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Down. >> investigators say spear-phishing was involved in this process, this hack by the russians. so what exactly is spear-phishing? you ever go to your e-mail box and you find yourself looking at an e-mail that looks like it came from someone you knew and demanding some sort of immediate action? it might be the credit card company, the bank. something like you used your credit card, we have a little problem, send us the numbers again. thats essentially what theyre saying happened in this case....

Target rosenstein? >> so theyre not connected but i think politically they are connected and i think we heard republicans saying this indictment that came out, republicans that are critical of mueller saying the indictment was good, shows the russians were the bad guy, also saying shows no collusion between trump and the trump campaign and russians. yes, i think it is a political dynamic. they have to vote on this on the house floor to move it forward. i think the meeting will in fact effect tha...

The email looks like it came from someone you knew and demanding some sort of immediate action, might be the credit card company, a bank, a store you shopped in saying something you used the credit card could you send us the numbers again. thats what they say happened in this case. some hacker got into the systems in some cases were talking about officials in political parties. in other cases we are talking about state election officials. and sent emails that basically just said, look we got som...

Against the u.s. he accused russia of continuing to undermine u.s. democracy, adding, quote, we are just one click away on the key board from a similar situation repeating itself, a reference to the 2016 election hack. this weeks justice department indictments says half a million u.s. voters had their data stolen by the russian military intelligence hacker who managed to get into various state election boards, florida, georgia, and iowa voters were especially targeted according to the indictment...

That guccifer 2.0 was a lone romanian hacker. in fact, both were created and controlled by the russian gru or military intelligence. one russian intelligence officer is accused of hacking u.s. state election boards and stealing information for half a million american voters. that, according to the indictment. the states that were targeted included florida, georgia, and iowa. director of national intelligence, dan coates issued the following warning about escalating cyber attacks on u.s. infrastr...

Meddling and the putin government. the defendants are members of russian intelligence known as the g.r.u. are accused of hacking democrats e-mails and releasing them. >> nay created fictitious personas. the defendants said one was a lone romanian hacker. >> reporter: theres no allegation americans knew they were corresponding with russians and no allegation an american committed a crime or it change the vote count. >> shannon: catherine herridge with the update for you. thank you. what if anythi...

>> the conspirators had fictitious personas and they claimed that d.c. leaks was group of american hackers and guccifer 2.0 was a lone romanian hacker. >> in a statement, a white house spokesperson emphasized there is no allegation that any american citizen committed a crime and no allegation that the conspiracy changed the vote count. sean? >> sean: all right. catherine herridge in washington tonight. here with reaction, fox news contributor and investigative reporter sara carter and author of ...

Democrats e-mails and releasing them and sometimes posing as u.s. citizens. >> the conspirators had fictitious personas and they claimed that d.c. leaks was group of american hackers and guccifer 2.0 was a lone romanian hacker. >> in a statement, a white house spokesperson emphasized there is no allegation that any american knew they were corresponding with russians and no allegations that any american citizen committed a crime and certainly no allegation that the conspiracy changed the vote cou...

Elections. >> the warning lights are blinking red again. the day the digital infrastructure that serves this country is literally under attack. every day foreign actors, the worst offenders being russia, china, iran and north korea. >> the u.s. intelligence director singed out russia as most aggressive foreign actor in terms of cyber-attacks against the u.s., he accused russia of continuing to undermine u.s. democracy adding, quote, wasnt one click away on the keyboard from a similar situation r...

U.s. citizens. >> the conspirators had fictitious personas and they claimed that d.c. leaks was group of american hackers and guccifer 2.0 was a lone romanian hacker. >> in a statement, a white house spokesperson emphasized there is no allegation that any american citizen committed a crime and no allegation that the conspiracy changed the vote count. sean? >> sean: all right. catherine herridge in washington tonight. here with reaction, fox news contributor and investigative reporter sara carter...