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It gets into spam e-mail or attachments, it locks your computer holding it and its data hostage until user has to pay ransom. this is a screenshot of what the virus dubbed want to cry. in this case users had to pay up to $600 to get access again. the side and speed hitting tens of thousands of computers including in hundreds of companies including the u.s., uk, china. it affected fedex here in the u.s. and british hospitals and medical centers. many were forced to cancel or delay routine procedu...

Experts believe it was unlikely from the government. >> one of the things we need to ground yourselves and his security professionals, although we often hear about the nationstate of hacks because they become sensationalize, the reality is, 80% of what were dealing with on a day-to-day basis is organized criminal gangs. this is, in fact one of the largest illegal economies of the world. >> experts are now thinking a savvy 22-year-old britain -based researcher for finding the viruses so call, kil...

It gets into spam e-mail or attachments, it locks your computer holding it and its data hostage until user has to pay ransom. this is a screenshot of what the virus dubbed want to cry. in this case users had to pay up to $600 to get access again. the side and speed hitting tens of thousands of computers including in hundreds of companies including the u.s., uk, china. it affected fedex here in the u.s. and british hospitals and medical centers. many were forced to cancel or delay routine procedu...

Not vetted with essentially sean spicer and the white house casting blame for any possible -- any possible problems on the previous white house for having grant him security clearance. today jim clapper saying, actually, incoming security advisers have a much higher standard of vetting, is that your understanding of how things work. >> yes, there are two processes, chris, first you have the security clearance. so can you be trused with the countrys secrets, basically, thats something thats done ...

Spicer and the white house casting blame for any possible -- any possible problems on the previous white house for having grant him security clearance. today jim clapper saying, actually, incoming security advisers have a much higher standard of vetting, is that your understanding of how things wo. >> yes, the are two processes, chris, first you have the security clearance. so can you be trused with the countrys secrets, basically, thats something thats done by security professionals, the depart...

Not that i didnt notice the harsh, unyielding language against trump. i have said a few things myself. trump seemed to do thing that is justified it. once elected, instead of calming down and acting presidential, he continued the stream of actions and lies. seemed marked by chaos and incompetence, then the strike on syria. on that issue, trump appears to have listened to security professionals, reversed the earlier position and chosen a calibrated response and acted swiftly. i supported the stri...

Mind before today? was this an every day thought you had, the possibility of something like this happening? >> reporter: i think ever since 9/11 and 7-7, terrorism is in the back of your mind when you go into a major city. funny enough i was covering the duke and duchesss visit which was rocked by another terrorist scare when a man was killed at the airport nearby. of course its on your mind. and you speak to security professionals, and theyre pretty honest. they say often terrorism, its not a c...

By excluding general mattis at defense and general kelly at homeland security, now saying general dub ford the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff is not going to be automatically included in the security counsel principals meeting simultaneously saying steve bannon is says that he does not understand the job. excluding these generals who i think the american people would rely upon for their judgment from the huge decisions elevating steve bannon to this position actually says that the preside...

Tens of thousands of policemen and women around the country can do to prevent that is one of the questions facing european services at the moment. >> goes beyond paris. you have talked about the human cost of extended surveillance. how long can a city like paris handle this and other city tz, as well? >> i think its misleading to suggest that this kind of surveillance can be extended over the course of an emergency that gets into two years. this is about deterrence. not about prevention. you put...

Stop. they are the best in the world. but its not just our security professionals who will defeat isil and other terrorist groups. as americans, we all have a role to play in how we respond to threats. groups like isil cannot defeat us on the battlefield so they try to terrorize us at home against soft targets, against civilians, against innocent people. even as were vigilant, we cannot and we will not succumb to fear. nor can we allow fear to divide us. thats how terrorists win. we cannot give ...