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You get at the height of the campaign, an e-mail shows up in your box that says something like, averah, this is the administrator, jack in the i.t. department, someone youre not sure you know, maybe you do, and he says, we have a problem with the system, i need you to confirm your account right now, i need your password and your user i.d., send it to me so i can solve this so you dont get locked out. its late, youre busy in the campaign, you have a million things going. same thing could happen i...

>> we know according to the allegations in the indictment the goal of the conspirators was to have an impact in the election. >> reporter: the 29-page indictment details how the russians targeted more than 300 people associated with democratic campaign committees and the hillary clinton campaign. this was the e-mail hillary clinton campaign chairman john podesta received, telling him to click a link to change his password, a technique known as spearphishing. podesta did, allowing the russian off...

Password information or implanting software in the computer that allows them to basically remotely access whats on the computer, to look at the screen, to monitor keystrokes and to download information. its a pretty blunt instrument that they used, and once they used it, then they were quite crafty, the indictment says, about how they peddled it, trying to make it look like it was coming from american entities when in fact the russians were behind it all the way. >> is it accurate to infer that ...

Donald heathfield at his graduation ceremony that year. the fbi was watching them and surveilling them and collecting intel for the whole six-year period. the fbi during that time had put microphones inside the spys house. on or about october you this, 2004, law enforcement agents intercepted oral communications taking place inside the boston town house. tracy leanne foley defendant was heard saying to donald heathfield defendant "can we attach two files containing messages or not? lets say four...

"law enforcement agents observed and forensically copied a set of computer disks. these password protected disks contained a program employed by the svr and by the illegals. so theyre using the super spy movie technique of dead dropping encrypted messages for the handlers back in moscow. the messages are inside the pixels of pictures of flowers on line. and they used this spy software that encrypts those messages and can also uncrypt those messages so the messages can be read. thats how that he ...

Box, photographing them. miking their house. the fbi had secretly gone inside their house on multiple occasions. they had photographed their notes and letters. they photographed this page from this notebook from donald heathfield which apparently includes his handwritten notes on the 27-digit password he needed to log into that software that allowed him to encrypt his messages in online pictures. they had the picture of the password code. the fbi was that up in their business for that many years...

The time. but you are right, thats what its going to go to. thumb prints and retina scans and all that stuff because people are getting so sick of this that technology will come up with a solution. >> juan: stay with us for my "one more thing" ." my password should be hello, vlad. i think the russians are in there anyway. my wife came up with a solution. she introduced me to last pass and you put it in there and then it lets you win. but what was the password for last pass? >> kennedy: the best ...

Hidden within their is the real context of the show so you have to read everything very, very carefully. >> greg: im going to be careful. >> kennedy: im going to watch it before i judge. >> greg: me too. >> jesse: i guess its sunday night. everyone has an opinion on passwords. too long, too hard to remember. and some are downright stupid. >> so the combination is one, two, three, four, five. >> thats the stupidest combination. it is the kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage. >> jesse:...

Much. when you are calling your bank about something and they ask the questions that you cant remember the questions because you dont remove the password. i get the feeling they derive pleasure from it, like the angrier you get, the more they just kind of go we are going to ask you another question. they should be more supportive during the frustration. >> dana: give me a hint. >> greg: my password is unicorn 5,000. but you dont know my accounts. >> jesse: do you have one password? >> dana: my n...

>> correct. >> reporter: shes trying to direct me to a web link. >> correct. >> reporter: it looks like a link to a politico story but its misspelled. would i have noticed if i were speed reading the e-mail? if i click on it, im infecting my computer. >> your computer will be controlled and they can take screen shots, turn on the microphone, video and stream it to a remote location. >> reporter: check each e-mail. hover over a web link to make sure thats legit. upgrade your password. whatever yo...