Almost too much lye in the water, down Florida-way. BlackTech’s new malware strain. Huawei says it’s OK if the White House calls.

Florida water treatment plant sustains cyberattack: the hack was successful, the sabotage wasn’t. A new malware strain is associated with Chinese intelligence services. Ben Yelin tracks a surveillance plane who’s funding has fallen. Our guest is Col. Stephen Hamilton from Army Cyber Institute at West Point. And Huawei’s CEO says, sure, he’d take a call from President Biden. For links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news brief: https://www.thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/10/26