Cyberattacks or Likely Cyberattacks on American Infrastructure

Matsufubu said:
I actually thought you were making a tongue-in-cheek joke, so I looked it up.

Wow.

Elected November 2020...can't think why...
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"DEI Mayor" was trending so big on twitter this week that it must have reached up to him and hurt his little fee fees. He thinks this is bad, just wait to see what comes next. Maybe next time don't go out of your way to hurt other good people who have bent over backwards helping you and asking nothing in return.
 
It_Is_My_Time said:
The mayor of Baltimore
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He talks like this all the time on local tv, trying to be hard. This punk is a half ass Black version of Martin O'Malley. He's openly took money from all the special interest that runs Baltimore. He playing up to the race card because he is down in polls to Shelia Dixon, another disgraced mayor who got charged with crimes during her time. This town has a thing for criminals.

The only reason he won in 2020 because he was positioned as a fresh face after the Catherine Pugh pay to play scheme debacle. The choices were him, Shelia Dixon and some weird Indian guy that runs for every post. Republicans never win in Baltimore, even when it was White majority.

The weird thing to me is that the bridge is not technically in Baltimore city limits, but in Baltimore County. So why are they talking to him and not John Olszewski, the county executive. Or even that muppet Wes Moore since it will affect the whole state.They're all clowns so the results would be a sh*tshow.
 
Lara Logan goes into more detail on her cyberattack theory.



BALTIMORE UPDATE: Analysis from specialists in predictive behavioral analytics, counter-terrorism, hazardous materials, maritime attacks, cyber, national security & intel - this is their view:

Based on their training & experience, they believe this was two types of operation:

1) “Penetration testing” where they are probing/testing to identify vulnerabilities in our responses and defences,

AND

2) a shaping operation to set the conditions and prepare the battlefield for a potential future event.

The concern is that other critical infrastructure disruptions/hits recently that appeared to be independent, isolated events, MAY not be. For example, the Ohio chemical disaster, train derailments, fires at food processing plants etc when taken in isolation do not appear to be that significant but when taken together, could indicate shaping or stacking operations that are paving the way for a bigger event where they do any number of these types of operations together. That could potentially paralyze the U.S..

So the critical question our government should be answering right now is this:

“When will they trigger a multiple episode that causes the paralysis effect?”

Some of the indicators are how many incidents have occurred within “a relatively short timeline” & what they see as the departure from what is “normal”.

They believe those in charge will make sure the investigation into the bridge crash “goes nowhere quick”.

And one of the goals here is to give the public mental anesthesia while they test this, using train derailments or exposure to chemicals in Ohio where they told everyone to shelter indoors - to ask questions like: Did they comply? Is this going to successfully deceive & cause behavioural change?

They use the media to create the assumptive narrative - do not want the facts analyzed because they do not want people processing the truth. Truth naturally leads to questions they do not want asked.

But it would be “foolish and naive at the expense of national security not to question the Government narrative on the Baltimore bridge crash given the level of corruption in spheres of power and influence in this country today”.

With many years of experience in “spoofing” - the tactic used in cyber warfare to hack into someones’s system and deceive in order to achieve a certain outcome - they recognized multiple indicators watching the video that tell them the GPS signal was likely hacked. It would have led them to believe they were not as close to the bridge as they were and may be why in the video you see the crazy lean to port and then to hard starboard as they realized they were not on course in spite of the GPS indicating they were.

In information warfare terms, here are some of the tactics they see being used now that many of you will recognize:

1) Engineered complexity - where they throw in nonsensical variables (information) to distract. This is designed to keep you from serially processing multiple channels & give you processing overload that prevents you from toggling different channels of information.

IE: they create processing decoys to distract you from truth.

2) They are trying to reframe the issue by focusing on details that do not matter. They do this by throwing in a variable that is not relevant to the main equation.

3) Common sense, skepticism and intelligence are huge “overlays” that get in the way of manipulating human behavior so they analyze you to learn how to create channel overload as you toggle/handle different channels of information such as the speed of the boat, temperature of the water etc.

3) They need to load you up with enough variance to create channel overload so you create an error that they can use to discredit you. One way is to create doubt in yourself. Most effective because you make yourself less efficient when your brain is processing self-doubt. And it will propogate into the future.

“Population so much easier to dupe today than 20 years ago.”
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UPDATE: Baltimore Bridge Collapse

The NTSB Chair Confirms 56 containers, or 764 tons of hazardous material were Found on the Ship

Some of the containers "Were Breached" and a sheen was seen in the waterway. Of course… 🤦🏻‍♂️

• Mostly corrosives
• Flammables
• Miscellaneous Class 9 Hazardous material, which would include Lithium Ion Batteries

• Federal, State, and local authorities are aware and will be addressing those issues..

MY THOUGHTS:
As long as they don’t do an [un]controlled burn like East Palestine… 🤦🏻‍♂️

Baltimore is corrupt and democrats run the state, so I don’t feel good about the leaders.

This has the potential to be very dangerous and is ripe for opportunists or bad actors to cause chaos.

Hopefully they get this under control, and fast.

The key here is to get the bridge off of the ship and get those materials secure as fast as possible.

The Army Corp of Engineers is reportedly working on how to remove the bridge.

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MUST READ UPDATE: Baltimore Bridge Collapse

The Cargo Ships BLACK BOX Reveals the VDR Sensor Data “Ceased” Recording for 2 Minutes Prior to Impact

🔴 NTSB investigator Marcel Muise held a press conference to reveal the data on the DALI’s black box, also known as the Voyage Data Recorder (VDR).

• Approximately 6 hours of VDR data was provided to NTSB, with the time period between 12am-6am

• By regulation, VDR’s are required to record 30 days of history

• The quality of audio varies due to background noise and alarms — additional analysis will be performed at NTSB Lab to improve its quality.

🔴 TIMESTAMPS

• 12:39am, the ship departed

• At 1:07am (kek) the ship entered the channel

• At 1:24am, VDR Sensor Data CEASED recording…
— the VDR Audio continued recording being on a redundant power source.

• 1:26am, VDR resumed recording sensor data. No redundancy? 🤔

• 1:26am, the pilot made a general VHF for tugs in the vicinity to assist

• 1:27am, pilot ordered the DALI to drop the port anchor and ordered additional steering commands.

• 1:27am, the pilot issued a radio call reporting the DALI had lost all power

• At this time, MDTA duty officer radioed two of their units that were already on the bridge, due to construction, and order them to close traffic.

• 1:29am, the ship made contact with the bridge

• 1:29am, the DALI Pilot made contact with the Coast Guard to report the bridge down

🔴 MAIN TAKEAWAYS….

• The VDR Sensor Data is “missing” 2 minutes of data? Do you know how important this data is?

The VDR Sensor data records critical Information related to the operation of a vessel:
— ship speed
— engine RPM
— ships course and heading
— rutter angle
— as well as information on the ship's communications with other vessels, the ship's crew, and any external systems or equipment.

This does not look good…

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Sabonis73 said:
Lara Logan goes into more detail on her cyberattack theory.


With many years of experience in “spoofing” - the tactic used in cyber warfare to hack into someones’s system and deceive in order to achieve a certain outcome - they recognized multiple indicators watching the video that tell them the GPS signal was likely hacked. It would have led them to believe they were not as close to the bridge as they were and may be why in the video you see the crazy lean to port and then to hard starboard as they realized they were not on course in spite of the GPS indicating they were.
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This is very plausible.
While I would like to believe in gross negligence: Dali was reported to have engine room issues before, USCG experiencing personnel shortages and budgetary cuts may have been unable to properly inspect the vessel when it sailed into American waters, Baltimore port workers were reporting rolling power outages over the last few days (apparently refrigerated container boxes were overloading the ship's grid) and the ship went through a routine engine maintenance in Baltimore (DEI mechanics ??)
But an engine room failure, or a power outage, does not explain why the ship was on a collision course with the bridge in the first place - after all the pilot didn't attempt a risky evasion manouver just for giggles. So yeah, a malware infection doesn't really sound that absurd - it actually makes some things clearer.
 
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Even if it was a cyberattack, our government will not admit it at this stage to keep people from panicking.

Same story as COVID. No one dared to suggest COVID could spread from China or that it could be dangerous. Then it became the most dangerous thing in the world.

Honestly, the truth doesn't matter at all anymore. The sheeple will lap up whatever propaganda is served and we probably should be thankful they aren't whipping up a war frenzy with cyberattack propaganda.
 
Ships stuck in the port of Baltimore.

"There are 3 bulk carriers, 2 general cargo ships, 1 vehicle carrier, 1 tanker, 4 Ready Reserve Force vessels, and the container ship Dali now trapped behind the fallen bridge. Using AIS data and the public ship databases, we have been able to locate details on each.

The three bulk carriers include:
- The Liberian-flagged JY River, owned by JIADE INTERNATIONAL SHIP and managed by WAH KWONG SHIP MANAGEMENT HK of Hong Kong.
- The Thailand-flagged Phatra Naree, owned by PRECIOUS STONES SHIPPING LTD and managed by PRECIOUS SHIPPING PCL of Thailand.
- The Portuguese-flagged Klara Oldendorff, owned and managed OLDENDORFF CARRIERS GMBH & CO of Germany.

The general cargo ships include:
- The French-flagged Saimaagracht, owned by REDERIJ SAIMAAGRACHT and managed by SPLIETHOFF’S BEVRACHTINGS BV of the Netherlands.
- The Panama-flagged Balsa 94, owned by EASTERN CAPITAL MARINE INC and managed by HIONG GUAN NAVEGACION CO LTD of Hong Kong.

The vehicle carrier is:
- The Swedish-flagged Carmen, owned by WALL RO/RO AB and managed by WALLENIUS MARINE AB of Sweden.

The tanker is:
- The Marshall Islands-flagged Palanca Rio, owned by MINSHENG RUIYANG TIANJIN SHPG and managed by PUMA ENERGY SUPPLY & TRADING of Singapore.

The U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) Ready Reserve Force vessels include:
- The Cape Washington, a Cape W Class roll-on/roll-off vessel.
- The Gary I. Gordon, a Gordon-class roll-on/roll-off vessel.
- The SS Antares (T-AKR-294), a Algol-class fast sealift vehicle cargo ship.
- The SS Denebola (T-AKR-294), another Algol-class fast sealift vehicle cargo ship.
The Ready Reserve Force (RRF) is a subset of vessels within MARAD’s National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF) that provide surge sealift capability to the Department of Defense. The ships are owned, crewed, and maintained by MARAD, but come under control of Military Sealift Command once activated.

There are also countless tugs and smaller vessels."
 


JUST IN: Baltimore port worker claims the Dali cargo ship had a "severe electrical problem" just days before it crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge.

Container Royalty co-administrator Julie Mitchell said the ship was having issues 48 hours before the crash.

"Those two days, they were having serious power outages… they had a severe electrical problem. It was total power failure, loss of engine power, everything," she said. (CNN)

Mitchell claims the refrigerated containers tripped breakers on the ship multiple times and mechanics tried fixing the issue.

Mitchell said that power problems are rare on cargo ships like the Dali and that it should never have left the port until the issue was fixed.

An officer on the Dali says the ship went "dead" and everything went dark.

"The vessel went dead, no steering power and no electronics... The smell of burned fuel was everywhere in the engine room and it was pitch black," they said.
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MrRedsquare said:
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I imagine that the process of removing all the debris, followed by recreating new structural supports (which likely can't use any part of the previous foundation) will take an enormously long time. These factors will complicate the matter much more than just building a new bridge from scratch.

Regarding the planned disaster / conspiracy angle.. It's certainly in the realm of possibility, but I doubt that any concrete proof will ever emerge. Still, if there was some type of predictive programming about this particular bridge and it was in an obama production, that would make the conspiracy angle sound more likely.

I've never seen that movie, but the screenshot posted certainly looks AI generated (is the actual film animated?). An internet search shows all the trusted fact checkers deboonking it, but i can't find any video of this bridge scene.
 
Salvage work had to be put on hold as soon as it begun - turns out, there's a municipal gas pipeline running below the crash site.
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(...) yesterday operations were paused indefinitely. The concern came during the due diligence process when salvage engineers discovered a high-pressure gas line near the wreckage. According to one source, both the Department of Transportation’s US Maritime Administration (MARAD) and the US Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) have been notified.
A pipeline safety expert from PHMSA confirmed concerns about a particular pipeline. They informed us, off the record, that the operator was notified and the pipeline has been isolated and depressurized. PHMSA records indicate that the pipeline, which carries natural gas under high pressure, is owned by Baltimore Gas And Electric (BGE). It remains unclear when BGE was alerted and when the pipeline was shut down.
Despite the shutdown, salvage teams aren’t willing to further risk the ship, the crew, and their own members. They require a review of the undersea documents and a survey of the pipeline before resuming.
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Good essay by Tom L :


The TL, DR version is that he believes someone in Europe cyberattacked America to send a message.

"If you ditch us with Ukraine, we'll make sure America pays!!"

Think of the Nord Stream bombing, but in reverse. Just like America did the Nord Stream bombing to prevent Germany from defecting, the Francis Key Scott bridge cyberattack was probably done by Britain or France to make sure America understands they cannot dump Ukraine onto their shoulders after making a huge mess of things.

And naturally, of course, each of these little countries have chew puppeteers with their own financial interests in mind.
 
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