BEST OF 2/19/21 - Solar Winds: Red Star State

The Solar Winds hack attack discovered in December of 2020 resulted in hundreds of companies and multiple US federal agencies having their sensitive data exposed. It displayed incredible vulnerabilities in civilian government networks. The current White House wishes to prevent further attacks by issuing executive actions, i.e., moving money around, that have suspended the previous administration’s order from May 2020, Securing the United States Bulk-Power System, and a December 2020 Prohibition Order, both of which sought to actually ban, replace and restrict bulk power system electric equipment coming from a foreign country, China in particular. In the midst of one of the most devastating winter storms to hit Texas, and the major power outages resulting therefrom, it should come as no surprise that Solar Winds is located in Austin and that the Chinese Foreign Ministry commented directly on the devastation by saying “China is on the right path. We are fully confident about our future”. Even William Gates used the opportunity to attack the infrastructure and state of Texas. Although Solar Winds and the Dark Winter storm may seem unrelated, consider that in the same month the hack was discovered, China expanded their weather modification program to cover an area more than 1.5 times the total size of India. Previously the area was the size of Alaska. Compound that by a study published in early 2020 from the US National Science Foundation which stated, "cloud seeding can boost snowfall across a wide area”, and you can see how the Lone Star State was turned into the Red Star State.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tst-radio--5328407/support.