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Palieri. exaction plain what was the so-called communications about? >> whats so odd is this russian bank repeatedly looked up the very unique internet address of one particular computer server in the u.s. being used by the trump organization. in the computer world its equivalent to looking up someones phone number over and over again. its looking up contact information. so while there isnt necessarily a phone call, usually it indicates something that might be an intention to communicate. thats ...

Server in the united states used by the trump organization. we can break it down like this. in the computer world its the equivalent of looking up someones phone number over and over again. sure, theres not necessarily proof of a phone call, but it usually indicates an intention to communicate. thats how several computer scientists put it to us. they obtained leaked internet records that were never supposed to be made public, they were puzzled as to why the russian bank was trying to do this. la...

Dismissed four months ago as an attempt by alpha bank to block them. we have learned the fbi counterintelligence team, the same one looking into russias suspected interference in the 2016 election, is still examining it. one source said the server is seen as odd and perplexing but investigators are not ignoring it but the fbi still has a lot more work to do to determine what was behind the unusual activity and whether there was any significance to it. the fbi declined to comment and the white ho...

There was any significance to it. the fbi declined to comment and the white house did not respond to our requests for comment, anderson. >> so jose, its kind of confusing, explain what was odd about these communications between this russian bank. >> sure, this can get pretty technical fast, what is so odd about the communication here is that this russian bank repeatedly looked up the unique internet address of a particular server in the u.s. being used by the trump administration. the computer w...

The unusual@and whether there is any significance. the fbi declined to comment and the white house did not respond to our request for comment. >> jose, its kind of confusing. explain what was odd about these communications between this russian bank and -- >> sure. whats so odd about the kmub kags is that this bang repeatedly looked up the unique internet address of a particular computer server in thest being used by the trump organization. the computer world, its like looking up someones phone n...

Was so odor unusual about these communications? >> now, erin, what was so weird about his communications was that the russian bank repeatedly looked up the unique internet address of the particular server in the united states being used by the trump organization. in the computer world that is the same as repeatedly looking up somebodys phone number, doing it over and over again, while there is not usually a phone call, a particular group of computer scientists who maintained these leaked interne...

Fbis counter intelligence team, the same one looking into russias suspected interference in the 2016 election is still examining it. one officially spoke with said the server relationship is somewhat odd and perplexing and investigators are not ignoring it, but the fbi still has a lot more work to do to determine what was behind this unusual activity and whether there is even any significance to it. the fbi declined to comment. the white house did not respond to the asks for comment. >> homeland...

Agencies but other folks ive talked to in computer world that it was putin-aligned hackers in some form, wheer they were at arms length from the government or not that hacked the dnc and podesta and the flynn moment because that is part of the reason theres a desire to track down the kislyak story which is that he called the ambassador on the day a bunch of diplomats got kicked out of the country and lied about it, lied to the vice president, lied to everyone whether theyre talking about sanctio...

This sort of russia paranoia is that its an intuitive sense that will have traction with trump voters and another reason is that this is intelligence driven. its driven by people in intelligence agencies who are leaking. theyre setting the agenda, we cant verify this information. reporters are picking up citing anonymous sources. the leaks are sort of -- controlled and timed by people not in the public eye. this is not a good situation. >> right. and i sort of share those misgivings. to me the t...

Do personally, and the attackers have dive physicianed out these new connections, and theyre using them to find new ways to attack, and security defense hasnt really kept up with that. its a bit of an imbalance today. >> for people sitting at home and for you and me quite frankly, what do we do? do we just stop writing anything in an e-mail that could be misconstrued later on? >> the vast majority of digital communication is safe. cyber monday was a huge success, and most of what happens on the ...