Welcome to the Daily Article podcast for Friday, February 2nd, 2024. I'm Josh Miller with Denison

Forum, narrating today's article by Dr. Ryan Denison.

China seeks to wreak havoc on the U.S. through cyber security attacks.

China's hackers are positioning on American infrastructure in preparation to wreak havoc and cause

real-world harm to American citizens and communities, if or when China decides the time has

come to strike. That is how FBI director Christopher Ray described

our status with China before a House subcommittee this week. And while it does not appear such

large-scale attacks are imminent, China has already been caught attempting to access critical

infrastructure sectors like our power grid, water systems, and oil pipelines

as recently as last year. Jen Easterly, the director of the Federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure

Security Agency, likened it to the Russian ransomware attack on colonial pipeline in 2021,

but on a far more massive scale. For context, that previous attack, which closed a single

pipeline for six days, resulted in more than 10% of the nation's gas stations going dry until service

was restored. However, Americans are not the only ones facing the daunting prospect of such

interference. It turns out,

China is increasing its attempts to meddle with its own populace as well. As Daisuki, Wakabayashi,

and Claire Fu write, China's top intelligence agency issued an ominous warning last month about

an emerging threat to the country's national security, Chinese people

who criticize the economy. They go on to describe how the Ministry of State Security implored citizens

to grasp President Xi Jinping's economic vision and not to be swayed by those who sought

to denigrate China's economy through false narratives. Among those false narratives are news articles conveying people's experiences of financial

struggles and poor living standards. Large amounts of local government debt, a tumbling stock

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