Cysects attack
Wild Card's progress: fully-fledged
This Wild Card came from:
European Commission Framework Programme for RTD
The theme/scheme related to this Wild Card:
Theme 10 - Security
The sub-theme that best relates to this Wild Card:
Security and society
Likelihood timeframe and scenario features :
now-2050
Wild Card's description
Terrorists or criminal organisation uses remote-controlled swarms of "cyborg insects" (insects with implanted electronics) to infect people and/or animals or agricultural crops with biochemical agents. Perpetrators could be also a criminal agricultural company interested in disrupting the agriculture of competitors. Such "cysects" may also interfere with the natural biosphere and damage it.
