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Preparing for Cyber Warfare- Part 1, by Northwoods Prepper

…or other nations or other collected rogue groups (such as ISIS or Anonymous). These attacks will take many forms, including denial of services, theft of knowledge, turning off critical infrastructure, and sabotage, but all of it will be the result of technical interference to our extremely wired world. Another good summary I just found yesterday is online. At this time, the government is frantically trying to keep the genie in the bottle and has regular cyber attack exercises: http://thehackernews.com/2017/01/protect-critical-infrastructure.html https://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/preventing-and-defending-against-cyber-attacks.pdf http://www.nationalpost.com/hackers+bombarding+bank+canada+with+cyber+attacks+crack+bank+armour+employees/12787790/story.html While the government is working to protect themselves and critical infrastructure, such as utilities and banking, the average citizen must rely on commercially available security and the Geek Squad at Best Buy. Many of these attacks will not be emanating directly from the foreign enemy but from Trojan programs, such as Logic Bombs, already implanted in domestic computers and similar devices, including all of the ones that we individually…


The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods:

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…kill people is the lack of infrastructure – transportation, sewage, food processing, clean water, etc… The vast majority of critical infrastructure is dependent upon the grid. You can think of it similar to the old adage “You can fool some of the people…” In this case, the saying would be: “The Infrastructure can survive wide scale grid outages for a short amount of time and it can survive much smaller scale outages for extended lengths of time, but it cannot survive wide scale outages for extended lengths of time.” Large scale grid outages for extended periods of time is when the rest of the infrastructure begins to collapse and when the fatality rate of the people goes up. J. Taylor If I recall, the EMP Report also referenced the rising risk from the Chinese control over the 5G technology – they are leading the world and provide the vast majority…


Be Ready For Infrastructure Collapse – Part 2, by J330

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…requires good lighting. I also need to stock up on candles and candle making supplies, and oil lamps and oil and lamp wicks. Fuel storage. When the power is out and the internet is down, gas and diesel may be unavailable to access or purchase, even if available. Secure more old tools. I don’t relish the thought of using a manual drill rather than my rechargeable cordless drill, but it would beat nothing. Work on learning about some outside cooking methods, such as solar ovens, grills, smoking pits. And securing more cast iron cookware. As someone in my early 50s, I have never been without modern conveniences. When I open the fridge, it’s always cold. When I flip a switch, I have all the light I need to read or prepare food. I’ve heard people older than myself tell of curing hams by hanging from the rafters in their house,…


Letter: Emergency Preparedness

…for your service. – K.H. EMA Director: We are retired professionals and volunteers with a background in both public and private sector emergency response. We are concerned about the critical infrastructure of our country and are volunteering our time and resources to help educate others who are still in active public and private capacities to help to improve our responses to threats and damage against our infrastructures, communities, and families. We are not selling anything or soliciting anything from you. We are merely providing you with some free information that can help you self assess your situations and help you to strengthen your critical systems that provide the basics of life to your communities, your families, and yourself. Every aspect of our daily lives have become extensively intertwined in the basic ordering, shipment, and delivery of all our goods and services via grid-based systems. No modern industry or production chain…


The Second Wave: Survivalist Turned MZBs, by Dave in Florida

…by exposing these potential flaws in common survival planning that I will protect my family and others from a deadly Second Wave attack or at least decrease its intensity. Possible Solutions So what to do? Unfortunately the answer is not all that easy. If you are planning to but out to a remote retreat you may want to consider finding one close enough to allow frequent trips for building infrastructure while the hardware stores are still open, doing test plantings to determine what really grows best while the Internet is still up to research your results. As we begun our own homestead these have been the things of our focus: 1) A reliable water supply capable of operating with out grid or petroleum power machinery. [JWR Adds: Nothing beats gravity-fed Spring water.] 2) Chicken, goat, and other small livestock shelters. 3) Construction of fencing for pastures, paddocks, and gardens. 4)…


How Long Can You Tread Water? by Tom S.

…because they are all tied into long distribution lines which would pickup, magnify and transmit the surge.  Although cars, computers, televisions, generators, etc. may or may not continue to be operational, a regional or national grid failure would cause a cascade of failures throughout the broader infrastructure due to our highly interdependent systems and “just in time” delivery systems. Even if cars and trucks still ran there would be no new fuel supplies.  The disruption would include communications (radio, television, phones, GPS), banking (including ATM machines and credit cards), cash registers at stores, medical, police (911 dispatching), fire fighting support, fuel and energy (including gas stations), transportation, food production, processing and delivery systems (including farm equipment, fertilizer and insecticides), water for consumption and irrigation, emergency services, satellites and the Internet. The fundamental force behind any and all modern industrial societies is electricity. A small nuclear weapon specifically designed to produce…


The 20% Solution, by Redoubting Thomas

…even provide manual farm labor?) However, you need to figure this out now. It is very difficult to do from the outside, and you won’t know how many solar panels you need before or what size windmill. It differs across the Redoubt, and they won’t be available after the crash. If you are already there, you can start building your personal para-grid infrastructure while renting and then transplant it when you find your ultimate final location. You need to ask or arrange work that you can do over the Internet, remotely, or have a portable skill. You need to sell your house now, not before the economy crashes and you can’t. Rent if you must. You need to find a location within the Redoubt and move there. College towns and many others have full broadband. It will be easier to look within a few hours drive from where you are…


Letter Re: Influenza Exercise Shows the Potential for Major Infrastructure Disruptions

Jim: I thought you and your readers might be interested in this flu pandemic exercise recently carried out by financial services firms. An article in Computerworld describes the scenario: “If a pandemic strikes the U.S., it will kill about 1.7 million people, hospitalize 9 million, exhaust antiviral medications and reduce basic food supplies…”, and, “Among the other things that may happen in an actual pandemic are school closings, as well as blackouts or brownouts in major metro areas because of degraded service as a result of absenteeism. Internet service throughput could be reduced by 50% due to congestion, and Web browsing timeouts would become common. Airlines would cut schedules, and garbage would pile up on streets.” The article’s fairly standard mainstream media flu pandemic coverage, the kind I’m sure we’ve all seen before. What makes this really interesting is that the scenario information used for the exercise has been posted…


The Current Nuclear Threat – Part 2, by John M.

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…could be misconstrued as an attack aimed at the Chinese mainland. This strategy could minimize retaliation from the U.S. If retaliation is prevented, U.S. troops would likely be brought home to restore order and rebuild the nation’s infrastructure. China might also offer assistance to the U.S. in these efforts. A major attack on the U.S. electrical grid and infrastructure has often been estimated to require a minimum of 18-24 months to recover. Many of the components required for the generation and distribution of electricity are expensive and take many months to reproduce. They are also massive in size, making them extremely difficult to move. Puerto Rico recently suffered from the devastation of Hurricane Maria, which left the country without power for more than a year. The small country is still trying to recover their electrical infrastructure. In these efforts, China might offer assistance as part of the peace negotiations. Once…