# Why a Cyberattack Catastrophe May Spur Action

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2121600734647198071
- Source account: [@wideawake_media](https://x.com/wideawake_media)
- Source language: English
- Duration: 1:05
- Published: 2026-11-14
- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/D3GitOzhWcEy/en/why-a-cyberattack-catastrophe-may-spur-action

## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/D3GitOzhWcEy/en/why-a-cyberattack-catastrophe-may-spur-action) There is consensus on cyberattacks, uh, which is exactly what these recent incidences are.

[0:08](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/D3GitOzhWcEy/en/why-a-cyberattack-catastrophe-may-spur-action?t=8) If you have a big cyberattack that caused a lot of problems, then people will say, "Okay, they were right.

[0:16](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/D3GitOzhWcEy/en/why-a-cyberattack-catastrophe-may-spur-action?t=16) The people who were talking about that were right."

[0:19](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/D3GitOzhWcEy/en/why-a-cyberattack-catastrophe-may-spur-action?t=19) So it may be that we have to suffer a few of the negatives, uh, before we'll, we'll respond as fully as we should.

[0:30](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/D3GitOzhWcEy/en/why-a-cyberattack-catastrophe-may-spur-action?t=30) Then when some of the negatives start to emerge, you have very concrete ideas in place, so people say, "Okay, you're right.

[0:40](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/D3GitOzhWcEy/en/why-a-cyberattack-catastrophe-may-spur-action?t=40) We don't want that to happen again." So I know that getting people into this dialogue is worthwhile, even though the risk that we'll allow a few events to happen, uh, is very high.

[0:54](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/D3GitOzhWcEy/en/why-a-cyberattack-catastrophe-may-spur-action?t=54) So in other words, what it's going to take for us as a country and a world to tackle this is not just a 12-page essay from Bill Gates, it could be a catastrophe.

[1:02](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/D3GitOzhWcEy/en/why-a-cyberattack-catastrophe-may-spur-action?t=62) That's fair. Wow.