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>> so, the suspicions are that this is a criminal motive. why? because theyre asking for money. >> reporter: $300, to be exact. heres what an infected computer 30lls the user to do-- pay up in the cryptocurrency bitcoin to get your files back. cyberattacks, say the experts, are here to stay, especially ransomware, and they could get much more sinister. >> you can imagine a future where maybe, conceptually, they are able to infect a defibrilator or insulin pacemaker or automobile, or something li...

To 122 local officials controlling voter registration systems. the brazen scheme came just weeks after then-president obama personally told russian president vladimir putin to stop the attacks. >> i felt that the most effective way to ensure that that didnt happen was to talk to him directly and tell him to cut it out. >> reporter: law enforcement source say voter databases nationwide were targeted by ossian hackers over a six-month period ahead of the election. so you think the worst-case scena...

Heard you say ♪ this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: this is our western edition. hackers working for vladimir putin may have attempted even more meddling with the u.s. presidential election than we knew, and the interference went beyond leaked e-mails and fake news. according to a report from the national security agency, russian military intelligence was trying to break in to u.s. election systems just days before voters went to the polls. our homeland security corres...

Financed by russian state media. flynn now planning to plead the fifth invoking his right against self-incrimination after a senate subpoena for personal documents. a source close to flynn telling nbc news, it would be highly imprudent to compile. >> i dont believe someone this high up in the food chain will be granted immunity at this point in time. >> reporter: president trump during the campaign mocked those who refused to testify. >> you see, the mob takes the fifth. if youre innocent, why a...

Windows, first identified by the us national security agency and later leaked in a series of iolen documents. british politicians immediately fired back, including labour party leader jeremy corbyn. >> what weve now got is a bunch of 21st century highway robbers that have hacked into our n.h.s. and basically offering protection money to get the information back in order to treat cancer patients or anybody else. its unbelievably disgusting. >> reporter: hackers tricked victims into opening corrup...

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Delay us. >> reporter: in recent weeks, sources say f.b.i. agents in this country and overseas have been intensely focused on following the money, trying to identify who might have paid the hackers involved in russias campaign to interfere in the 2016 election. they are also scrutinizing the activities of president trumps associates, including former national security adviser michael flynn, former campaign chairman paul manafort, and adrmer campaign foreign policy adviser carter page. all have t...

David. >> rob with us again tonight. rob, thank you theres still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this wednesday -- on the scene a massive home explosion in the heartland. investigators are on the scene tonight. the nightmare for drivers, people running for cover as a wall of earth collapses on a major highway. fox news host tonight and what he said about ivanka trump the microphone, and that moment on the stage. the immediate outrage. tonight, he claims its not what he meant. you d...

Investigators say the materials were stolen from a highly secure section of the intelligence agency where it takes two people to access information. but even that security measure was, apparently, not enough. michael morell is a former acting director of the c.i.a. so many of these leaks in the last several years, how do you stop it from happening? >> we cant keep all of the information in one place. we need to spread it out. we have to have better rules about need to know, and if you dont have ...

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