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<v Speaker 1>Welcome back bathing by its listeners. It's ting here, your

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<v Speaker 1>source for all things China, hacking, and everything in between.

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<v Speaker 1>One a fortnight for the US China text, micdown, gribe

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<v Speaker 1>you popcorn. Because things have exploded across cybersecurity, tech restrictions,

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<v Speaker 1>wild policy pivots, and more intrigue than your favorite spy movie,

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<v Speaker 1>let's start with the freshest cyber drama. US federal agencies

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<v Speaker 1>were jolted by a major CISA alert after a zero

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<v Speaker 1>day hacking campaign targeting Cisco ASA devices was traced back

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<v Speaker 1>to Chinese linked infrastructure hosted by wait for it, Tencent

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<v Speaker 1>and China Net. Cisco calls the threat actor arcanedaor and

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<v Speaker 1>claims high confidence in the Chinese nexus. The operation exploited

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<v Speaker 1>flaws so persistent the usual system reabus and patch dents

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<v Speaker 1>just didn't work. Sissus. Chris Ptera at a fedscoop panel

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<v Speaker 1>minced no words on the near impossible scale of the problem.

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<v Speaker 1>Over forty thousand new vulnerability disclosed last year alone, if

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<v Speaker 1>you're keeping score, agencies have patched over ninety nine percent

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<v Speaker 1>of them, mostly thanks to AI and automation. But still

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<v Speaker 1>the threat feels like endless wacamole. Meanwhile, China's countermove. They

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<v Speaker 1>just unleashed regulations mandating a one hour reporting window for

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<v Speaker 1>any cyber security incidents impacting a province or ten million citizens. Aggressive, yes, effective,

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<v Speaker 1>probably Compare this to USSEC rules, which give companies four

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<v Speaker 1>days to fess up after a breach. China's making sure

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<v Speaker 1>disruptions don't catch their pants down, and as usual, exporting

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<v Speaker 1>their model for fast detection and response, think less bureaucracy,

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<v Speaker 1>more's cyber ninja agility. On the restriction front, the FCC

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<v Speaker 1>is slamming the door on Chinese controlled testing labs. Fifteen

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<v Speaker 1>have now been denied recognition or been booted for national

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<v Speaker 1>security risk. Why private labs certify if electronics bound for

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<v Speaker 1>the US are safe and the FCC is paranoid about

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<v Speaker 1>spyware or sneaky backdoors. As Ross Walker of the Rainy

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<v Speaker 1>Freedom Project says, Chinese electronics firms like hick Vision, Dahoi,

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<v Speaker 1>TP dash Link, and Dji are all over US schools

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<v Speaker 1>and police stations. If these gadgets are talking to Beijing,

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<v Speaker 1>it's not pillow talk. With seventy five per cent of

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<v Speaker 1>electronics previously tested in China, Washington's new rules could seriously

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<v Speaker 1>slow the global tech trade and shift the balance of manufacturing.

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<v Speaker 1>TikTok fans, you're still not in the clear. President Trump,

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<v Speaker 1>in an executive order this week gave Byte downs until

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<v Speaker 1>December sixteenth to divest most of its stake in TikTok's

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<v Speaker 1>US operations. Under the new law, US citizens must control

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<v Speaker 1>the app. That's one hundred seventy million American users in limbo.

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<v Speaker 1>Both sides are spinning the deal as a win, but

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<v Speaker 1>the national security chess mutch continues, with Beijing pressing for

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<v Speaker 1>more diplomatic concessions on Taiwan while TROMP pushes for economic

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<v Speaker 1>co operation. Let's not skip the parade. China's military just

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<v Speaker 1>rolled out its Information Operations Group, a cyber electronic force

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<v Speaker 1>designed for future walls. This makes clear that Beijing is

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<v Speaker 1>not just playing defense anymore. It's building out capabilities for

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<v Speaker 1>data manipulation, fake news warfare, and lightning fast electronic strikes.

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<v Speaker 1>Expert Foresight in Vidia's Jensen Hong warns that China is

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<v Speaker 1>nanoseconds behind in chip making and that US restrictions risk

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<v Speaker 1>driving innovation further underground. A recent deal allows Nvidia h

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<v Speaker 1>twenty chips into China, but only after a hefty fifteen

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<v Speaker 1>percent of those sales go to the U S. Government coffers.

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<v Speaker 1>Choke Points like these mean semiconductor supremacy will be a

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<v Speaker 1>story of regulatory horse trading and stealth development. Expect both

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<v Speaker 1>sides to keep pushing the limits long term. These moves

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<v Speaker 1>point to deeper bifurcation. Two tech universes, two cyber philosophies,

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<v Speaker 1>one unrelenting rivalry. If you like your geopolitics high voltage

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<v Speaker 1>and your firewalls battle tested, stick with beaging bites. Thanks

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