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Nabbed him. thats where the guy had his hand in the cookie jar, but if most cases a lot of these cases are solved after the fact. >> so you write about it, youre a former hacker who spent five years in prison for computer-related crimes. what happened in your case? >> oh, i ended up, yeah, i spent five years in prison, got out, congress asked me to go to washington and testify on how the government can better protect their systems and today i run a company that we do -- i do hacking. in other wo...

Was this individual the person behind the attack. what hangeckers do is try to launder their ip address. there was one using vpn service but were eventually caught. in more sophisticated attackers might break into a companys computer in china and leverage that system to break into other systems. if that connection is actually traced back, they get that -- law enforcement gets the cut out connection. so it really depends on the sophistication of the person behind the hacking, of how easy it is to...

Once an investigator, say the fbi or local police, could trace the bad guy to an ip address that actually belongs where theyre the subscriber or their families are the subscriber, they can execute a search warrant, pull the computers, analyze the computers and determine, hey, was this individual the person behind the attacks? what hackers do, though, is they try to launder their ip address, that i use vpns like in a case where a group that was a hacker group that kind of did it for the laugh, th...

Spent five years in prison, got out, congress asked me to go to washington and testify in how the government can better protect their systems, and today i run a company that i do hacking. in other words companies hire me to try to break into their systems, and my team, to find their vulnerabilities so they can fix them. you know, it is kind of cool to be able to do the same thing i was doing before, but now it is 100% legal. >> so i would imagine hackers leave clues behind. can you give us some ...

People like congressman walsh who support donald trump, but also dont like the idea of putin getting involved in this. >> first and foremost, its important to notice theres no credible information out there or evidence to say this is the russian government thats responsible for these hacks. >> as opposed to russian hackers. >> russian hackers. the ip address does indicate it comes from russia, but doesnt necessarily mean its the russian government, through there are concerns with russia and puti...

Responsible for these hacks. >> as opposed to russian hackers. >> russian hackers. the ip address does indicate it comes from russia, but doesnt necessarily mean its the russian government, through there are concerns with russia and putin. thats why it was frustrating when president obama criticized mitt romney for voicing his concerns. thats why there was frustration when hillary clinton tried to hit the reset, which was a complete failure. i think well have strong opposition to russia, we unde...

Track the ip address to areas connect to russian intelligence, its as if russia wants the u.s. to know we can do this with impunity. theyre sentiding a message tha theyre on the ascendant. >> whats the belief why these targets primarily target the clinton campaign, as opposed to the rnc and the nominee, donald trump? >> well, the clinton campaign represents bad news for russia in that when clinton was secretary of state she was part of the russia reset. she tried to warm up relations with russia...

The other school districts got this message and based on what the congressman just said he believes it came from the same source or ip address. based on the reporting today, i have serious suspicions, i will put it that way that this was a probing incident to understand how the u.s. school system would respond and whether that response created other openings for potential targets. >> it certainly is unnerving i willjuoet flight that thank you. terror attacks very differently on the east" coast. ...

Notifications to keep their kids home. the immediate concern, terrorism. a threat, which law enforcement confirmed appeared to come from overseas, was credible enough for the superintendent to shut the district down and send s.w.a.t. teams to some schools. >> based on past circumstances, i could not take the chance. >> reporter: another threat, sent from the same ip address and containing some of the same wording, also was sent to new york city schools. >> it appears to be the same e-mail that a...

We call metadata, which is literally what number called what number, what ip address contacted what ip address, is maybe among the most important intelligence tools you have because youre looking for needles in the haystack and you have to get the haystack in order to get the needles. whats happened is weve moved the haystack out of the custody of the government back into private hands. two things are critical -- >> the phone companies and technology companies. >> correct. two things critical, o...