Nick Lawler
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They reiterated the 200 organizations that had been compromised. They kept saying that we're the top priority of the federal government, which they're blew me away, you know, because we're a small town. You never would think that we were the focal point of the Chinese government trying to wreck havoc on our critical infrastructure.
They reiterated the 200 organizations that had been compromised. They kept saying that we're the top priority of the federal government, which they're blew me away, you know, because we're a small town. You never would think that we were the focal point of the Chinese government trying to wreck havoc on our critical infrastructure.
Yeah. I'm an extremely direct individual, and I was very blunt with them in what I was saying. Even then, I still didn't believe it. It just seemed too fake to me. It seemed like a movie. I used to start thinking, are these guys the threat actors? Anybody can go buy a suit and print out some piece of paper and go show up at a utility.
Yeah. I'm an extremely direct individual, and I was very blunt with them in what I was saying. Even then, I still didn't believe it. It just seemed too fake to me. It seemed like a movie. I used to start thinking, are these guys the threat actors? Anybody can go buy a suit and print out some piece of paper and go show up at a utility.
It came out saying, how can we be the top priority of the federal government? And we have pretty good contacts with the Department of Energy through our trade association, American Public Power Association. So I called down to our contacts and just said, you know, and there's a lot they can't tell me because I don't have security clearances. And I just said, hey, this just happened.
It came out saying, how can we be the top priority of the federal government? And we have pretty good contacts with the Department of Energy through our trade association, American Public Power Association. So I called down to our contacts and just said, you know, and there's a lot they can't tell me because I don't have security clearances. And I just said, hey, this just happened.
Can you just tell me if Littleton is the top priority of the federal government? And they laughed at me a little bit. And then they said, well, what's going on? And I mentioned Vol Typhoon. And then it was just silence. Like, OK, oh, my God.
Can you just tell me if Littleton is the top priority of the federal government? And they laughed at me a little bit. And then they said, well, what's going on? And I mentioned Vol Typhoon. And then it was just silence. Like, OK, oh, my God.
Yeah, there's a range. There's still some utilities that think they're too small and never happened to them. There's some utilities that think they're very good and it won't happen to them. But we need to be prepared and we need to have processes in place to be able to handle it and mitigate it as quickly as we can.
Yeah, there's a range. There's still some utilities that think they're too small and never happened to them. There's some utilities that think they're very good and it won't happen to them. But we need to be prepared and we need to have processes in place to be able to handle it and mitigate it as quickly as we can.
Chaos. I mean, Americans can't live without power for 24 hours before they start losing their mind. And we're very much involved in mutual aid. So we see firsthand after a hurricane hits how quickly you need to get the electricity restored to businesses and residents.
Chaos. I mean, Americans can't live without power for 24 hours before they start losing their mind. And we're very much involved in mutual aid. So we see firsthand after a hurricane hits how quickly you need to get the electricity restored to businesses and residents.
From what we can tell, Voltaifun was gaining access to multiple networks to be able to create havoc in the United States at a point in time. And we can all guess what that point in time could be, and we'd probably all be wrong, but there was, you know, there's some thoughts related to Taiwan.
From what we can tell, Voltaifun was gaining access to multiple networks to be able to create havoc in the United States at a point in time. And we can all guess what that point in time could be, and we'd probably all be wrong, but there was, you know, there's some thoughts related to Taiwan.