I hope they wreck them hard!
They started with Broward County, which was fine, but this type of attack is a probe and practice of how to do this to every computer in the world. This would be necessary before a foreign invasion.
This would be necessary before a foreign invasion.
Sounds about right. You predicting this or simply saying this would be part of that playbook?
FYI I'd say half of the predictions that I've managed to get right, were culled from UnanimousAI.
That'd be a powerful tool for the web to have available, say as an opensource clone, instead of it being reserved to one company.
Would go a long way to getting ahead of the state's playbook.
We've already been "prepping" even though I'm not much of a believer, plus we live in a unique location where, short of getting bombed, we don't have to worry, too much.
If there is a specific threat, I'm not aware, other than what we are witnessing now, which is an information and misinformation war where chaos is being pushed from all sides.
We've all seen how these moves have sought to make everyone fat, weak and stupid.
Water treatment has been attacked. Electrical grids.
Mainly make sure you have the ability to live without power and water for a minute. I couldn't imagine a blackout could last very long. Either have alternate power or just be fine without power.
Have camping gear.
Know where your local equipment rental yards are (generators, light towers, etc.) Know someone with a truck and a set of bolt cutters that can tow said generator.
Trash pump and crow bar, to take fuel from gas stations.
Guns, obviously.
Gold.
A boat.
Have the ability to produce essential items. Soap is easy, for example. Weed. Tobacco.
But, again, I couldn't imagine many scenarios where we were totally shut down for any extended period of time.
Obviously, they have been using predictive programming on a blackout scenario. Movies. TV. Comics. Even Q, with "10 days of darkness". Until the last month or so, I wouldn't have assumed ransomware was one avenue to begin to achieve that because it is generally not THAT hard to deal with. But we have a new one that is shutting down hospitals, cities and schools that has evolved rapidly over the last two months, alone.
I feel that a lot of people in charge expect something more to come of this or are simply preparing, just in case.
Either way, it's time to ditch Windows, if you are an organization of any kind of import.
As for information... keeping an eye on power grids and hospitals.
I have cause for concern, but it's one of those "read in between the lines" kind of thing.
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