I would like to talk to you today about a dangerous cyberattack known as t2 that had distributed rendered thousands of computers useless they receive ransom demands to unlock their computers it was a careless and reckless attack affected individuals in industry and government and the consequences were beyond the computers were affected badly in the u. K. With their Healthcare System putting lives at risk. United states is publicly attributing to north korea. We do not make this allegation allegation might me but we do so with our partners. Other governments agree that united kingdom, canada is the new zealand japan and australia has seen the analysis and join us. Commercial partners have acted like microsoft traced it to the north korean government and others have contributed their analysis. The stability of the internet with free and fair trade and accountability and cooperation are the principal of the cybersecurity strategy. North korea is more than a decade this Malicious Behavior
Csp csp cspspan. Or cspan. Org. Next, a look at hacking attempts by russia which may have targeted as many as 21 u. S. States. We heard yesterday from the person in charge of Cyber Security for the Homeland Security department janet manfra and other intelligence officials. From capitol hill this is a little over three hours. Hearing is in order. Today the committee convenes the sixth open hearing of 2017 to further examine russias interference in the election. This is an opportunity for the committee and the American People to drill down on this vitally important topic. In 2016 a hostile foreign power reached down into the state and local levels to touch voter data. It employed sophisticated cyber tools and capabilities and helped moscow to potentially build detailed knowledge of how our elections work. There was another example of russian efforts to interfere into a democracy with the goal of undermining our system. In 2016 we were woefully unprepared to defend and respond and im hope
A moment. Nicolle, good to see you. Have a good show. And if it is friday, the president stands by his man. Tonight defending rob porter. Did a very good job while at the white house. President trump praises the former senior white house aide who is facing spousal abuse allegations. He said hes innocent. And i think you have to remember that. Plus the black hole in the white house. Why the trump orbit keeps swallowing up careers and ruining reputations. And why the u. S. Is still not ready to fight russia election meddling as midterms quickly approach. This is mtp daily and it starts right now. Good evening. Welcome to mtp daily. Im katy tur in new york in for chuck todd. No, it is not a monday. Im here because chuck is getting inducted into the Miamidade County Public Schools alumni hall of fame so were sending our congratulations to chuck. Were jealous you are in sunny miami. But we begin tonight with the black eye on this white house. The president staff initially stood by rob porte
Yasmin vossoughian and louis burgdorf. We begin with a white house aide resigning amid domestic abuse. Nbc White House Correspondent Kristen Welker has more on this. Reporter shock waves at the white house after a two exwives accuse verbal and physical abuse. In a statement, porter called the claims outrageous and simply false. And a coordinated smear campaign. The president and chief of staff have had full confidence and trust in his abilities and his performance. Overnight, chief of staff john kelly called porter a man of integrity even as reports of abuse first appeared in the the daily mail including this picture of porters first exwife who told the paper porter punched her, giving her this black eye soon after their 2003 marriage. She alleges porter choked her and emotionally abused her. Porter fired back, i took the photos given to the media nearly 15 years ago and the reality behind them is nowhere close to what is being described. Porters second exwife Jennifer Willoughby told
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