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Pilfered. they had actually threatened to destroy the servers at hbo. were seeing these much more frequently. that should be very disconcerting to consumers and the commercial sector here, kacie. >> can you explain about what the iranians government might be in attacking hbo? i mean, what is their national security interest there? is it simply to just get the money in this kind of ransom attack or is there something else at work? >> so in this particular case, the particular hacker that was char...

Wormed the way into millions of computers but the code so basic that a 22-year-old hacker from britain found an easy way to kill it. only 48 hours after it was activated. >> this is it on the right and this is a previous lazarus piece of software used in bangladesh. >> reporter: the attack on the central bank of bangladesh was a straight-up bank robbery. just loons of code. the hackers exploited a small glitch in the global banking system and almost stole a billion dollars. except they couldnt s...

Security. on cyber security, our responsibility is to coordinate government cyber security efforts. i want to give you an update on the ransom attack thats been known as warner crypt. we continue to monitor that at the highest sources of government. we are bringing all the capabilities on this issue and working side by side with our partners in the private sector and our international partners. i spoke moments ago with my counterpart in great britain and learned an update from them, that they ha...

Running, heading to germany for first official trip in office. last week the newly elected leader will have lunch with president in brussels heading to the country for a nato summit. >> right now fox business alert before you log onto your computer this morning, that massive global cyber-attack we have been hearing could be far from over. cheryl casone here with how to protect yourself, hey, cheryl. cheryl: morning, rob, it was unprecedented ransom attack. a hundred thousand organizations in 150...

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