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A computer systems i want to make that absolutely clear. that the technical options that we have been investigating a dark night crime are straightforward. we dont hack into systems and we dont hunt around there for suspects. we used traditional investigative methods including undercover operations for the. crypt their communications and dont deliver their products in person make it difficult for investigators to track them down but perhaps an ever greater cause for concern is the fact that digi...

Hunt around there for suspects. we use traditional investigative methods including undercover operations for these patrols between. their communications and dont deliver their products in person make it difficult for investigators to track them down but perhaps an ever greater cause for concern is the fact that digital technology can be used as a weapon in acts of sabotage terrorism. in twenty ten security experts discovered that a malicious computer worm called stuxnet had infected several hund...

That we have been investigating a dark night crime are straightforward. we dont hack into systems and we dont hunt around there for suspects. we use traditional investigative methods including undercover operations for these patrols between. their communications and dont deliver their products in person make it difficult for investigators to track them down but perhaps an ever greater cause for concern is the fact that digital technology can be used as a weapon in acts of sabotage. in twenty ten...

These, i think the assumption is youve got to rule out a hack before you figure out whats going on. >> reporter: i think thats exactly right, chuck. look, the government has been very careful about not accusing china publicly except for the head of national intelligence at an intelligence conference a week and a half ago in washington. he said, yeah china did it in effect and he said that he wishes that we were as good as china at attacking their government. he said if we could do it we would. p...

Country economically or symbolic notion? he could care less about that. i dont personally think it was the united states that did it. i do think our biggest leverage is china. there are reports that china does control the internet for north korea. >> do you think they would work with us on this? >> i think its very tough. if they want us to keep buying their stuff, maybe. we have this mute yally beneficial relationship with china. i dont know how poised we are to negotiate with the chinese but -...

Investigation into the leak of classified information relating to the stux net is zeroing in on retired four-star general james cart wright. he has often been referred to as obamas favorite general. the leaks release details to a "new york times" reporter and an author about the computer worm including how the virus temporarily disabled iranian nuclear enrichment efforts and what countries, such as israel, were also involved. in the past the administration voiced a zero tolerance for these kin...

Iranian officials now claim the original report was due to a misunderstanding. but the country remains on high alert, preparing for cyber sabotage. mark dubielewicz, executive director of the defense of democrats, is joining us to share some perspective on all of this. mark, this happened, and iranian defense spokesman denies any new cyber attack at all. he told news agencies, for example, the attack was foiled. he went on to describe that this was the latest computer worm as being similar to st...

To this day. one of the reasons why this is so egregious is these operations were going on and as far as i know, obviously, they for still going on. lives have been compromised. national security has been compromised. what has been the result? an estrangement between ourselves and our allirks compromised our meest highly classified operations and we have told the enemy what we are doing and over time, dont they feel then a license to sppd? >> greta: this computer worm that we developed, we devel...

From americas news headquarters, im jamie colby. attorney general eric holder appointing two top federal prosecutors to lead criminal investigations into recent leaks of u.s. classified information, and among those leaks, details of an al-qaeda infiltrator and a computer worm used to disrupt irans nuclear program. under intense criticism by critics who say the presidents campaign is leaking the information to make him look good. the white house denies those accusations. and there will be no trem...