{"podcast":{"title":"ABC News Top Stories","slug":"abc-news-top-stories-6001594","podcast_index_feed_id":6001594,"rss_url":"https://www.abc.net.au/feeds/101858056/podcast.xml","website_url":"https://www.abc.net.au/radio/","image_url":"https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/e095db3b3ea82ec7b474d8295add4336.jpg?src","author":"ABC Australia","episode_count":250,"summary":"ABC News Top Stories delivers the biggest breaking news and headlines from Australia and around the world, updated throughout the day. Get fast, trusted coverage of politics, business, extreme weather, and major national events from the ABC's newsroom direct to your podcast feed. Whether you're catching up on the morning's top headlines or need a quick update between meetings, ABC News Top Stories gives you the essential news of the day. You can also hear the biggest stories of the day explained in-depth in just a few minutes. Follow now for daily Australian news briefings from the ABC, Australia's most trusted news source.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-20T14:20:29.789761+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/abc-news-top-stories-6001594"},"episode":{"title":"How China could hack our power and telco networks 'today'","slug":"how-china-could-hack-our-power-and-telco-networks-today","published_at":"2026-09-18T03:49:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/abc-news-top-stories-6001594/how-china-could-hack-our-power-and-telco-networks-today","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/abc-news-top-stories-6001594","url":"https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/abc-news-top-stories/how-china-could-hack-our-power-and-telco-networks-today/107169686","audio_url":"https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/ok/Z/9n.mp3","summary":"The nation's spy boss has warned China is actively preparing to switch off power and telecommunications networks in Australia, if a conflict breaks out. The director general of ASIO, Mike Burgess, says Beijing is working to understand how those systems operate and it would probably target specific areas, like defence communications. Cyber security experts say he's right and Australia needs to make sure it's ready for the possibility of hackers trying to shut down our networks.","meta_description":"The nation's spy boss has warned China is actively preparing to switch off power and telecommunications networks in Australia, if a conflict breaks out. T…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":144,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/abc-news-top-stories-6001594/episodes/how-china-could-hack-our-power-and-telco-networks-today/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/abc-news-top-stories-6001594/how-china-could-hack-our-power-and-telco-networks-today.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}