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To release all kinds of data online, unless they get their ransom, this group behind this attack is known to ask for millions of dollars in ransom. but u.s. and state government officials have said that they have not yet received any ransom demands. so ahmed, what does that tell you? >> yes, there is quite interesting, this group, also known as ta-505, they are a russian-speaking group, but its not clear if theres any connection right now to the russian government itself. but also it highlights ...

The hackers exploited a vulnerability in a very popular software called move it. it is a file transfer software that governments and organizations use to sends files from one system to another. the hack actually began several weeks ago, but this week, cnn broke the news that multiple u.s. government agencies were impacted. the investigation is ongoing. this appears to be a very opportunistic attack. and theres not really a risk of any sort of disruption to government services. however, it is ano...

Home park and a hotel. local officials say several people are in the hospital and an unknown number of people are missing. tensions with iran continue to rise. overnight the country vowing to defend itself against military or economic aggression. the foreign minister made the comments during a press conference in iraq. yesterday iranian officials say they could use missiles to sink u.s. warships. and new information in the ransom ware attack thats crippled baltimore more three weeks. the "th...

This world. although right now in that relationship its just the u.s. >> melissa: rich edson, really horrifying. thanks for that report. an international manhunt is under way for whoever is behind this weekends massive global cyber attack. why leading experts now think some north korean hackers may be guilty in the ransom ware attack. plus, disney now targeted by hackers. with hackers holding its new pirates of the caribbean film hostage and demanding ransom. people would ask me in different cou...

Northed koreas missile test moves them closer to having online nukes. some are scared that kim jong-un might be crazy enough to use them. leaders talking about creating an emergency plan. but a washington state law wont let them make one. nuclear attack were prohibited in order to promote peace during the cold war and make people less afraid of the nuclear threat. some lawmakers today want to overturn that law. they say theyre not afraid of a north korean strike but that the state law shouldnt p...

Collected literally as computers are held hostage, has been relatively low. but the economic impact, were about four days into this, is now in the billions, maybe $4 billion. and now cyber security firms, including today in south korea, are saying that north korea hackers could be involved. now, we have known that the government there of kim jong-un keeps a virtual of army cyber crooks ready to do deeds and they have done some bad stuff in the past. what in the past 24 hours security experts are...

Least 100,000 organizations. the director said the attack is unprecedented. >> we are running around 200 global operations against cybercrime each year. though weve never seen anything like this. weve seen the rise of ransom ware becoming the principal threat, but this is something we havent seen before. the global reach is unprecedented. >> experts are urging everyone to install the latest windows update because there is a security patch in it to exposed the loophole. microsoft says they are wo...

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Some meeting to evaluate this attack. the important thing is, its not over. so if you log on, and the computer is not working right. i suppose tell your it specialist or call memorial hospital. guys? steve: turn the darn thing off. parentally in asia, for instance and japans hitachi corporation, great big manufacturer of equipment and whatnot, their email was hurt. and i think it was on saturday, reno the big french car manufacturer. the factories there on the computer screens it simply said you...

Find the attacker. >> many of those will be businesses. its not a uk only problem. its an international problem. laura: allison barber has more from our d.c. bureau. >> this is believed to be the largest cyber extortion attack in history in a my not be over. experts say the attack could grow when people had to work tomorrow and start logging onto their computer. >> that is the concern, that monday when everyone returns to the office, this ransom ware attack will be even larger. >> this all began...