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In episode 409 of the "Smashing Security" podcast, we uncover the curious case of the Chinese cyber-attack on Littleton's Electric Light Company, and a California landlord's hidden camera scandal.

All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault.

Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.

Episode links:

• This is the FBI, open up. China's Volt Typhoon is on your network - The Register.
• Landlord recorded nude videos of woman tenant with cameras hidden in bedroom smoke detectors, lawsuit says - The Independent.
• Landlord arrested after tenant discovers hidden camera in rented room - PBSO.
• Hidden Cameras: What Travelers Need to Know - The New York Times.
• Shakespeare insults t-shirt - Royal Shakespeare Company.
• OAS Exhibitions - Oxford Art  Society.
• Carole’s “Rusty Sage” - Bluesky.
• Smashing Security merchandise (t-shirts, mugs, stickers and stuff)

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Theme tune: "Vinyl Memories" by Mikael Manvelyan.

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