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Mark acknowledged this. and i said, do you think you can get the data back? and he said, not always. i would say not at all. almost not at all. its out there and its never coming back. so thats the problem. these huge data sets that are so valued by marketers and so valued by the russians, everybody values them. so thats really the problem is this ocean of data that is now out there and not subject to scrutiny. >> care ra, does mark, do you think does he realize how badly some people in congress...

In? >> cara, for a lay audience, what happened here? did facebook users get used as much as facebook, the platform, and its creator got used? >> oh, you know -- facebook released a statement saying they were outraged. was outraged by their outrage. what they did is they gave this group data which theyve done for years, which theyve cut back on that rather significantly the last two years. they gave this data away, then they didnt monitor it. they signed agreements with the people they gave the d...

The ability to stop this? >> i think the interesting thing here is they may be bank robbers and they may not be. >> we dont know who either? >> i dont think we yet know. ransomware traditionally is the bank robber. give me money, you can have your data bank. in this case there are some signs that point to doing it not just for monetary reasons but for political reasons. but the targeting of ukraine, usinging a ukrainian path sugge this might have a political path as well. theres money to be sent...

Of targets all received this ominous message. in english, on their screens, your files are no longer accessible. nobody can recover your files without our decryption service. send $300 worth of bitcoin. >> they might not give you your data back, but hit you again and say give me more money. >> reporter: the attack bears great similarities to a similar computer kidnap and ransom scheme last month, that hit british hospitals particularly hard. but that attack, later linked to north korea, was stop...

Countries worst hit by the hack. nina, to you first. samuel was saying it is too soon to point a finger of blame. now that we moved on, can we say for sure with any certainty who might be behind it? >> not for sure. cyber security experts say it is probably a criminal gang trying to ransom peoples data to get a lot of money rather than state sponsored cyber attack which is the type of thing we heard a lot about in the last six months or a year. essentially esshe is explaininge tools which was le...

Case, and many hospitals dont pay? >> they are going to lose their data. it is the computer that is simply the hard drive is going to be locked up, and they wont have access it to, and they have to reinstall a operating system, and that is why it is just utterly critical to always back up your information and put it on a separate system. >> what do we know about what the program is in general intended to do? >> well, these ransomware p programs are simply made to make their victims feel so frust...

Hillary clinton, and he joins us from las vegas. your interview with hillary clinton has led the newscast because of the dynamic of the conversation. what do you think is a big headline coming from your he can change with her -- coming from your -- coming from your exchange with her. >> i asked her a direct, plain, fair question which is did you wipe the server. number one, someone tried to wipe the server, number one, and number two, the f.b.i. believes they have the forensics to get the data b...

$300. and the police were forceed to pay the ransome to get the data back. the computers were taken over by what is called ransome ware. and the fbi traced it to a swiss bank account but could not find the hackers. experts say the best way to avoid the ransome wear dont down load suspicious attachments. >> and the hunt continues for four more. and it is our top story as we go across america. >> pennsylvania, you can see the group get out of the van and attack a homeless man in the philadelphia g...

Its very challenging. >> lets go inside. i want to take a look at how this looklooks. once the sonar is down there it has got to take some data back. >> the idea is to move the sensor back and forth in a regular grid pattern. were moving along now. you see that we did one line previously. as you do youre building up a map of whats on the sea floor. were seeing in realtime the auv. they only see it at the end of their mission. >> they are sort of flying blindly? >> in a way, yes. they will make t...

Checks. if any of those things go off, you want to get the vehicle back. it could be going way down to the floor of the ocean and you dont want it to drift on its own. >> they do stay in communication with it. the boat sending it down will communicate with it and try to get it back if there is a problem. >> yes, thats part of the vehicles own logic. >> so the vehicle does some of it on its own. part of the issue too is just the depth. since they dont know really what theyre dealing with, thats p...