To Catch a Thief: China’s Rise to Cyber Supremacy
Episodes
Ep 9: The New Frontline
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Colonial Pipeline was a warning shot. Now, Chinese hackers are inside the digital guts of hundreds of Colonial equivalents across the U.S.—power, wa...
Ep 8: Living Off The Land
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cyber experts start getting called into electric, water, pipeline, railway, and transportation hubs around the country. Hackers have found a clever wa...
Ep 7: Everything Everywhere All At Once
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The General Manager of an electric and water utility in Littleton, Mass. gets a surprise call from the FBI. At first he suspects the caller is a spamm...
Ep 6: The Gunslingers
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
During China’s pseudo-cyber-hiatus, the PRC’s hacking operations get a major overhaul. CCP leadership moves responsibility away from the sloppy, b...
Ep 5: A Cyber Detente
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Every U.S. administration, dating back to President H.W. Bush has struggled to address the threat of Chinese trade theft. But a growing sense of urgen...
Ep 4: Naming and Shaming
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As Chinese hackers continue their raid of American companies, the threat reaches new levels of urgency, not so much for the sophistication of these ha...
BONUS: Live Panel with Top China & Cyber Experts at The New York Stock Exchange
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For this special live recording of To Catch a Thief at The New York Stock Exchange, host and former lead cybersecurity and digital espionage reporter ...
Ep 3: The Most Dangerous Time in American History
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 3, host and former lead cybersecurity and digital espionage reporter for The New York Times, Nicole Perlroth visits a welding shop in rural...
Ep 2: Then They Came for Us
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Google discloses its hack and points the finger squarely at Beijing, which spells the end for Google’s business ambitions in China. Other victims st...
Ep 1: The Five Poisons
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Former NSA Director Keith Alexander called it “the greatest transfer of wealth in history.” Hillary Clinton, FBI Director James Comey and Presiden...
Coming Soon - To Catch a Thief: China’s Rise to Cyber Supremacy
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
American companies, whole towns, have been eviscerated by Chinese cyberattacks. But their stories remain untold, even as the stakes get higher and the...