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cbs jeff pegues is following te latest and is going to lead off our coverage from here in washington. good evening, jeff. reporter: norah, today, the justice department; making it clear that it will use all the tools it has to counter this growing threat. in an internal call to arms, the justice department s second in command pressing investigators to step up efforts to track down and prosecute the criminal gangs carrying out these attacks. tonight, the justice department taking aim at ransomware attackers, vowing to target them like terrorists, noting the destructive and devastating consequences the attacks are having on critical infrastructure, like the j.b.s. meat plant this week, and colonial pipeline last month. we recognize this is an increasing threat. reporter: the white house, too, with an extraordinary warning today to american companies to beef up their cybersecurity because no company is safe. president biden will take up the recent attacks with vladimir putin during

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