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We found out in may there were 114,000 people whose information was compromised. lets go over what this means. what they got access to as something available in whats called the get transcript function of the irs on their website. this is a place to go access prior-year tax filings. whats on that information? you have social security numbers, names. even the social security numbers for your kids. your income, where you live, your street address. this was a very big get for the bad guys out there...

Request to see a counselor. >> inmates may send e-mails to family and friend on the outside for 50 cents a message. spell and day figured out a way to use the kiosks. >> we have been talking because we went to court yesterday and these have your pin numbers on it. i memorized her pin number so i can get on hers and she can get on mine. we write each other e-mails but we cant send them so we save them as a draft. so whenever she gets back on hers she will see the draft that i saved on her account...

Flores. the the two become -- they get to know each other. >> on may 30th, 2010, a security camera at the atlantic city casino shows joran seated at a card table gambling and shaking hands with stephanie flores. >> stephanie and joran leave the casino together, the last time anybody saw stephanie alive again. >> on the fifth anniversary of natalees disappearance, joran took stephanie flores back to his hotel room and murdered her. >> police believe the motive was robbery, torturing her to get th...

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Half. four came within 20 minutes of each other. one of the worst defeats in the history of world cup play. this is a team that barely beat the u.s. 1-0 and all those kids were crying because they were forced to watch it in their home nation. it was very sad. brazil has to play again in the consolation game. >> coming up on "fox & friends," what do these three celebrities have in common? they actually go extinct. well explain. >> you may want to think twice before you take that cash. hackers usi...

The hackers just sat there, picking their information off by the millions. >> wow. so, do we have any estimate so far of the damages? >> were getting them. we know that 70 million at least -- at least -- were breached in some capacity. phone numbers, credit card numbers, pin numbers and security numbers. look at these numbers. now they believe that $18 billion is the damage number to the banks and the retailers, and $4 billion in uncovered costs that it could cost the consumers right there, and ...

That they havent seen before. >> reporter: just who are the hackers? there are clues. part of the code is written in russian. the "wall street journal" cites an unnamed u.s. official who said these details suggest the attack may have ties to organized crime from the$x soviet union. target is still dealing with the fallout this morning. in a new e-mail by target to its customers, it said the cyberattack stole much more than pin numbers. it stole names, mailing addresses, phone numbers and e-mail ...

Most troubling of all, its using new technology that makes it virtually undetectable by all security software. >> its an unknown exploit, one they havent seen before. >> reporter: just who are the hack sners there are clues. part of the code is written in russian. the "wall street journal" cites an unnamed u.s. official who said these details suing dweft the attack may have ties to organized crime from the former soviet union. target still dealing with the fallout this morning. in a new e-mail b...

Have ties to organized crime from the former soviet union. in a newly issued e-mail from target, the attack included much more than pin numbers. >> consumers need to be aware right now, paying very close attention to your statements. >> so target has agreed to testify before congress in early february about the massive data breach there. no federal laws exist that set out standard rules for when and how companies must report these breaches. the main objective of the hearing will help customers t...

Potentially been breached, that number could double. >> according to a cyber security firm, many retail organizations may not know that theyve been infected. the software contains a new kind of attack method that is able to covertly subvert network controls and common friends sick tack -- friends sick tactics. >> they called the maly shous computer code kaptoxa. parts of it have been on the internets black market for weeks. the paper added that unnamed u.s. officials say these details suggest th...