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Measures to protect the grid there. it is not giving details of precisely what it is doing. it does not want to reveal any further vulnerabilities or those that want to attack exploit that knowledge at all. but they say that if there is any pass cal damage to substations, they do have technology that can wrap the energy around the xwrid and so the power does not go out. but it is scrambling as are other utilities across the country to deal with regulators and also deal with government agencies l...

Sochi itself, no. the russians know everybody whos in that town. everybodys got i.d.s. they know who goes in. they check all materials coming in. theyre very good at this. thest the rest of russia that i worry about, that theyre going to make some sort of statement in the middle of this. take down an airplane, blow up a bus somewhere. i dont see how that the russians can entirely protect the whole country in this period during the liolympics. if they do, bravo to them. >> what about the notion o...

Six of those. jeanne shaheen in new hampshire where obamacare is failing. she wasnt thought to be vulnerable. now scott brown, former senator from massachusetts looking at it. you have another looking at it seriously. a lot of ad dollars going in there against obamacare. there are vulnerabilities, not just in red states, gretchen, but states like minnesota, michigan, where republicans are beginning to outnumber and outorganize. >> i just dont know how democrats answer that question when a consti...

Cards in any financial transaction. debit cards carry fewer legal protections if your account happens to be drained. its happening to more and more americans. jon: that is really scary. jenna: we want to spend more time on this. dave is joining us, c.e.o. of immunity, a company that attempts to hack other companies to test their vulnerabilities. they are the good gois. we want to make that clear. nice to have you back on the program. >> thanks. jenna: is there something specific about these big ...

That is not too smart. >> no, if are you targeting something and if you are going to be an add adversary that will go after us, you will find our vulnerability. as mike knows what we will do from a targeting perspective is go after the weakest areas. when you go after the weakest areas you pick things like the power grid to actually find the vulnerabilities and to lay us low. that is what they will try to do. they will try to create a situation where we are without power for a longtime and large...

That is not too smart. >> no, if are you targeting something and if you are going to be an add adversary that will go after us, you will find our vulnerability. as mike knows what we will do from a targeting perspective is go after the weakest areas. when you go after the weakest areas you pick things like the power grid to actually find the vulnerabilities and to lay us low. that is what they will try to do. they will try to create a situation where we are without power for a longtime and large...

Revealing in eye-opening detail about what they really feel about their looks. >> reporter: its a craze that has taken over america, the selfie. with young women in particular trying to capture that perfect-picture pose and inevitably sharing it on social media. >> why are you doing a duck face? >> reporter: now dove is delving deeper into the selfie with a documentary titled "selfie" that premiered at sundance film festival monday. it brings moms and daughters together to see firsthand how inse...

Him is invoek fear and stop people from living their daily lives. i would be disgenuine not to say i have serious concerns. if youre asking if i would send my family there, i have trepidation. there are serious and credible threats we know about. im not completely convince had the the russians will be able to completely keep us safe. that being said, its not a slight against russia, no one can completely keep you safe not against terrorism. theres too many vulnerabilities. >> i just got this fro...

At the research ive done and came to the exact same conclusion. these are folks that work really well in the industry, they are highly respected and have an extensive experience of working for the government. if you rid the testimony and read what she actually said, she said its done end-to-end security testing what type of testing, it could have been an audit to look at paperwork, it could have just looked for basic things, but the site itself is not secure. it is much worse off. >> all right. ...

And its really damaging. its one of the largest websites we have with this low of access into our personal lives. >> now, mr. kennedy, the obama administration is not happy with your testimony. in fact, they are pushing back very hard on it. the chief security officer for the website herself was very concerned about vulnerabilities back in october when the website was now launched now says it has been fully tested and it is secure. this is what she said when testifying before congress. >> this s...