‘Cyber pandemic’ warnings return after Chinese cyber invasion

A recent story by the Washington Post has highlighted a significant cyber intrusion carried out by Chinese hackers on crucial US infrastructure. This incident has led to concerns among global experts, who are predicting a potential “cyber pandemic” in the near future.

The paper details the successful infiltration of around twenty vital US infrastructure, including power and water lines as well as a gas and oil pipeline, by hackers associated with China’s People’s Liberation Army. The operation, known as Volt Typhoon, has been strategically developed with the aim of inducing panic and disorder, or disrupting logistical operations, in the case of a potential conflict between the United States and China in the Pacific region.

The current breaches seem to be primarily targeting the Indo-Pacific region, including Hawaii. This region is significant since it houses the Pacific Fleet, a port, and various supply facilities. Thus far, no disruptions have been observed in any systems.

According to several internet users, the research brought to mind the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) predictions of a “cyber pandemic” by 2025.

“The most striking finding that we’ve found is that 93 percent of cyber leaders, and 86 percent of cyber business leaders, believe that the geopolitical instability makes a catastrophic cyber event likely in the next two years,” WEF Managing Director Jeremy Jurgens told reporters at the WEF Davos summit last year. “This far exceeds anything that we’ve seen in previous surveys.”

In a video released in 2021, the World Economic Forum (WEF) issued a warning about a potential cyberattack with “COVID-like characteristics.” The WEF suggested that such an attack could have the ability to spread more rapidly and extensively than any biological virus. The company stated that “the only way to stop the exponential propagation of a COVID-like cyber threat is to fully disconnect the millions of vulnerable devices from one another and from the Internet. All of this in a matter of days.” 

In 2019, the World Economic Forum (WEF) co-hosted Event 201, a simulation exercise that replicated the spread of a SARS respiratory infection worldwide. In the same year, the World Economic Forum (WEF) collaborated with INTERPOL and an entity named BI.ZONE to organize Cyber Polygon, an event that simulated a significant cyber attack.

The website of Cyber Polygon describes it as an annual worldwide exercise with the objective of enhancing global cyber resilience. However, it has been executed only three times, with the most recent in 2021. The event was originally planned for July of the following year but was unexpectedly delayed without a specified rescheduled date.

The duration of each Cyber Polygon exercise was 24 hours, during which a simulated cyber attack was conducted against either a firm or a bank with the objective of obtaining or compromising customer data. The Blue Team was assigned the responsibility of both preempting and countering the attack initiated by the Red Team.

Participants were drawn from various areas, such as government organizations, healthcare, education, and other fields. The majority of individuals originated from financial firms, with the IT sector following closely behind. Law enforcement had a significantly low turnout.

There is a widespread belief that the cyber pandemic may serve as a justification for the implementation of globalist policies.

Cyber Polygon’s report of the 2020 exercise suggested that governments should take steps to control privacy and implement digital IDs:

Governments need to adapt more quickly to the ongoing changes: not only to search for new tools and ways of interacting with people and businesses, but also to ensure the safety of such interaction. A digital identity can become one of the effective ways of communication between the state and individual citizens. However, this is only possible provided that privacy and data protection is properly regulated.

Digital IDs and digital payments play a crucial role in the World Economic Forum’s Agenda 2030. The group took charge of digital ID development in 2020 by convening governments and tech companies to establish the Agile Nations Charter. The charter highlighted the development of a digital ID, sometimes known as “digital credentials,” as a key initiative. This digital ID would be required by citizens to access both governmental and private services.

Canada was assigned the responsibility of leading the endeavor. Last year Canada’s Newfoundland and Labrador Digital Government Minister Sarah Stoodley, who is responsible for the development of digital IDs, confirmed that vaccine passports serve as a preliminary step towards the implementation of digital IDs.

Following the 2021 simulation, Cyber Polygon suggested the implementation of digital currencies, such as central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), as an additional safeguard against a potential cyber pandemic.

“The task of central banks is to keep the monetary system stable. In pursuit of this, central banks must be at the heart of the changes in the financial sector, they must broaden the functionality of money and of the economy, which is becoming increasingly digitised,” said the Cyber Polygon in a 2021 simulation brief.

Visa and MasterCard, who participated in the simulations, stated afterwards that they are making preparations to support stablecoins and CBDCs.

“In a highly interconnected world, a single cyber attack can spread exponentially across the global community,” stated the Cyber Polygon brief.

In March 2023, Joe Biden made a statement confirming the likelihood of a significant cyber strike. He expressed his belief that Russia, a country that actively participated in the Cyber Polygon exercises, would be the likely initiator of such an attack. China was not a participant.

On that very day, Biden advocated for a “new world order.”