Fundamentalist Muslims will exploit the Western aspect of this phenomenon to recruit new adepts and foment new violence. Hacking attacks on Cisco routers designed to crash the Internet. One ethnic group begins killing neighbors of other ethnic group. Special taxes levied on ethnic minorities and when they do not pay, assets of minority merchants are confiscated. With West distracted by its partying and Y2k troubles, opportunity for countries with grievances or border disputes against another to settle issue by force.
Hackers break into banks , re-routing transactions.
Air traffic control systems are down, so drug runners increase routes and shipments. Hack attacks by political hackivists on target corporations. Opposition leaders accuse government of secretly stockpiling materials and not sharing them with the population at large. Poisoning the drinking water supply. Scapegoating western imperialists.