Williams. Good evening. It has already crippled a big company. Its cost a major studio a major motion picture. And its had a terrible cost to privacy. And while the electronic attack on Sony Pictures goes on, federal officials are pointing right at the source. They say the attack was launched from inside north korea. It raises huge questions about vulnerability and national security. And its where we begin tonight with our justice correspondent pete williams. Pete, good evening. Reporter brian, good evening. U. S. Officials tonight say they now believe the attack was launched inside north korea then rooted through computer servers in taiwan to take advantage of faster computer surrogates in the outside world. But theyre still unsure about whether there was outside help in designing the attack. Security analysts say even though north korea has a force of nearly 6,000 people assigned to do cyber attacks, its previous attempts have been primitive. Now they say the nature of the attack and
Is nbc nightly news with Brian Williams. Good evening. Amid increasingly dire warnings in recent days about this ebola epidemic which is now a worldwide crisis, the director of the cdc made a rather stunning comment today. He said he hasnt seen anything like this since the start of the aids crisis, which lets remember has killed 36 Million People around this planet since the 1980s. And we learned today the new ebola cases in western africa have been doubling about every three weeks. We start our reporting on ebola tonight with nbcs tom costello. Reporter the Haunting Images of ebolas orphans and victims represent but a fraction of the suffering in west africa. Today, a dire warning from the director of the cdc. I will say that in the 30 years ive been working in public health, the only thing like this has been aids. Reporter the toll so far more than 8,000 cases already diagnosed. At least 3,800 people dead, but the true number is surely much higher. A staggering 1. 4 million cases lik
Reporter tonight he believes that post does violate the social media policy of the Philadelphia Police philadelphia fire department. Salters was brought down here to be interviewed tonight by fire commercial brass and we also can tell you the mayor. He has chimed in on this matter telling us he believes the post goes way beyond the standards of decency. More on this tonight at 10 00 oclock. Guys . All right, chris, thank you. Chris just mentioned philadelphia mayor nutter releasing a statement we celebrate the exercise of our First Amendment right to expression but there are clear limits and this posting went far beyond the standards of dee season see as chris just menti mentioned inflammatory speech or behavior like this is simply irresponsible and could insight others to inappropriate actions. Counselors are helping students at bensalem hee exile deal with a tragic loss. A hit and driver hit and killed one of their classmates at bensalem road at bridge water road yesterday morning. T
Fastmoving developments in cyber warfare. Federal Authorities Say hackers taking aim at a hollywood giant are doing it for north korea. Billboards once advertising the movie now covered up, the movie pulled from theaters. But tonight, many are asking, are we simply giving in to the hackers and if they could do this to sony whos next on the next . Pierre thomas is inside the investigation. Reporter abc news has learned the attack on Sony Pictures was sophisticated, designed to mask who was behind it. Sources familiar with the investigation tell us the electronic assault from north korea was routed through a number of infected computers in locations overseas singapore, thailand, italy, bolivia, poland, and cyprus. The president considers it to be a Serious National Security matter and its being treated as such. Reporter apparently, to further cloud the trail, an Administration Sources says, the north korean government directed a hacker or group from outside the country to launch the unpr
Tomorrow to determine if it is indeed the body of bradley bishop. Well have live reports tomorrow on wusa9. In new york, newark airport, chicago ohare, washington dulles and the airport in atlanta. Dulles International Airport one of five airports in this country that will be putting some passengers through additional screenings to hopefully prevent ebola from spreading. The white house made the announcement today as we learned the man with the first confirmed case in america has died. Thomas eric duncan traveled here from liberia september 20th. He entered the u. S. Through dulles before going to dallas. The white house backed increased screening just about everyone who would travel through ebola stricken areas would pass through one of these five airports. As soon as this weekend at jfk and a little later at the other airports heres what you can expect. Reporter im bruce leshan at dulles. Enhanced screening for ebola slated to begin here next week. Customs officers will lead passenge