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Movie cost them. sales and gaming sales suggest positivity could be the future. what lessons have we learned from this whole interview and the launch of the interview? >> the lessons that sony needs to and every major american corporation needs to take the cyber security as much as i hate that term. its internal security. its computer security seriously. this all happened because sony was easy to breech. they had to make an uncomfortable and harmful business decision rather than in a wide distri...

Didnt it? it said this is an act of war and threatened stern punishment would be meted out. you dont think that possibly plays some part here, that maybe someone outside of north korea but linked to north korea may have a motive here? >> well, like i said its always possible but still it doesnt really seem likely. north korea issues a lot of threats through its state run news agency all the time. threats to the united states, to japan, to south korea, constantly being threatened with things like...

Hey, with us now we got the managing editor of "time" manage nancy gibbs who is here to reveal the new issue. "world war zero." >> its about a writer taking us inside the marketplace of cyberwar. the more of our lives move online, the more important computer security becomes but the more complex the software becomes and the bugs in our software turn out to be a very valuable commodity. you have hackers good at uncovering bugs and can find they can sell the bugs to the highest bidders for hundred...

You cant just stop them at the border. the law says you have to take them and deal with them. >> signed by george w. bush. >> there you go. >> but passed unanimously in the congress. everybody agreed having children in these horrible places with these kind of murder rates was a humanitarian crisis. >> cokie roberts, thank you so much. great to have you on show. up next, an alarming report how there is really no such thing as computer security. a first look at the new issue of "time" magazine w...

"washington examiner." on that house hearing, computer security is very much in the news these days with the big hack of targets and knee man -- knee man marcus and other stars like that. if the house brings up whether the website is secure, thats not going to help drive traffic to obamacare, is it? >> its not and i think its interesting experts have come before the house and testified that the website is insecure, which i have likened to being a little pregnant. if its just even a little insecu...

The first place. >> millions of black friday shoppers at risk for identity theft. hackers broke into targets computer network, stealing your information as you swiped your credit or debit card. >> it takes that information and encodes it onto a new card and essentially duplicates that card and use it as if it was their credit card. >> 40,000 store registers may be effected. >> i do have cash to pay for what i need tonight. >> reporter: computer security expert brian crebs says data was stolen fr...

Last tuesday and had a 15 minute conversation with him on tuesday. another one on wednesday. she indicates that he told her he worked in computer security and expected to be here in washington dc. for another week or two. now some of the other information we have about him, did you want to ask a question before i go on, erin? >> no. no. no. i want you to tell us everything you know. sorry. i was just nodding, yes. >> reporter: some of the other information we have, the government tells us he is ...

Well be particularly late. jon: he may have a lot of prep work to do. wendell goler, thank you. jenna: new warnings on computer security, our national security as federal officials say cyber attacks aimed at u.s. companies are on the rise. not just any attacks. apparently the goal of these attacks is not just spying or stealing our intellectual property, instead it is sabotage, sabotage of our vital computer networks tied to our most critical infrastructure. our next guest has vast experience in...

This is pre9/11 moment. >> the rhetoric has been matched by a reorientation of the national security state both public and private over cyber security over the last three to five years. the pentagon is dramatically expanding its cyber command and the fbi, dhs and dod have all increased their cyber security staff and budgets significantly over the past three years. del tech estimates the federal government spent nearly $10 billion on cyber security contracts in 2012. so with both of media and nat...

Painstakingly detailed 600-page report that tracked chinese hackers over a span of six years. the report pin points the people liberation armys unit 63198 as relentlessly hacking u.s. government and business entities. it comes in the midst of what seems to be an escalation in cyber attacks or an increase in media coverage of cyber security issues. in late january "the new york times" reported hackers had infiltrated their network. the wall street journal, washington post and bloomberg news also ...