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Major meat supplier had to close its plants. >> i think its fair to say that weve transitioned out from a system and a situation where people looked to steal information and data to a new day when people seek to disrupt processes and that creates a disruption and obviously can royal the markets, create challenges for producers and consumers. hopefully this is a wake-up call for everybody. >> one example of less than stellar security, colonial pipeline, hackers were able to access the colonial pi...

Joining us is nbc security correspondent ken dilanian. >> good evening, ayman. darkside used an unused vpn account that had a single password, not the two-factor authentication that we need to access our nbc accounts from home. he said it was a complicated password, not a "colonial 123" type password. but he said the company did not have a ransom plan despite spending an average of $40 million a year on cybersecurity. he says his company now complies with the latest cybersecurity standards order...