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To specific keyboards with cyrillic text with the russian alphabet and able to do this by looking at the metadata and certain documents. they believe these keyboards made up the malware code used in the russian hacks. one official said this is just one piece of evidence in the overall puz. there are many factors at play leading the u.s. intelligence community to point the finger at russia. >> the president-elect has a different view whether or not the russians were involved, right? >> reporter: ...

Says there is, at this point, no indication that any of its information or systems were compromised by malware linked to russian hackers. burlington electric now saying the malware found on a company laptop was not used and there is no attempt of interference in the electric grid. lets get more from jessica schneider. this is a developing story. we learned about it over the weekend. the big concerns are with the russian alleged hacking of the election. is this more? how big could it get? talking...

Went to its computers and found an internet address using that malware code, it was communicating with one of its laptops. burlington electric acted fast and took the computer offline, isolated the computer and contacted the federal authorities. theyre working with the federal authorities. the department of homeland security has acknowledged this is the same malware code that was, in fact, used with the dnc hacks and was tied to the russian hackers as alleged by the u.s. government. and vermonts...

And if you look at the weapons of mass destruction, that was a disaster. and they were wrong. and so i want them to be sure. i think it is unfair if they dont know and i know a lot about hacking, and hacking is a very hard thing to prove. so it could be somebody else. and i also know things that other people dont know. and so they cannot be sure of this situation. >> what do you know that other people dont know? >> youll find out on tuesday or wednesday. >> also, new today, the department of hom...

Briefings like the presidential daily briefing. after that, perhaps well hear more from donald trump on his views on vladimir putin and russia. betty? >> looking forward to that. thank you, kelly odonnell, reporting on the president-elect from west palm beach, florida. thank you. for more on the renewed tension between russia and the u.s., lets bring in p.j. crowl crowley. hes the author of the upcoming book "red ne:american foreign policy in a time of fractured politics and failing states." t...

Malware code the u.s. government says is used by russian hackers. the "washington post" first reported this, citing a senior obama administration official among its sources to say the russians did not actively use the code to disrupt utility operations. nbcs chance nichols joins us. what do we know about this? any reaction from the white house as of yet? >> reporter: no reaction from the white house. theyre just waking up in hawaii, stephanie. well give them another couple minutes, maybe a full ...

Specifically intelligence gathering against the u.s. diplomats in san francisco are also getting kicked out of the consulate where u.s. officials say the russian had a spy network. the russian consult general wishes vladimir putin would do what president obama has done and kick out our diplomats. >> we consider these sanctions completely unsubstantive, unreasonable, and very detrimental to the bilateral relations between two neighbors, between the united states of america and the russian federat...

You can even download from your x1 dvr and watch it offline. only xfinity gives you more to stream to any screen. download the xfinity tv app today. now to the new report in "the washington post" about a code associated with a russian hacking operation that has been detected within the system of a vermont utility. the report cites a senior obama administration official among its sources. burlington electric says it detected a malware code used in the grisly step operation as it is called on a ...

Signs of a malware code. the u.s. government says was used by russian hackers. reaction from moscow, next.

>> that infected laptop weve been talking about wasnt connected to the power grid system, thats the good news. the burlington electric company in vermont found mallware on a company laptop yesterday after the department of homeland security shared the malware code with them. company officials say they scanned all of the computers in their system and then called the feds. heres the response from senator patrick leahy. quote, this is beyond hackers having electronic joyrides. this is now about try...