Choices

 

The world is bracing for a global cyberwar as Russia invades Ukraine

“I think it’s very possible, but I think it’s also important that we reflect on the reality of cyberwar,” John Hultquist, vice president of intelligence analysis at Mandiant, told CNBC.

“It’s easy to hear that term and compare it to real war. But the reality is, most of the cyberattacks we’ve seen have been nonviolent, and largely reversible.”

"most of the cyberattacks we’ve seen"

(A good poker player gonna show you their hand right up front?)

Spillover’

Toby Lewis, head of threat analysis at Darktrace, said the attacks have so far been largely focused on supporting Russia’s physical invasion of Ukraine.

“It is the physical land and territory that Russia appears to seek rather than economic leverage, for which a cyber-first campaign may be more effective,” he told CNBC.

"rather than economic leverage, for which a cyber-first campaign may be more effective"

(That comes next, after the retaliation.)

“We have long theorized that cyberattacks are going to be part of any nation-state’s arsenal and I think what we’re witnessing for the first time frankly in human history is cyberattacks have become the weapon of first strike,” Hitesh Sheth, CEO of Vectra AI, told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Asia” on Friday.

Sheth suggested Russia could launch retaliatory cyberattacks in response to Western sanctions announced earlier this week.

“I would fully expect that, given what we are witnessing with Russia overtly attacking Ukraine with cyberattacks, that they would have covert channels as a way to attack institutions that are being deployed to curtail them in the financial community,” he said.

(the electrical grid and banking sectors...just like somebody was mentioning earlier in the week...)

Choices:

Either the luckiest SOB to ever live to keep getting so much correct...Or there is an "unseen power worthy of reverence" at play. Your choice. 

Choose wisely, eternity is at stake.

Godspeed.