How do you prepare specifically for a cyber attack?

[ShiftingSands21]

I imagine having cash would be a start. What else?

There's probably not much you could do tbh.

Have enough cash at home to cover the basics and have hard copies of any important documents is about all I can think of.

Make sure you have offline copies of anything you need. So phone numbers or any password databases. Or any info or documents you need to access regularly.

Have cash. Paper copies of documents, power cut kit. Another means to cook if you reply on electricity for cooking

Books. Of things you need to look up.

(Cookery/gardening/prepping/revision)

Keep up to date with filling up your car.

Keep cash in small denominations and change.

Print out your favourite photos especially baby photos etc.

Keep a list of email addresses/phone numbers on paper.

Think what is run by computer and think of an alternative. Eg what if they targeted the electricity grid? ( Well general prepping should cover most of that)

If you can have current accounts in two different banks...

I have made certain I have people's addresses and numbers written down.
I've got a little bit of cash tucked away.
As above post, my car remains fuelled as far as poss.
We have well stocked larder and medicine cabinet.
We have food that could be eaten without needing cooking, and a spare tin opener.
A hot water bottle each and plenty of blankets.
We have entertainment ie books, craft supplies, pens and paper as we realised we spend a lot of time watching telly and scrolling.
Servicing my pushbike tomorrow.

Got an extra month's supply of pet medication.
Wind up torch/radio/ charger from Amazon.
Water purifying tablets and a purifying straw.
A warm coat and walking shoes.
Torches, batteries.

As I've said on other threads, my 'preps' would not go far if things were really difficult for long, but we can hunker down and cope till panic dies down and communities start to work together.

Placemarking

Re charger I'm aware that Internet and phones won't work, but I don't know if things thst have been downloaded onto devices like kindle and podcasts would work.

Are people expecting a cyber attack on a large scale?? (Wondering if I should be going to the bank tomorrow...)

I think we just don't know @Furbaby2842
I do general prepping 'lite' where I think about what I would wish I had if the services we're so used to were unavailable for a bit, or if we had to evacuate or suddenly stay at home.
I don't want to be rushing about trying to get cash or queuing for petrol at the same time as everyone else at the very last minute.
I haven't got loads of cash as if the shit really hit the fan we'd all be in same boat of not paying mortgage etc. I just have a bit of 'float'.

Keep offline records of important stuff
Keep a float of cash and get a chequebook

Generally prep to be able to last a week or so because there could be outages of absolutely anything. (Time period is just a wild stab in the dark, assuming outages will be random but each will be fixed in a couple of days)

Also, continue to use offline ways of doing things, so they continue to exist.

Water. The one thing we all need. I have some 10 litre bottles.

Good point about continuing to use offline ways of doing things Edith

Yes water!

Long term power outage means no water coming out of the taps

@Ashford

Re charger I'm aware that Internet and phones won't work, but I don't know if things thst have been downloaded onto devices like kindle and podcasts would work.

As long as the device is charged, the downloaded things will work.

Thank you ofwarren I thought so but then wondered if I was being a bit niave.

Think camping in your own home. Those poor folks who have been without power for a week following winter storms could probably give us some tips. We were without hot water for months when the kids were small due to boiler failure and no money to fix it. You get very good at washing with very little water. I would keep a few flannels, sponges, a good bucket and a way to heat a small amount of water. We cook by gas but if that and electric goes off we have a camping stove and natural fuel stove. Could walk to work if I really needed to but would take about an hour and a half each way.

We had a 36 hour power and internet cut a few years ago (and home broadband was a week longer).
We were very glad of our UPS, open fire and gas hob. We no longer have a gas hob though, so I should think about getting a camping stove.

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Torches, candles and a camping stove. If power goes nothing works, we have regular power cuts so have everything ready in the winter.

What's the best way to keep
copies of key documents? Cloud obviously no good, thumb drive easily lost and not secure. Thoughts? Do I just do it the old fashioned way and photocopy them??

Paper copies in a fire proof filing cabinet.

Back up on hard drives, and keep the hard drive somewhere very safe. Esp personal info / docs and photos which you would lose otherwise, and anything important like draft of thesis.

Sorry to be silly but…what sort of paper documents would I need and what would I be doing with them??

Just things like birth certificates really

Extra torches, battery's, hot water bottles, thermal tights to go under things, camping stove, extra water, easiblily cooked things, nuts/calorie high foods, money, solid fuels, lots of fun things, action plan for the children if power goes so they don't get scared and have something to focus on