{"id":247186,"date":"2021-12-18T08:28:17","date_gmt":"2021-12-18T08:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=247186"},"modified":"2021-12-19T09:40:59","modified_gmt":"2021-12-19T09:40:59","slug":"cyber-attack-with-covid-like-characteristics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=247186","title":{"rendered":"Cyber Attack With Covid-like Characteristics"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Prof Michel Chussudovsky \u2013 Global Research Dec 14, 2021<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><em>The World Economic Forum (WEF) which represents the Western financial elites, played a key role in the launching of the March 11, 2020 lockdown, which was conducive to a Worldwide process of economic and social chaos.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And now what they are saying is that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/next-crisis-bigger-than-covid-power-grid-finance-down-wef-cyber-polygon\/5751738\">another devastating Worldwide economic and social crisis<\/a> is likely to occur in the wake of the so-called Covid-19 pandemic.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The WEF is now pointing to:\u00a0\u201c<\/em><strong><em>A cyber-attack with COVID-like characteristics\u201d, <\/em><\/strong><em>which\u00a0promises to be far more devastating and chaotic than the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The World Economic Forum\u2019s \u201cConcept 2021\u201d. Cyber Polygon Scenario<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The World Economic Forum (WEF) which co-sponsored <strong>Event\u00a0201,<\/strong> the table top simulation of the corona pandemic together with John Hopkins and the Gates Foundation in October 2019, has been involved in another strategic exercise entitled\u00a0<strong>Concept 2021.\u00a0<\/strong>The latter is described as an:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cinternational capacity building initiative aimed at\u00a0raising the\u00a0global cyber resilience\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>It is not a table top simulation comparable to <strong>Event 201.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last year it was conducted at the height of the lockdown via video conferencing. This year, the 2021 Conference \u201cdiscussed the \u201c<strong>key risks of\u00a0digitalization\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Those participating in the\u00a0<strong>Cyber Polygon Exercise <\/strong>(2020)<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>included\u00a0high tech companies including IBM, numerous banks and financial institutions, internet companies, cyber security agencies, corporate and government media, think tanks, law enforcement agencies including Interpol with <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberpolygon.com\/participants-and-partners\/\">representatives from 48 countries<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The exercise is an obvious means to secure reliable partners and develop strategic alliances. In this regard, there were numerous representatives from Russia and countries of the former Soviet Union, including major Russian banking interests, communications and media companies. All in all 42 partners.\u00a0<strong>No corporate \/governmental partners from China,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>participated in the\u00a0simulation.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There was also a training program with 200\u00a0teams from\u00a048\u00a0countries.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>View the WEF Video<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Cyber Attack With Covid-like Characteristics<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-0oZA1B3ooI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&#8212;<\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Simulation of A Cyber-Attack. Towards A Complete Halt to Power Supply, Communications, Transportation<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Prof-Klaus-Schwab-quote.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-210341\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Prof-Klaus-Schwab-quote.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Prof-Klaus-Schwab-quote.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Prof-Klaus-Schwab-quote-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Prof-Klaus-Schwab-quote-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Prof-Klaus-Schwab-quote-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a>Klaus Schwab,<\/strong> founder and Executive Director of the WEF and architect of the \u201cGreat Reset\u201d describes the crisis scenario as follows:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>\u201c<\/strong>The frightening scenario of a comprehensive cyber attack could bring a complete halt to the power supply, transportation, hospital services, our society as a whole. <strong>The COVID-19 crisis would be seen in this respect as a small disturbance<\/strong> in comparison to a major cyberattack.\u201d (emphasis added)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jeremy Jurgens<\/strong>, WEF Managing Director:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cI believe that there will be another crisis.<strong> It will be more significant. It will be faster than what we\u2019ve seen with COVID<\/strong>. The impact will be greater, and as a result the economic and social implications will be even more significant.\u201d (emphasis added)<\/p>\n<p>The implications of these bold \u201cpredictions\u201d which represent the interests of the financial establishment are far-reaching.<\/p>\n<p>What they describe is a scenario of economic and social chaos involving the disruption of communications systems, the internet, financial and money transactions (including SWIFT), the power grid, global transportation, commodity trade, etc., as well as likely \u201cgeopolitical dislocations\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The opening session (July 2021) of <strong>Cyber Polygon 2021<\/strong>\u00a0was conducted (video below) by the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation <strong>Mikhail Mishustin<\/strong>\u00a0together with the Director General of the <strong>WEF Klaus Schwab.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>According to Mikhail Mishustin, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Addressing cyberthreats and securing our common digital future are among the priorities of every government\u00a0and company. \u00a0\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Is this scenario a dress rehearsal for a forthcoming cyber crisis?<\/p>\n<p>The geopolitics of this exercise are complex. While Russia is routinely threatened by US-NATO, the Russian Federation is a partner of this WEF initiative, which is largely dominated by Wall Street and the Western financial establishment. .<\/p>\n<p>Why was China \u2013which is an ally of Russia\u2013 excluded from the Cyber Polygon Exercise?<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Video. The Opening Session featuring the Prime Minster of the Russian Federation (July 2021).<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The Simulation conducted in July 2021 is entitled Cyber Polygon 2021<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DnwtG1VDvh0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Is \u00a0a\u00a0\u201cCyber Attack Scenario\u201d contemplated by the financial establishment?<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s financial and banking establishment were actively involved in the Cyber Scenario. Was the exercise intended to create divisions between China and Russia?<\/p>\n<p>While one cannot speculate, the matter must nonetheless be addressed.<\/p>\n<p>And who will be blamed if the Cyber Scenario goes live?<\/p>\n<p>Engineered economic and social chaos. Is that not part of a US hegemonic project?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Author<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/michel-chossudovsky-biographical-summary\/5580999\"><strong>Michel Chossudovsky<\/strong><\/a> is an award-winning author, Professor of Economics (emeritus) at the University of Ottawa, Founder and Director of the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG), Montreal, Editor of Global Research.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>He has undertaken field research in Latin America, Asia, the Middle East, sub-Saharan Africa and the Pacific and has written extensively on the economies of developing countries with a focus on poverty and social inequality. He has also undertaken research in Health Economics (UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), \u00a0UNFPA, CIDA, WHO, Government of Venezuela, John Hopkins<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.2190\/CTXP-RL02-QGB8-6QQ4\"> International Journal of Health Services<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.2190\/CTXP-RL02-QGB8-6QQ4\">1979<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/abs\/10.2190\/K31G-5ACT-BAWB-F7PN\">1983<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>He is the author of twelve books including The Globalization of Poverty and The New World Order\u00a0(2003),\u00a0America\u2019s \u201cWar on Terrorism\u201d\u00a0(2005), \u00a0The Globalization of War, America\u2019s Long War against Humanity (2015).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>He is a contributor to the Encyclopaedia Britannica.\u00a0 His writings have been published in more than twenty languages.\u00a0In 2014, he was awarded the Gold Medal for Merit of the Republic of Serbia for his writings on NATO\u2019s war of aggression against Yugoslavia. He can be reached at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/towards-another-devastating-worldwide-crisis-the-wefs-cyber-attack-with-covid-like-characteristics-paralysis-of-the-power-supply-communications-transportation\/crgeditor@yahoo.com\">crgeditor@yahoo.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/michel-chossudovsky-biographical-summary\/5580999\">Michel Chossudovsky, Biographical Note<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In late 2019, just before the first cases of Cornavirus in Wuhan, China, the World Economic Forum ran training \u2018exercises\u2019 that simulated a global pandemic and lockdowns. 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