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In the door? >> jesse: we tip our hats to the people videotapingment chaos. it is it something enjoyable about watching it or judging them. no one wants to wait in line. there is cyber monday. >> it is this wut the violence and the chance you are taking there, is that it is cyber monday and hacker buys a jet ski with the credit card. >> jesse: i got an alert that there is fraud on my card. >> they steal my identity and then send me back notes. can you do better here. couple of late payments. >> ...

Who did. two of them. both of whom wrote reports. but trials have referees. and in this case, the judge ruled that neither one of those defense experts could testify about tampering. one, said the judge, wasnt sufficiently qualified. the other was brought in too late in the trial. but even if they had testified, there was one question they couldnt answer. if it was a hacker, who was it? >> i can tell you that police had access to it. i can tell you that anybody within wireless range had access t...

And in this case, the judge ruled that neither one of those defense experts could testify about tampering. one, said the judge, wasnt sufficiently qualified. the other was brought in too late in the trial. qualified an other was brought in too late in the trial. if they had testified, was one question they couldnt answer, if there was a hacker, who was it? >> i can tell you that police had access to it. i can tell you that anybody within hiwireless range had access. >> what possible reason would...

Replace it within 64 days. >> the world is a mess. i inherited a mess. whether its the middle east, whether its north korea, whether its so many other things. if you dont catch a hacker, okay, in the act, its very hard to say who did the hacking. with that being said, ill go along with russia. it could have been china. it could have been a lot of different groups. >> coming from a different world and only being a politician for a short period of time, how am i doing? okay. im president. okay. im...

Agencies around the world on behalf of their governments but actually moonlighting on the side where theyre using some of the similar tools and tactics for their own personal gain. so in this particular case, this hacker this indictment didnt charge him with acting on behalf of the iranian government but he has been associated previously with hacking on behalf of that government, kacie. >> uber in this case obviously is very troubling because they covered it up for such a long time but this hack...

The popular ride sharing app uber disclosed this week they suffered a so-called ransom where attack in 2016 and then covered it up for a year. the company paid $100,000 to recover the private information of more than 57 million customers and drivers. though they insist there is no evidence the information was used for criminal purposes. this news follows the revelation that a similar ransomware attack against hbo earlier this year was conducted by an iranian hacker with ties to that countrys mil...

Organization hit hard. >> wide-scale disruption. >> reporter: what benefit does north korea get out of it. >> its unclear. the one thing that makes sense, simply theyre unpredictable. >> reporter: another thing that makes the group uncontradictable. wannacry wormed its way into millions of computers but the code so basic a 22-year-old hacker from britain found an easy way to kill it only 48 hours after it was activated. >> this is wannacry on the right and a previous lazarus piece of software us...

Weve seen a rise in these rans ransomware attacks where the information is stolen and held hostage until the hacker pays a fee. are these the kind of attacks that are the future i guess of cyber warfare? >> well, this is certainly a step forward in the future. there are a lot more devastating things actors can actually do. were seeing companies across the spectrum in every single sector, in transportation, in hospitality, retail, the commercial sector, that are being targeted by organized crimin...

Pilfered. they had actually threatened to destroy the servers at hbo. were seeing these much more frequently. that should be very disconcerting to consumers and the commercial sector here, kacie. >> can you explain about what the iranians government might be in attacking hbo? i mean, what is their national security interest there? is it simply to just get the money in this kind of ransom attack or is there something else at work? >> so in this particular case, the particular hacker that was char...

Also be allowed to charge subscribers extra fees to get faster, better quality internet service. the fcc tonight saying the move will foster innovation. there is news tonight on the hbo cyber attack. the justice department charging an alleged iranian hacker, accusing him of trying to extort millions from the network. prosecutors say he stole episodes of hit shows and scripts from "game of thrones." they believe he is in iran, where u.s. authorities cannot arrest him. when we come back tonigh...