WORLD NEWS: World War III is here, and we are blind - Its Cybergeddon says Simon Smith, Cyber Expert

MELBOURNE, Australia - Dec. 23, 2016 - PRLog -- If this is not enough evidence that the world is in trouble then what is?

This story relates to an article from BBC News, regarding a Virgin Flight WiFi hotspot security 'incident' found at the end of this press release.

"After reading that article, I am appalled, ashamed, speechless and feel the most insecure in my country and in the world as I have ever felt", Mr. Simon Smith stated to the media today. Mr. Smith is a highly qualified Cybersecurity Computer Forensics Private Investigator expert and CSO of eVestigator.

"I have always stated in my 20 years of programming and IT teaching and expert experience that 'the human is the weakest link in any information system' but until now, sadly I didn't realise how - to be frank - rediculous this was. Humans now show to be the biggest danger to the next world war in my eyes and the Governments of the world must take note as the next world war is going to be created by us, our lack of understanding and known as Cybergeddon", according to a statement made in response to this article by Mr Smith.

It was Mr. Smith's strong view that if the world is concerned about political affairs, nuclear warfare, threats of terror, but cannot observe the most simplest "primary school knowledge based trick" then Mr. Smith strongly stated that there is something seriously wrong with the priorities, spending and the way the world sees security. Mr. Smith's success and Acadamics is painted on his website.

"What alarms me about this story, is its systemic undereducated nature. Something so basic that is in 80% of consumer homes has the ability to disrupt and fool an entire aircraft and its' staff who are experts. My point here is, this most simplest trick fooled smart pilots and staff so easily, and amongst confusion comes the ability for mind manipulation and real cyber-terrorism", he said.

He also knows the mindset of cyber-criminals. Mr. Smith maintains that one must look at the human element and the destructive path to confusion that this example has caused. He compares it to opening up a sealed container of bees. Each bee stings one person who is then capable of performing an act of Cyber-terrorism.

"If we as humans cannot understand what a WiFi hotspot is, yet we are given the power as jury to send someone to jail, or power as voters, to elect a President or Prime Minister who can send a nuclear missile, we must be nothing but absolutely incompetent as we are electing ourselves into World War III", Mr. Smith said.

"We are not dealing with people here that are of below average IQ. We are dealing with extremely smart people. Pilots have such an aptitude for mathematics, science and logic comparable to that of very few industries. On the other hand, an airline takes care of your life, operates technical instruments uses sensitive global positioning systems and lands you in one piece. There is so much training and skill, it is beyond belief. Whenever I land, I continue to believe it is the workings of science fiction", Mr. Smith stated.

However Mr. Smith, being a logical centred person could not understand one piece of this puzzle. "Despite the pilot, mission control and all staff being well tasked, not one person could understand what a consumer 802.11ghz WiFi hotspot was? In today's age, I would say if I was to ask a Grade 3 student that question I would most likely get a correct answer. If I was to ask the Government, a Magistrate or a Judge, I most likely would not. This is a disgrace, there is no excuse as it affects all our lives", Mr. Smith strongly stated.

"This illustrates one of my strongest findings in every single Cybersecurity breach or alleged breach I come across and I stand by this finding. There is almost always an element of human failure from the reporting person that is dare I say, almost always uninformed.", Mr. Smith said.

"If the world is investing money in preparing itself for wars, spending billions of dollars, when really they forgotten the biggest war of all. This is a war that, I can say has the ability to shutdown entire world operations through the combination of human incompetence and mind manipulation, with minor IT knowledge which play on human weaknesses. Hacking involves no magic. When I have caught scammers about 20% of my energy goes into forensics, and 80% goes into intelligence", stated Mr. Smith.

"If the public is not able to detect the most simple consumer trick, then we are going to see a world of mind, computer, and government manipulation, cyber-terrorism and censorship, augmented reality gone wrong, all at such simplicity. In fact they may not even be labelled crimes! Unless the Government's of the world come together and recognise these flaws, and pay particular attention to what I am saying here, they are never going to realise the weakness of the mind first. The mind is very powerful, and it is humans that control computers. When the human is given a false perception of reality, you have just ignited Cybergeddon", Mr. Smith warned.

This press release is based on, and in response to the following attributed story reported by the BBC: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-38404711

To contact Mr. Smith for any media requests please follow the instructions below or contact http://www.evestigator.com.au or email forensic@evestigator.com.au.