How China’s Volt Typhoon hacked a small-town utility
About this episode
The episode discusses a hacking incident involving Chinese state hackers targeting a small-town utility in Massachusetts.
U.S. officials say Iran-linked hackers are targeting water utilities across the country. So we’re revisiting the story of Nick Lawler, who got a call from the FBI one day in 2023. Chinese state hackers, they told him, had somehow found their way inside the small-town utility he ran in Littleton, Massachusetts. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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