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>> the 90s was a time of conspiracies. and the internet was starting to spread beyond just like hard-core computer users. so you could have message boards and use net news groups. and everybody wanted to talk about the black oil and the bees and mulders sister and what the cigarette smoking man was up to. and i would go to alt.tv and people were so nuts for this show. >> its just pure science fiction. thats probably what i like most about it. >> the x files" changed the way people watched televi...

Stick it to the guys. dont trust the government or big business or anybody but yourself ask can your friends and family. its a message thats somewhat dark, but it was kind of a breath of fresh air in the 90s. >> the internet was starting to spread beyond hard core computer users so you could have message boards and everybody wanted to talk about the black oil and the bees and moulders sister and what the cigarette smoking man was up to. and people were so nuts for this show. >> its just pure sci...

And family. its a message thats somewhat dark, but it was kind of a bresh of fresh air in the 90s. >> the internet was starting to spread beyond hard core computer users so you could have message boards and everybody wanted to talk about the black oil and the bees and bolders sister and what the cigarette smoking man was up to. and people were so nuts for this show. >> it changed the way people watched television. >> you could sense the successful creators trying to see how they could do things ...

Workers and students across the globe return from the weekend to face a massive ransomware attack. that has affected businesses, hospitals, universities. experts are hunting for the hackers and computer users are installing fixes or patches in hopes of salvaging their digital lives and their actual livelihoods. benjamin hall joins us from london. >> good evening. cyber security experts are saying this may be the largest ever online extortion scheme in history. across the world over the weekend g...

Workers and students across the globe return from the weekend to face a massive ransomware attack. that has affected businesses, hospitals, universities. experts are hunting for the hackers and computer users are installing fixes or patches in hopes of salvaging their digital lives and their actual livelihoods. benjamin hall joins us from london. >> good evening. cyber security experts are saying this may be the largest ever online extortion scheme in history. across the world over the weekend g...

Victoria justice is one of those denying the photos are real. tweeting, these so-called nude of me are fake. >> its one great big duh. >> reporter: jeannie wolf says celebrities are more vulnerable to privacy use than average computer users. after a high profile hacking in 2012 revealed scarlett johansson and meal la kunitz, she says one thing is clear -- >> people are now less sympathetic. it happened too often. >> reporter: apple is investigating the hacking reports. the fbi is not confirming ...

Turn airplanes into miss ls. chris? >> take it. >> i will, chris. >> lets take a look at whats trending right now. we start with the bitcoin which they hoped would revolution niez the global monetary system appears it will collapse. it cost investors as much as $300 million. the massive sell-off followed. adding to concerns about the uncertainty and fragility of that bitcoin. apple fixing security flaws in mac that made them available to hackers. it could have exposed computer users sensitive ...

Im a conservative. i would be a republican in the states. i dont believe in public funded health care. we have to pay for it. what you are doing down there i cant get my head around it. its costing a fortune. i dont know where you are finding the money. i think people are taxed to death and i dont mind two-tier health care if you want it, pay for it. i understand it. but you know, and we have general health care up here. but, you know, its going to cost a fortune for you to put in this obama car...

For and hard to blame it on the weather, too, but the tiananmen square protests took place just days ago. there were between 50,000 and 150,000 people and it was pouring down with rain. snowden gave away his most valuable asset, his location. checking out of this hotel barely 12 hours later, he seemed to have second tughts, or maybe not. perhaps hiding here in the shadows in hong kong was a carefully calculated choice. searching from here could be like looking for a needle in a haystack. this is...

Perhaps hiding here in the shadows in hong kong was a carefully calculated choice. searching from here could be like looking for a needle in a hey stack. this is one of the most dense, populated cities in the world. 7 million people live here. 5 million of them computer users with some of the fastest internet access in the world. could this be a cyber spooked nirvana? >> if hes trying to get his story out, its a very whiz choice. >> david was assistance police commissioner here, says snowden wil...