“What-if It Were True?!”
The official fake news page for breaking stories in support of the T-REX 2024 Training Exercise.
The news stories posted here are intended to enhance the exercise scenario and add plausible, realistic news stories to support the simulated emergency environment for participants.
WIWT BREAKING!
18 July 2024
“Handbook of Chaos” Among Recovered Backpack Items at Border
A Border Patrol agent speaking on condition of anonymity reported to WIWT News that late last week a back-pack was recovered after the arrest of one Maoistani male attempting to cross into the US with two others. The agent reported that among cash and clothing was a hand-written booklet contained sketches and lists of what appear to be critical infrastructure targets in America. The booklet was written in Maoistani, and the portions which they were able to translate before they were ordered to hand it over to DHS officials, the agent said, was “downright frightening.” Among the other alleged “targets” listed were municipal water supply systems in multiple cities, fiber optic access sites, railroads, internet server locations, and bulk food storage facilities. In several places the translation into English literally read the word “chaos.” Several attempts by the agent to follow up on the status of the Maoistani who had been apprehended, and the disposition of the captured book, have resulted in frustrating dead ends. “It’s as if this guy, and the book he had on him, just vanished. Everyone’s acting like none of it ever existed.” The agent stated.
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WIWT BREAKING!
18 July 2024
Internet Service Providers Seeing Major Brand Router Attacks
Joe Snuffy – WIWT Techology Correspondent
Some of you know that after I retired, I worked for a local Internet Service provider (ISP). I still keep in touch with them. Former co-workers in the company told me today that they have been scrambling for the past day to keep up with a huge number of attacks on their routers. The attacks appear to be affecting two brands of very well know routers. These attacks are putting a serious burden on traffic flow, but as of now no major service interruptions or outages have occurred. When customers call to report service issues, they are asking the customers be patient as they work to shield their network from these attacks. They also advise all customers to make sure security updates and patches are installed on their own computers and networks. (Simulated exercise.)
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16 July 2024
ICE Agents on Tuesday morning arrested a male citizen from Maoistan who had illegally entered the country. In an official press release, an ICE spokesperson stated that the arrest was the result of an anonymous caller reporting a suspicious person taking photographs of “military facilities” in southern California. No specific military base was mentioned. The license plate which was reported led to a rental agency which used GPS tracking to locate the rental car at a San Diego area motel. It was not clear what information led to the involvement of ICE. However, the press release confirmed one Maoistani male had been taken into custody, along with several cell phones, a laptop, and a professional camera containing photos of military facilities, power sub stations, and other “critical infrastructure.” The ICE spokesperson stated that the nature of the photographs was “alarming” to DHS officials, and that they are working closely with the FBI to initiate an investigation.
No further details were provided, and ICE had not responded to contact requests by WIWT at the time of this article.
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15 July 2024
FBI WARNS MAJOR CYBER ATTACK IMMINENT
FBI National Director, Cray Wistopher, testified in a Congressional hearing today that new intelligence indicates a strong presence of Maoistani Cyber Attack incidents. “We have not seen this scale of attempted hacks. Ever.” Although he insists that the best minds are running counter measures, he states that these attacks are so unique, they are believed to be predecessors to “something much, much larger yet to come, and probably soon.” When pressed by the Congressional Committee asking about the imminence of the threat, Wistopher stated “Yes, absolutely. I would say it is imminent.” Although he could not specify a timeline.
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