By now everyone and their dog has heard about the existential threat of the Chinese bulk carrier fleet. The People of the Free World™ are rightfully cowering in fear of the diabolical Chinese plot to plunge Europe back into the pre-digital Dark Ages by cutting their undersea internet cables. But are we sufficiently afraid of the Salt Typhoon?

No, I’m not talking about the latest DARPA-directed weather weapon. I’m talking about the shadowy Chinese government-linked “hacking collective,” which—as the US Department of Homeland Security and their media mouthpieces helpfully inform us—is behind a “recent sweeping Chinese infiltration into a slew of telecommunications firms and infrastructure.”

If you haven’t heard of “Salt Typhoon” or “FamousSparrow” or “UNC4841” or whatever cool nickname cybersecurity researchers are giving to China’s shadowy hacker army this week, I have a feeling you’ll be hearing about it in the near future. After all, we’ve known for years that the next spectacular false flag event is likely to be a “virtual flag,” and, as Newsweek advises us, “China’s Hacker Army Outshines America.”

But wait, there’s more! Even if you are aware of (and sufficiently scared of) Salt Typhoon, it turns out that there’s an even bigger Chinese cyber threat on the horizon for you to worry about: the “AI gap.”

Never heard of it? Then buckle in, because you’re in for a wild ride through one of the military-industrial complex’s most successful psyops.