ON THE EVE OF THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM'S CYBER POLYGON SIMULATION OF A CYBERHACK A NUMBER OF INDEPENDENT JOURNALISTS AND THEIR SUPPORTERS ARE WARNING OF A POTENTIAL POWER GRID FAILURE. IS THERE REASON TO BE CONCERNED?
In recent months various independent media outlets and journalists have been sounding the alarms, warning their followers of the potential for a power grid failure as the result of a cyber attack. These sentiments are echoed by mainstream pundits, think tanks, and U.S. government officials who also warn that a devastating attack on America's electric grid or food distribution systems is waiting on the horizon.
However, the major difference between these warnings is the belief that a cyber attack on America's infrastructure will not come from foreign actors - such as the oft-cited "Russian hackers" - but from the actual individuals warning about threats of cyber terrorism. This "alternative" crowd believes that a cyber attack aimed at taking down the grid will be a sort of "false flag" operation designed to accelerate a push towards a digital dystopia under the guise of "The Great Reset" (more on that in a moment) and the so-called "Fourth Industrial Revolution".
The merits of these claims and concerns have largely been ignored, scorned, or dismissed as paranoid conspiracy theory that only low IQ mouth-breathers would dare entertain. This article is an attempt to take an honest look at the concerns, so as to either stifle public hysteria or warn of a genuine threat.
The World Economic Forum & the Cyber Polygon Exercise
The warnings about cyber attacks are now beginning to seem prescient in the face of recent hacks of various international companies and government services. These include the alleged hacking of the Colonial Pipeline which temporarily resulted in higher gas prices; a ransomware attack on Ireland’s Health Service Executive (HSE); the attack on JBS, the world's largest meat supplier and a partner of the World Economic Forum; and most recently, hacks on New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority which are being blamed on Chinese hackers.
As the public is bombarded by these warnings from corporate media and government officials, they are also being told that non-profits, Non-Governmental Organizations, think tanks, and the private sector are working around the clock to strengthen infrastructure and protect the people from impending doom. This effort is being led by "the international organization for public-private cooperation", the World Economic Forum. Informed readers will recognize the WEF as the force that is behind the international initiative known as The Great Reset.
The WEF is currently preparing for their annual online training exercise, known as Cyber Polygon, which is set to take place on July 9. The exercise simulates various cyber attacks and measures the efficiency of international organizations and private corporations to respond adequately. The first Cyber Polygon event took place in 2019. The WEF describes Cyber Polygon as a "unique cybersecurity event that combines the world's largest technical training exercise for corporate teams and an online conference featuring senior officials from international organizations and leading corporations."
According to the WEF, goals of the exercise include:
In 2020, the exercise included two scenarios - one involving a "massive cyberattack in real time" and the second involved teams investigating the incident using "traditional forensics" and "threat hunting". The 2021 conference will discuss "the key risks of digitalization and best practice for the secure development of digital ecosystems." The concept set forth by the WEF and partners is described as follows:
"As the global digitalization is further accelerating, the world is becoming ever more interconnected. Digital ecosystems are being created all around us: countries, corporations and individuals are taking advantage of the rapid spread of the Internet and smart devices. In this context, a single vulnerable link is enough to bring down the entire system, just like the domino effect. [emphasis added]. "
The agenda for 2021 includes the talks titled "Digital state of tomorrow — what will it be?"; "New world — new currency. How to make the financial system resilient as digital currencies proliferate?"; and "International regulation on the net — a necessity, but what about possibilities?". The Digital state of tomorrow asks, "What is the future of a digital state citizen? What challenges may the digitalization of government structures pose? Will the evolution of ecosystems in both the public and private sectors contribute to economic growth?"
New World - new currency will examine the risk of digital currencies and how to protect the financial system against "inevitable threats posed by technological advances." Meanwhile, International Regulation on the Internet claims that because cybersecurity laws and regulations vary across countries "global cooperation" is more complex. This talk is set to examine the possibility of "unification" of the internet and how to protect users in the digital space while considering the interests of countries, businesses, and the people.
Finally, Cyber Polygon 2021 will also include discussions on supply chain disruption. The website for the exercise notes that "the retail sector saw a 56% increase in such attacks in the fourth quarter of 2020 alone" and warns that these attacks can "lead to shortages and soaring prices".
Why Are Theorists Concerned?
Now that we have a basic understanding of the reports of cyber attacks, warnings of future attacks, and attempts to defend against said attacks with training exercises like Cyber Polygon, let's take a moment to ask - why are these "conspiracy theorists" so concerned about the WEF and their involvement in such activity?
Again, the theorists believe that the WEF and their partners are not simply warning the public out of the kindness of the heart. Rather, they believe that the individuals behind the push for public-private partnerships are actually the ones behind the attacks, or simply allowing them to happen in order to take advantage of the inevitable calls for resetting our digital infrastructure. In other words, they believe the recent hacks have either been faked or allowed to take place so governments and their corporate partners can implement their pre-existing agendas. Problem - Reaction - Solution. They believe that exercises and simulations like Cyber Polygon are actually a sign of things to come. These exercises are not simply meant to train cyber security officials and prepare corporations, but instead meant to simulate real world events that are being planned or expected to happen.
These theorists and independent media journos point to several statements made by officials with the WEF, including WEF Executive Director Klaus Schwab. In his opening remarks at Cyber Polygon 2020, Klaus Schwab warned that a coming “cyber pandemic” would be worse than the COVID-19 crisis.
“We all know, but still pay insufficient attention to, the frightening scenario of a comprehensive cyber attack, which would bring a complete halt to the power supply, transportation, hospital services, our society as a whole,” Schwab stated. “The COVID-19 crisis would be seen in this respect as a small disturbance in comparison to a major cyber attack.”
The WEF's top official also claimed it was “important to use the COVID-19 crisis as a timely opportunity to reflect on the lessons of cybersecurity community to draw and improve our unpreparedness for a potential cyber pandemic.”
Also during Cyber Polygon 2020, WEF Chief Business Officer Jeremy Jurgens warned about "another crisis" that would be "more significant."
“I would anticipate that when we do see this next crisis, it will be faster than what we’ve seen with COVID, the exponential growth rate will be much steeper, the impact will be greater, and as a result the economic and social implications will be even more significant," Jurgens stated in 2020. “I think it’s really important that we don’t underestimate the severity of a crisis like this — the impact it could have. It’s going to take all sectors of society and the economy to come together to address that."
To the theorists in independent media these warnings are not the words of individuals with insight sharing their genuine concerns, but individuals and institutions who are telegraphing what is to come in the near future. Of course, since the masses of people have never heard of Cyber Polygon or the WEF, the only people receiving this apparent warning are those "in the know", those in attendance, and the internet sleuths who study their every move.
Additionally, the concerns regarding Cyber Polygon stem from a video released by the WEF on January 18th of this year. This video, which is now "unlisted" on the WEF YouTube channel, warns of a “cyber attack with COVID-like characteristics” that would “spread faster and further than any biological virus." Theorists have seized upon the video as evidence that the WEF knows something is coming.
The WEF are not the only ones warning about a cyber pandemic. Journalist Whitney Webb has reported that Yigal Unna, the head of Israel’s National Cyber Directorate, warned last year that a “cyber winter” of cyberattacks “is coming and coming faster than even I suspected.”
Webb notes that Unna "works closely with Israeli intelligence agencies, including the infamous Unit 8200, which has a long history of electronic espionage targeting the US and other countries and which has been responsible for several devastating hacks, including the Stuxnet virus that damaged Iran’s nuclear program." Considering the massive scale of Israeli intelligence and their hacking capabilities it is a bit unnerving to hear someone in Unna's position warn of a "cyber winter".
The overarching theme of these fears is that propaganda meant to inject the meme of a cyber hack or cyber pandemic into the minds of the masses is intended to create expectations of a hack by unknown hackers. This expectation of a hack - and the fear of the hack itself - is designed to push the public to accept whatever plans the governments of the world and their friends at the WEF dream up in response to a looming cyber pandemic. As with the international response to COVID-19, the response to a global hack would likely favor the plans and initiatives put forth by the World Economic Forum, specifically the call for a "Great Reset".
In June 2020 I released an investigation into The Great Reset plan and confirmed that the WEF is attempting to use the COVID-19 panic to reshape, or reset, our world. From education to supply chains and travel, the last 12 months have seen a massive uptick in proposals for remaking nearly every industry around the world. The WEF has been embracing and promoting these changes because it fits their goal of a world run by "public-private partnerships" who manage the human population for profit and control in a scheme they like to call "stakeholder capitalism". If a hack were to take place that truly rivals COVID-19 in its ability to upend normal life it would present the World Economic Forum and their partners in the financial elite another opportunity to accelerate their plans for The Great Reset.
The plans for The Great Reset have been openly discussed by the WEF and partner nations. As recently noted by Webb, the Biden administration sent its climate envoy, John Kerry, to the WEF "where Kerry underscored the US commitment to the Great Reset agenda and the associated Fourth Industrial Revolution that seeks to automate most jobs being currently performed by humans."
The potential for a cyber attack that affects international supply chains or the power grid would absolutely play into the hands of the various operatives in government and the private sector who are working side by side with the WEF to create The Great Reset. Given this understanding, it's not surprising to see that international banks and major financial institutions are partnering with the WEF on Cyber Polygon. These banks stand to benefit and remain powerful influences if they position themselves to lead the charge towards the new world.
In an April article for TLAV Webb wrote:
"Given that experts have been warning since the last global financial crisis that the collapse of the entire system was inevitable due to central bank mismanagement and rampant Wall Street corruption, a cyber attack would also provide the perfect scenario for dismantling the current, failing system as it would absolve central banks and corrupt financial institutions of any responsibility. It would also provide a justification for incredibly troubling policies promoted by the WEF-Carnegie report, such as a greater fusion of intelligence agencies and banks in order to better “protect” critical financial infrastructure."
Is There A Precedent for Simulations Coinciding with Real World Events?
Beyond the creepy statements from Klaus Schwab and Jeremy Jurgens, is there any other evidence that the WEF possesses foreknowledge of upcoming attacks? Is there reason to suspect that Cyber Polygon is anything more than a training exercise by organizations that recognize the reality of hacking dangers?
The independent media often points to another exercise conducted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, and the World Economic Forum, on October 18, 2019. This exercise, known as Event 201, simulated how the world would respond to a coronavirus pandemic which swept around the planet. The simulation imagined 65 million people dying, mass lock downs, quarantines, censorship of alternative viewpoints under the guise of fighting “disinformation,” and even floated the idea of arresting people who question the pandemic narrative. Less than 6 months later the World Health Organization would declare the COVID-19 crisis a pandemic.
Coincidentally, many of the scenarios imagined during Event 201 (and reported on during fictional news broadcasts) became a reality in 2020. This includes government lockdowns, massive censorship, economic crashes, and general societal upheaval. The involvement of the WEF in this exercise has raised red flags to many spectators. Especially given that in June 2020 the World Economic Forum used the COVID-19 crisis to catapult their Great Reset agenda into the mainstream. Again, anyone suggesting that The Great Reset was even a real agenda was labeled a conspiracy theorist, far-right extremist.
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