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Work with. we squeeze, we cajole, we needle, we really cant get anything out of them at all, even when a competing news organization has put out a very provocative report. so we will wait to find out more. "the new york times" this morning did report that the fbi investigation being led by robert mueller, it might have its first actual human witness for the russian side of the russian attack on the election. its a ukrainian hacker. a guy who produces code and malware and hacking tools and sells ...

It looks like he -- >> maybe he wasnt paying attention, it seems. honestly. >> he was okay after that, and thats unbelievable. >> unbelievable he was able to survive that crash. >> luckily, no one else got caught up in that as well. thank you for that. a hacker with ties to russias hacking of the presidential election now reportedly working with u.s. officials investigating that matter. plus, president trump facing a mass defection by business leaders over his charlottesville response. why s...

Western pacific, or in california or in new york, that elensure our protection. >> now, listen, there may be a way to neutral eyes the north korean threat without using troops or missiles, tanks or jets. instead, the weapon of choice would be a computer keyboard. remember sets nut he was a secret code that set back irans nuclear program for years. so the question is could a similar cyber-attack work on north korea? david kennedy is joining us. hes a cybersecurity consultant and a ethical hacker....

Have a huge negative consequence here. >> no doubt. all right. martin savage. good to see you this morning. thank you so much. >> well, the president surprised the pentagon by sucking possible military action in another country far from north korea. what venezuelas president is saying about a potential u.s. intervention and how that could play right into ma der rows narrative. well talk about that next with our political panel. also, can the u.s. prevent a nuclear strike by way of hacking? a c...

Words i would not use that exact phrase. you could make up whatever you want. clown refrigerator eat there. steve: whats going on in your head because you put those four together. a lot of people overshare on social media. dont ever use any of the information you share on social media in your password. >> oh, absolutely. your. steve: your dogs name. your wifes name. your sisters name. >> generally on social media, keep the personal info to a minimum. just like those -- because honestly if a hack...

Data online, the hackers demanded 6 month salary in the coin and claim they earn 12 to $15 million a year from blackmailing organizations whose networks have gotten into. still not as big as the sony back. >> you dont need to blackmailer be a hacker if you can win the powerball millions because it is huge. >> got to be in it to win it. time to get the mega millions and powerball tickets, the jackpot which will be drawn tonight is $346 million, that is the seventh-largest jackpot in the games his...

Information leaked online. then theyll have to dodge spoiler alerts. this is becoming a pretty big trend in the digital world and it is really difficult to stop these hackers from getting it. >> bill: last year was another studio. what happened there? >> last year hackers threatened to leak orange is the new black episodes and the studio there actually folded. they paid these hackers $50,000 and guess what the hackers did? they leaked the episodes anyway. so i guess the moral of the story is nev...

Conversations between trumps data team. but i think the really troubling thing for a lot of people is the fact that you wouldnt even need a mole on the ground to feed anybody information. people could just buy that on their own. >> well, jane, one of the things senator mark warner pointed out is that these were insights targeting some of these blue states that many other political professionals seemed to lack. so the idea that a hacker, or foreigner based operation would be that good is unlikely...

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. brought in t late in the trial. but even if they had testified, there 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 wireless range...

Are you acknowledging this is happening? a lot of these tech companies dont always acknowledge what researchers come up with. they actually did come out with a statement that they offered us in essence they are saying that customer trust is very important to us to help ensure the latest safeguards are in place as a general rule we recommend customers purchase amazon devices from amazon or a trusted retailer and that they keep their software up to date. abby: quickly, what can people do then, kur...