the cryptocurrency swamp of anonymous financial transactions.

Cartel gangs from South America using tech to break into luxury homes – ABC11

Numerous articles published since 2020 have addressed the growing threat in some capacity without apocalyptic clickbait. Consider the following examples:

Cybercrime To Cost The World $10.5 Trillion Annually By 2025… “Based on historical cybercrime figures including recent year-over-year growth, a dramatic increase in hostile nation-state sponsored and organized crime gang hacking activities, and a cyberattack surface will be an order of magnitude greater in 2025 than today. Cybercrime costs include damage and destruction of data, stolen money, lost productivity, theft of intellectual property, theft of personal and financial data, embezzlement, fraud, post-attack disruption to the normal course of business, forensic investigation, restoration and deletion of hacked data and systems, and reputational harm.” – Cybercrime Magazine, Nov. 2020

The World’s Largest Biometric Digital ID System, India’s Aadhaar, Just Suffered Its Biggest Ever Data Breach… “In one fell swoop, roughly 10% of the global population appears to have had some of their most valuable personal identifiable information (PII) compromised. Yet Aadhaar continues to receive plaudits from Silicon Valley.” – Naked Capitalism, Nov. 2023

Genetic testing firm 23andMe admits hackers accessed DNA data of 7m users… “Because of an opt-in feature that allows DNA-related relatives to contact each other, the true number of people exposed was 6.9 million – or just less than half of 23andMe’s 14 million reported customers.” – The Guardian, Dec. 5

Cyberattacks surge in 2023, as millions fall victim to ransomware: Report… “If it feels like cyberattacks are becoming more frequent, it’s because they are… there were more ransomware attacks reported in the first nine months of 2023 than all of 2022… The number of attacks is staggering… 2.6 billion personal records were breached in 2021 and 2022, and 1 in 4 people had their health records exposed in the first three quarters of this year… Generative AI is also making phishing and ransomware attacks easier for criminals.” – Yahoo Finance, Dec. 7

Cybersecurity Predictions for 2024: 5 Trends to Watch… “One area that has made a substantial impact on cybersecurity over the last year is the emergence of generative artificial intelligence (A.I.) platforms…  A.I. will continue to dominate the tech conversation.” – Dice, Dec. 20

The amount of news on cybercrime and nation-state sponsored cyber terrorism is overwhelming, and most folks are oblivious to the threat until a cyber related issue impacts them personally due to identity theft, financial fraud, banking blackouts, or ATM shutdowns. A couple of close friends that still live in the New York metropolitan region have had the unfortunate pleasure of bank accounts and debit cards being hacked multiple times over the past year. Despite all efforts to mitigate the issue by banking institutions and on the home front, the problem continues to reappear for them.

A Deal With The Digital Devil… “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was made flesh. And the flesh learned to code. Then the code learned to code… We find ourselves locked in a global asylum where the lunatics have taken over. It is less like a conspiracy and more like collective dementia—a slow mental decline that renders us oblivious to what is unfolding around us. While we were tending to our day-to-day lives, struggling to maintain stable societies, they were busy wiring the place with surveillance devices. Tech companies have scraped our souls and made warped digital twins out of our essence. Using those data, they manipulate our politics and financial systems, control information flow, and hypnotize young and old alike. Their smartphones are our straitjackets.” – Chronicles Magazine, June 2023

The usual suspects are no longer applicable to the issue my friends are dealing with, and I highly suspect the untraceable criminal element is related to the application of A.I. by crime syndicates. The following two-part interview released this week provides a potential answer to the mystery, but no solution. Pay particular attention to the ‘hypothetical’ scenario of A.I. machine learning a colossal amount of anti-theft and cybersecurity data, then using that knowledge to breach all security measures without a trace.

A Hackers Warning “It’s Worse Than People Can Imagine” – Part 1 & 2 – Canadian Prepper

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