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Combination of name address phone number email passport number as well as details of their state area it says it was alerted on september eighth that there had been an attempted had succeeded the probe showed that there had been an authorized access to the database as far back as twenty four thousand. for more on the story lets bring in max eyes our he is a computer security expert at the university of central lancashire in the u.k. welcome to the program max in broad terms could you tell us how...

I used to be a computer security expert. that was my job. this is a bad report and you look in the rest of the computer security community, you will see dozens of others -- computer security experts -- there is nothing in that report that says any information given to us. nothing. what they have is what they call indicators. a way to recognize these alleged russian tools have been used on this. in response to that, some engineer found his signature on one of their laptops. okay. then this was --...

I used to be a computer security expert. that was my job. this is a bad report and you look in the rest of the computer security community, you will see dozens of others -- computer security experts -- there is nothing in that report that says any information given to us. nothing. what they have is what they call indicators. a way to recognize these alleged russian tools have been used on this. in response to that, some engineer found his signature on one of their laptops. okay. then this was --...

I used to be a computer security expert. that was my job. this is a bad report and you look in the rest of the computer security community, you will see dozens of others -- computer security experts -- there is nothing in that report that says any information given to us. nothing. what they have is what they call indicators. a way to recognize these alleged russian tools have been used on this. in response to that, some engineer found his signature on one of their laptops. okay. then this was --...

Investigations lead russian influence to the american election. supposedly theyle give details, technical details, but they dont give any positives. >> the devising of the five-page description, the rest is just fairly boring. on top, there is the disclaimer. they cant guarantee that any of this is confirmed. i used to be a computer security

They would do it in the house voting state by state. >> you are an expert in election law. whats your reflection on this? now its making news and were talking about it. >> i think we have the tension between our 18th century constitution and our 21st century democracy. the constitution was written with one set of expectations. we have developed a different set of practices. every now and then the constitution as written is put side by side with the practices we have. they dont fit together very ...

To do. so its important for us to make sure that all our force understands what theyre trying to do. >> neither cnn, nor flash point intelligence can confirm the authenticity of this claim or the accuracy of the passwords on the list. we called and e-mailed several people on the list. some e-mail bounced back as being old addresses. others went through. one retired serviceman confirmed to us the phone number for him on the list is accurate and he said the pentagon alerted him. one australian com...

Attack abigail reportedly posted this moving message to her mom on facebook, "thank you for the past 19 years and i look forward to the many more to come, she wrote i love you so much." washington, d.c.s police chief says there is no sign that this was random or of any forced entry, but neighbors report suspicious activity in the days leading up to the fire including an aggressive door-to-door salesman. jose back to you. >> nbcs peter alexander, thank you very much. now to safety in the skies ...

>> this is wake-up call. if they can wreak that kind of havoc in the entertainment industry, then youve got to worry that where else their reach is how much of a wake-up call is it really? that is arizona republican jeff flake on the sonys not releasing the movie. north korean leader kim jong-un is assassinated at end of the movie. that is strengthens the hackers fueling more attacks in the future. fbi is trying to find out who is behind it. my next guest is dubious about all that i just said. h...

>> healthcare.gov is not secure today and nothing has really changed since the november 19 testimony. from our november 19 testimony its even worse. >> an alarming warning from a computer security expert who says the obamacare website is a breach waiting to happen which would have catastrophic consequences. >> as an attacker if i had access to the healthcare.gov infrastructure it has direct integration to the irs, dhs as well as third-party providers as well for credit checks. >> committee chair...