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He says democrats are freezing him out of information hes nighted to have. and showing blatant favoritism for hillary clinton. senior political correspondent mike emmanuel has details. >> vermont senator bernie sanders campaign is fighting back, threatening to take the democratic national committee to court. the dnc accused the sanders campaign of improperly accessing confidential voter information, gathered by rival hillary clintons campaign. campaign manager jeff weaver came out swinging, clai...

Information. in other words, by their action, the leadership of the democratic national committee is now actively attempting to undermine our campaign. we are announcing today that if the dnc continues to hold our data hostage and continues to try to attack the heart and soul of our grassroots campaign, we will be in federal court this afternoon, seeking immediate relief. >> msnbcs steve kornacki interviewed josh youret ski, the one staffer who was fired from the sanders campaign. he said they d...

Campaigns in modern history. >> the sanders campaign fired one aide for viewing clintons proprietary information through a firewall that was apparently wide open. but campaign manager jeff weaver says the punishment, everyone temporary, is out of bounds. >> and if the dnc continues to hold our data hostage, and continues to try to attack the heart and soul of our grassroots campaign, we will be in federal court this afternoon seeking immediate relief. >> democratic national committee chairwoman ...

States, but these caucuses, he caucuses with the democrats but is an independent socialist so having someone who is an independent now going to court and his campaign going to court with the democratic party is a fascinating subplot here. >> lets remind everybody exactly what jeff weaver had to say about that and whether or not they are going to end up in court today. take a listen. >> individual leaders of the dnc can support hillary clinton in any way they want. but they are not going to sabot...

This entirely on the dnc saying the dncs vender failed to keep it confidentable. >> if the dnc continues to hold our data hostage and attack the heart and soul of our grass roots campaign, we will be in federal court this afternoon seeking immediate release. what is required here is a full and independent audit of the dncs mishandling of this data and security from the beginning of this campaign to the present, including the incident in october that we alerted them to when we were fairly confide...

America, we cant generate phone numbers to do that. its impossible to mobilize the kind of grassroots campaign we have without access to that data. we are, because of the nature much our campaign, peculiarly affected by this type of taking of data hostage by the dnc. >> reporter: does it make it impossible for you to win? >> it does not. i think people across this country, we are beginning to see it now already online, are outraged by this conduct by the dnc which is clearly a heavy-handed attem...

Bernie sanders campaign essentially in a time-out for taking a peek at hillary clintons voter data. >> individual leaders of the dnc can support hillary clinton in any way they want. but they are not going to sabotage our campaign. one of the strongest grassroots campaigns in modern history. we are announcing today that if the dnc continues to hold our data hostage and continues to try to attack the heart and soul of our grassroots campaign, we will be in federal court this afternoon seeking imm...

Information gathered by our vol untears across the country, and funded by the over $2 million contributions we received online. it is our information, and the information of all of the volunteers and the people who support our campaign and not the dncs. in other words, by their action, the leadership of the democratic nastional committee is now actively attempting to undermine our campaign. this is unacceptable. individual leaders of the dnc can support hillary clinton in any way they want, but ...

Once it infects, it encrypts all of your files, locking you out. attackers hold your data hostage until you pay a ransom. typically between 200 and $10,000. most criminals demand payment in bitcoin, a type of anonymous, easy to use online currency. occurrence you pay the ransom, most get their files back. ransomware has been around for years, but the latest strain of the virus called cryptowall is wreaking unprecedented havoc. between last april and june this year, the f.b.i. has received 1,000 ...

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