Cyber attacks on utilities and business

[BlackeyedSusan]

R4 Sunday lunchtime news had interesting analysis of the likelihood of states launching cyber attacks on business or utilities etc in the UK. Previous programme has mentioned it as well saying it is possible that a large widespread attack could be launched but less likely as it is a one off.

Perhaps worth looking at prep again.

I need to get cash out as kids have been using up a lot recently.
Recheck my water/drink supplies.
Top up canned goods.
Keep the car filled up with petrol. (Using lots taking kid to college and it is one of my least favourite chores, sadly some members of this board will have burning ears as I mutter because they are right about keeping topped up and I don't like it!)

Banks are often a target for cyber attacks so having cash is always handy. Airports and ATC are another one that would cause chaos, just like the Cloudstrike outage earlier in the year, that wasn't a cyber attack but it caused disruption for days. AWS again is integrated into a lot of services so when that goes tits up or has any kind of disruption it's a nightmare. TV/Internet/phone network are another high risk target

Ultimately you can't really do any specific prep for cyber attacks other than having cash just in case banks/cash machines are disrupted. The usual possible situation preps should still be implemented, such as being ready for power cuts, water disruption, internet services going down and transport problems. Any of those could be effected by a cyber attack but beyond the normal prepping, there's not really anything specific or different that would apply in a cyber attack situation

How much cash do people keep? I am never sure how much is a sensible amount.

I always keep enough to fill the car with fuel and buy a whole week of groceries as a minimum. I think its enough to get me by, but not so much that if it was stolen from the house it would be a major hit.

I remember you BlackeyedSusanyou had an amazing list of preps.I started prepping for brevity and it was invaluable during covid.Nice to see you're still here!

Brexit not brevity 🙃

Enough for petrol
Bus fares
Top up shop (use your preps to tide you over) (milk bread)
Kids hobbies.

Both change and notes.
Not all in the same place.

Ditto above:not so much that you are in trouble if it is lost.

Thanks!

I'm autistic, I like lists! I collated them from everyone's contributions to the threads.

The stuff came in useful for Covid when a few of our family essentials were out of stock for months and someone else was doing our shopping.

I always keep £60 cash in my iPhone case for petrol in case machine not working.

Personally I believe Cyber, in one of its forms, is the most likely form of attack on most countries. Recent history tells us that hostile states are already testing and probing countries cyber defences.

I was on duty the day the NHS got hit by the Cyber attack in 2017. Nurses were coming out to our ambulances and borrowing the BM (blood sugar kits) and blood pressure cuffs as ours are manual and theirs's were electronic.

Fair to say Cyber is one of the main threats I prep for. Everything I need in my house has a "manual" alternative. I carry cash, but if electric tills go down (unless your very lucky or have exact change) that might not be much use. Its the little poorly defended system, think stock control at a distribution centre, rather than railway signals I am more worried about.