The claim
A short video with Klaus Schwab is supposed to show how he announces a major cyber attack.
Our conclusion
The video is from July 2020 and shows just 35 seconds of the over 11-minute-long opening speech for an international online cybersecurity exercise. In context, it becomes clear that Klaus Schwab is describing a scenario that could occur if a huge cyberattack were to take place and no government was prepared for it. But he does not announce a cyber attack.
World Economic Forum 2023 is currently taking place in Davos, which explains why conspiracy myths surrounding WEF founder Klaus Schwab are now sprouting up again.
In a 35-second video accompanied by dramatic images, he is supposed to announce a major cyber attack - at least that's what many of the video's disseminators claim. Yes, of course, the “bad guys” always announce their plans in public speeches, right?
The claim
In numerous tweets , for example, the is distributed with the claim that Klaus Schwab is announcing a major cyber attack:
The conspiracy myth bubble agrees that the next big threat will be a cyber attack, which has now even been announced by Klaus Schwab. At least one person even claims that you would then only be able to access the Internet with a biometric digital ID.
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The video is also on Instagram
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What Klaus Schwab says in the video excerpt
He literally says the following in the video:
“Pay insufficient attention to the frightening scenario of a comprehensive cyberattack which would bring to a complete halt to the power supply, transportation, hospital services, our society as a whole. The COVID-19 crisis would be seen in this respect as a small disturbance in comparison to a major cyberattack.”
The German translation:
“Not enough attention is being paid to the horror scenario of a full-scale cyberattack that would disrupt power supplies, transportation, hospital services and our society as a whole. The COVID-19 crisis would be viewed as a minor disruption compared to a major cyberattack in this regard.”
At the latest in the German translation it should be clear that Schwab is speaking in the possible form, i.e. he is describing a possible scenario and not announcing a cyber attack.
The video is from 2020 - The context
The video shows just a small excerpt from Schwab's opening speech at Cyber Polygon 2020 , an international online cybersecurity exercise. The entire comment lasts over 11 minutes, the split excerpt can be seen from minute 6:45:
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He acknowledged in the opening remarks, among other things, that following the rise in cybercrime fueled by the pandemic, governments and the cybersecurity community now face the challenge of ensuring the security of the Internet.
His words become even clearer in the shared video when you hear the context in which he hears the scenario, which of course is not accompanied by dramatic images and music in the original:
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Here again what Schwab says, but also with the words before and after to better show the context. The excerpt that can be heard in the shared video is printed in bold:
“We all know, but still pay insufficient attention to the frightening scenario of a comprehensive cyberattack which would bring to a complete halt to the power supply, transportation, hospital services, our society as a whole. The COVID-19 crisis would be seen in this respect as a small disturbance in comparison to a major cyberattack. “To use the COVID-19 crisis as a timely opportunity to reflect on the lessons the cybersecurity community can draw and improve our unpreparedness for a potential cyber-pandemic.”
In German:
“We all know the horror scenario of a full-scale cyberattack that would disrupt power, transportation, hospital services and our society as a whole, but we still don’t pay enough attention to it. In this regard, the COVID-19 crisis would be seen as a minor disruption compared to a major cyberattack. The COVID-19 crisis should be used as a timely opportunity to reflect on the lessons the cybersecurity community can learn and to improve our preparedness for a potential cyber pandemic.”
Conclusion
The video dates back to July 2020 and was created as the opening speech of an international online cybersecurity exercise. In context, it becomes clear that Klaus Schwab is describing a scenario that could occur if a huge cyberattack were to take place and no government was prepared for it. But he does not announce a cyber attack.
Such tabetop events take place several times a year, and the World Economic Forum alone organizes them again and again . In this context, conspiracy mythists like to highlight Event 201, which, according to them, was a preparation for the corona pandemic ( we reported ).
This makes it very clear that conspiracy mythists do a certain amount of cherry-picking, because there have often been events about climate change in the past - but this is then often denied by the same people, and the events are never seen as an “announcement of the next catastrophe”. .
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Also interesting: According to several Sharepics, Klaus Schwab is said to have said or written, either in a speech or in the book “The Great Reset”, that at least 4 billion “useless eaters” must be eliminated by 2050.
But the true source is someone completely different. – No, Klaus Schwab never talked about eliminating 4 billion “useless eaters”!
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