Another Email Confirms My Novel May be more Fact than Fiction

I just received an email from Dirck Storm, who confirmed that journalist Vic Livingston from Philadelphia, has in fact been harassed by some of the technologies I mention in my novel, Dark End of the Spectrum.

What's intriguing about his email are the links at the end. One site has information I read about five years ago during the initial research for Dark End of the Spectrum about how the Russians turned a conventional microwave oven into a deadly weapon. I included this information in one of the chapters of the book where one of the main characters tells how his wife died of cancer caused by this heinous weapon.

While this information is eye opening, I used it in my book for dramatic purposes and sort of half believed it. Now, it appears it may have been true.

Here's Mr. Storm's email and make sure you read my earlier post about Vic Livingston and how he says he has lived and breathed the dark end of the electromagnetic spectrum.

"Dear Mr. Policastro,

I am writing to confirm that what Vic Livingston wrote to you about his having been thrown into what has sometimes been described as a virtual global prison, replete with its uniquely tormenting features, is unfortunately all too true.  I do not personally know Mr. Livingston, but my own experience of being harassed in every conceivable nonelectronic and electronic fashion -- in ways that are essentially deniable and impossible to prove -- for nearly two decades leaves me no other choice but to endure this evil and engage in whatever feeble efforts I can to help end this monstrosity.

Because of its extreme sophistication, its utterly opaque leadership, its devastating physical and financial effects on its targets, and its now global reach, the targets are typically left with nothing but mutual consolation and ineffectual appeals to the authorities for help, and that is if they are lucky enough to figure out that others around the world have been similarly inducted nonconsensually into this unprecedented program. 

Knowing how extremely difficult it must be for any nontarget to understand what, how, and why this is happening, I would only ask your forebearance and time sufficient to read a couple of the better overviews of this covert hell on Earth, obviously written by targets without the benefit of a full explanation by the directors of these outrageous but deniable violations of human rights:

http://www.catchcanada.net/ (a cogent summary of what's happening)
http://raven1.net/ (longer initial page, with many other pages for further info)
http://overcontrol.webs.com (single long page with technology and relevant historical information)

Sincerely yours,
Dirck Storm"

Dark End of the Spectrum predicted Conficker Worm

When I finished my novel, DARK END OF THE SPECTRUM, I had created a plot involving an Internet worm using botnets that takes over the US power grid and cell phone network. And the worm is unstoppable.

In addition to providing entertainment, I hoped it would raise awareness to the possible threats that confronted the Internet and US infrastructure such as utilities, communications, and transportation. I still hope the book will do that.

My idea for the plot was spawned after Hurricane Fran hit Wilmington, NC in 1996 and left us without power for three days. Then I realized how much we depend on electricity and take it for granted. Think about it - every appliance in your home is useless without electricity. Most people have experienced a blackout for only a few hours, but when it turns into days, it really hits home how critical electricity is in our everyday lives.

I then imagined that if hackers could control the power grid and where electricity is sent it could be a disaster and this is what helped me create Dark End of the Spectrum.

And now in the past few weeks, the Conficker Worm is The Dark End of the Spectrum coming true. The worm is unstoppable. It uses an army of botnets to infect computers and complete its mission(s) and it's purpose is to steal credit card numbers.

What if its creators programmed it to take over the power grid or cell phone network? Would the government and all the computer security organizations be able to stop it?

I predict that the Conficker Worm is just the tip of the iceberg and I see more harmful and more disastrous events happening with the Conficker Worm and its predescessors unless the government, organizations, and corporations heed the warnings of the security professionals and beef up their online security.

Want to know more. Take a look at my press release for more on my statement at PRLOG or download a copy of DARK END OF THE SPECTRUM.





Press Release
Raleigh Novelist and Hacker Researcher says worse to come by Conficker Worm and Other Cyber Threats

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Sources for the press release:

CNN - http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/04/01/tech.viruses/index.html
The New York Times - http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/04/01/technology/tech-us-security-virus.html?_r=1&hpw
The Wall Street Journal - http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123914805204099085.html#articleTabs%3Darticlarticle/SB123914805204099085.html#articleTabs%3Darticl

Additional resources:

ZDNet - http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=3110&tag=nl.e550
ZDNet on the power grid infiltration - http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=16001&tag=nl.e539
Scientific American - http://www.sciam.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=spies-hack-us-electricity-grid-2009-04-09

Hurricane Fran photo courtesy of Wikipedia

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