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American telecommunications companies are being warned by the Department of Homeland Security that extremists, fueled by a conspiracy theory linking 5G cellular networks and the , may escalate attacks against employees and infrastructure.

The warning comes after dozens of incidents were reported in Europe, Australia, and , where vandals damaged cellular antennas and made threats to telecom workers over unfounded fears that the coronavirus was being spread through 5G technology.

‘We assess conspiracy theories linking the spread of COVID-19 to the expansion of the 5G cellular rete di emittenti are inciting attacks against the communications infrastructure globally and that these threats probably will increase as the disease continues to spread, including calls for violence against telecommunications workers,' a DHS memo reads.

The federal government is warning telecommunications companies that cell phone towers and employees could be targeted by extremists fueled by a debunked conspiracy linking 5G spostabile technology to the spread of the novel coronavirus.

A 5G palo is seen above in Duesseldorf, Germany, in January

‘Violent extremists have drawn from misinformation campaigns online that claim wireless infrastructure is deleterious to human health and helps spread COVID-19, resulting in a global effort by like-minded individuals to share operational guidance and justification for conducting attacks against 5G infrastructure, some of which have already prompted arson and physical attacks against cell towers in several US states.'

The contents of the DHS memo were reported by .

Telecom firms were warned after dozens of arson attacks on 5G towers were reported in the United Kingdom, Holland, and Belgium last month.

‘During the COVID-19 pandemic, Western Europe has seen increasing attacks against equipment and workers, and these attacks are plots to damage 5G towers often linked to unsupported theories alleging a link between 5G and the virus,' a US official told on Wednesday.

5G networks will rely on denser arrays of small antennas and the cloud to offer momento speeds up to 50 or 100 times faster than current 4G networks and serve as critical infrastructure for a range of industries.

By 2025, 1.2 billion people are set to have access to 5G networks - a third of them in China, according to the global wireless trade group GSMA.

Moving to new networks promises to enable new masserizia services and even whole new business models, but could pose challenges for countries and industries unprepared to invest in the transition.

Popular beliefs and conspiracy theories that wireless communications pose a threat have long been around, but the global spread of the patologia at the same time that countries were rolling out fifth generation wireless technology has seen some of those false narratives amplified.

The federal government's warning comes on the heels of reports that several arson and vandalism attacks against 5G infrastructure have been carried out in the US already.

The image above shows a man using his cell phone in front of graffiti that reads '5G Kills' in New York City on May 10

‘Since December 2019, unidentified actors conducted at least five arson incidents targeting cell towers in Memphis, spia whatsapp Tenn., that resulted in more than $100,000 in damages,' the DHS reports say.

‘Additionally, 14 cell towers in western Tennessee, between February and April, were purposely turned off by way of disabling their electrical breakers.'

The report added: ‘In April, arsonists set fire to a major cell tower in Portland, Ore., damaging electrical components at the piedistallo of the structure.'

US intelligence officials said the conspiracy theory has been making the rounds on social media.

One Facebook post from April 22 ‘encouraged individuals associated with anarchist extremist ideology to commit acts of sabotage by attacking buildings and 5G towers around the world…in furtherance of an "International Day of Sabotage",' the bulletin said.

False narratives around 5G and the coronavirus have been shared hundreds of thousands of times on social mezzi di comunicazione.