On July 9 and 10, 2021, the World Economic Forum held its third Cyber Polygon exercise, an exercise designed to simulate a hacker attack with serious global consequences. Klaus Schwab and other players publicly place cyberattacks high on their list of serious threats – even before the coronavirus crisis. They speak, quite literally, of an impending “cyber pandemic.” Also striking is the involvement of Russia in Cyber Polygon. As in previous years, the Russian state-affiliated Sberbank is the host and initiator of the simulation.
