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Taking out facebook, whatsappin. so you have facebook trying to fix this issue. the timing here less than a day after a whistleblower allegation from former employee florence hogan. some of the things she talked about on "60 minutes," how the facebook algorithm, the computer code that tells you what specific content pops up on your feed of all thats out there, she says that incentivizes hateful and divisive content. she says the company knows that instagram makes eating disorders in teenage girl...

People understand that were quietly going to war almost every day, almost every holiday weekend, which is when the attacks come. they believe were on vacation, the i.t. specialists will take time to notice it. weve had it on christmas, memorial day, and july 4th. and were almost unable to see the difference between a nation-state actor, for example with the rnc contracting hack, that looks like russian intelligence service. but then we see this other attack on a software management firm for busi...

Theres new reporting out that the computer code behind this massive ransomware attack that we just saw was designed to bypass computers that principally use the russian language or the language of countries that are friendly with the kremlin. now, i dont know what were supposed to make of that but the reporting suggests that these people are sort of getting away with this with the sanction of their governments and if they know, they dont target people in russia or friendly countries, theyre more...

Last month. president biden was asked about the hack last weekend in michigan. >> i directed the full resources of the government to assist in the response. what else do you need? >> nothing, youre all set. >> with the knowledge and/or consequence of russia, we will respond. >> discussing recent cyberattacks, attacks like this have been increasing since late 2019. the russian hackers demanding $70 million to be paid and the demand is posted on the dark website. when they receive it, they will po...

Bitcoin has its own code. its all these different computers around the world running the same code. if enough of them say the transaction is real, its deemed as being real. jesse: i think i got it. but the computer code has become a currency that people trade and can invest. we had one of our producers explain what bitcoin was. he pulled up his account and he invest in 2017. hes my producer and the guy is cleaning up. i went to the bathroom and when i came back he already made 5gs. am i late to ...

Bitcoin has its own code. its all these different computers around the world running the same code. if enough of them say the transaction is real, its deemed as being real. jesse: i think i got it. but the computer code has become a currency that people trade and can invest. we had one of our producers explain what bitcoin was. he pulled up his account and he invest in 2017. hes my producer and the guy is cleaning up. i went to the bathroom and when i came back he already made 5gs. am i late to ...

Bitcoin has its own code. its all these different computers around the world running the same code. if enough of them say the transaction is real, its deemed as being real. jesse: i think i got it. but the computer code has become a currency that people trade and can invest. we had one of our producers explain what bitcoin was. he pulled up his account and he invest in 2017. hes my producer and the guy is cleaning up. i went to the bathroom and when i came back he already made 5gs. am i late to ...

Bitcoin has its own code. its all these different computers around the world running the same code. if enough of them say the transaction is real, its deemed as being real. jesse: i think i got it. but the computer code has become a currency that people trade and can invest. we had one of our producers explain what bitcoin was. he pulled up his account and he invest in 2017. hes my producer and the guy is cleaning up. i went to the bathroom and when i came back he already made 5gs. am i late to ...

Incentivizes them. we dont know whether jbs paid a ransom. a ransom demand was made. the company has said theyre restoring from their backup servers. thats an indication maybe they were able to do it themselves, but this is going to continue. companies and countries have not figured out a way to deal with what is really a thriving criminal industry. >> by the way, a sophisticated one because they know the dollar figures that companies are insured to and then target their ransom payments to that....

>> you take out any bill, you will see a serial number on it. that serial number corresponds to some entry in a computer from the government. and bitcoin didnt. imagine if there was a code in the cloud somewhere. everybodys bitcoin has its own code. all these different computers around the world all running the same code. if enough of them say a transaction is real, its deemed as being real. they are deciding this transaction is legitimate like the central bank. jesse: a computer code that peopl...