'Living Nostradamus' predicted Microsoft outage three months ago: Brazilian psychic said world would suffer a 'three day tech blackout' in 2024 - and  now he claims it may lead to an 'escalation of confrontation'

A man who was dubbed nan 'living Nostradamus' predicted nan Microsoft outage successful April - and now he claims it whitethorn lead to an 'escalation of confrontation' and yet cyber war.

Athos Salomé, 36, from Brazil, is often referred to arsenic a psychic owed to the accuracy of his insights and predictions, aft antecedently foreseeing nan coronavirus pandemic, Elon Musk buying Twitter and moreover Queen Elizabeth's death.'

Speaking exclusively to FEMAIL successful April, he warned nan world would spot exertion blackouts this twelvemonth which would propulsion nan world into chaos.

The world has seen a day of chaos which saw departure boards instantly move off astatine airports on nan busiest time for British aerial recreation since earlier nan Covid pandemic.

In a motion of nan world effect of nan IT failure, shops successful Australia unopen down aliases went cashless aft integer checkouts stopped working, while successful nan US emergency services lines went down.

Meanwhile British train passengers person been warned to expect delays owed to 'widespread IT issues crossed nan full network', meantime Sky News went disconnected aerial and NHS England said patients should not be GP appointments unless told different owed to problems pinch nan assignment and diligent grounds system. 

Microsoft confirmed it was investigating an 'issue' pinch its 365 apps and operating systems and said a solution was 'forthcoming'.

US cyber information institution CrowdStrike has admitted to being responsible for nan correction and said 'fix has been deployed'. The patient said it was caused by a 'defect recovered successful a azygous contented update' and insisted nan rumor 'was not a information incident aliases cyberattack'.

Speaking to nan FEMAIL, Athos said: 'Microsoft’s world shutdown, according to nan analysed outcome, whitethorn impact basal infrastructure pinch nan escalation of inter-state confrontation and lead to Cyber War. 

'For nan short word location will beryllium inquiries and remedial action to get services backmost connected statement and to scheme against early attack. 

'Businesses will person to amended nan protection of cyberspace, and nine mightiness summation concerns complete nan usage of net services, led to discourses regarding intensive regulation. This arena whitethorn consequence successful shifts successful governmental actions and subject strategies connected an world level, and nan threat of an world warfare is real.'

Salomé, who predicted 'three days of darkness' successful 2024, said his forecast was 'misunderstood' erstwhile it was antecedently linked to a coronal wide ejection (large expulsions of plasma and magnetic section from nan Sun's corona).

He explained that this blackout alluded to escalating tensions betwixt Israel and Iran perchance paving nan measurement for ample standard conflict akin, to a Third World War.   

EMP, a specialised instrumentality designed to destruct accusation systems, is simply a limb that tin render physics devices useless, without harming group aliases buildings. 

Typically triggered by explosions astatine altitudes EMP interacts pinch nan Earth's magnetic fields to create pulses that tin disrupt and harm physics instrumentality and infrastructures.

During nan Cold War some nan USA and nan Soviet Union viewed EMP arsenic a instrumentality for disabling force infrastructure without causing harm directly.

In 1962, nan US detonated a 1.4 megaton atomic warhead, successful an research known arsenic Starfish Prime, precocious successful nan ambiance 400 kilometres (250 miles) supra nan Pacific Ocean. 

The detonation – nan world’s astir powerful precocious altitude atomic trial – created an EMP beardown capable to disrupt world power communications, which led to nan nonaccomplishment of nan UK’s first satellite, Ariel-1, and it moreover rustle retired streetlights connected nan crushed successful Hawaii.

In today's world, devices beryllium that are tin of replicating EMP effects, expanding nan threat successful modern technological limited scenarios. 

Non-nuclear localised EMP devices do exist, and activity by releasing a burst of power successful nan radiofrequency aliases microwave spectrum, which tin overload and harm physics components and systems. But these are only effective connected a mini scale, disrupting a mini city. 

However nan value of EMP remains important arsenic it has nan imaginable to destabilise defense and connection systems. 

Salomé shared his position connected nan domiciled of artificial intelligence successful conflicts, specified arsenic nan 1 betwixt Israel and Iran, highlighting its imaginable to revolutionise strategies and warfare tactics. 

The parapsychologist foresees a infinitesimal successful 2024 erstwhile some countries whitethorn adopt AI technologies for defense and violative purposes.

He said: 'AI again emerges arsenic a facet perchance serving arsenic some a peacekeeping instrumentality and an instigator of caller confrontations.

'Advanced nations, including nan United States person been softly advancing EMP technologies for information purposes. 

'The US has been exploring EMP capabilities since Operation Prime tests successful nan 1960s aiming to usage this exertion to neutralize threats pinch minimal beingness damage. Similarly Russia and China are investing successful EMP technologies arsenic devices to disrupt infrastructures of imaginable foes.

'Even North Korea contempt its limitations is showing interest, successful EMP exertion arsenic portion of their preemptive onslaught tactics.

'This shift, successful take signifies a increasing inclination wherever EMP is not simply viewed arsenic a weapon. As an basal constituent of upcoming subject endeavors having nan imaginable to disrupt captious systems importantly and swiftly.'

With nan thief of subject history and exertion master Dr William Forstchen, MailOnline antecedently delved into nan chilling imaginable of specified a strike, exploring nan unprecedented havoc it could wreak successful Britain.