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Story. this sounds ominous. >> it is, arthel. fake passports, drugs, credit card numbers are all for sale on the so-called dark weapon. but so, so too are the tools and people needed to launch cyberattacks. according to not united nations, nearly 80% of all cyberattacks come from highly organized gangs and their doing it from t dark web. >> you can get passports and i.d. cards. >> reporter: hes one of 6,500 researchers that make up ibms x force, a group operating deep jrnd cover inside anonymous...

>> reporter: one of 6,500 researchers who make up ibms x-force. a group operating deep undercover inside anonymous dark web forums and discussion boards where cyberattacks are born. >> my purpose in the dark web to understand what criminals are talking about. what theyre discussing. who theyre planning to attack and how theyre planning to do it. >> reporter: ibm says the anonymity of the dark web allows the cybercriminals to recruit hackers, sell malware viruses and stratjz on how to hack into a...

Stories of their heroic final moments. tori johnson on the right reportedly grabbed the gunmans weapon and reports that katrina dawson, the 38-year-old lawyer shielded her pregnant friend from the gunfire. that deadly lone wolf attack is the most likely attack to take place on u.s. soil in large part because they are extremely difficult to police and prevent. cnns chief national security correspondent jim sciutto has more. >> reporter: lone wolf attacks consistently they are the most likely atta...

For possible lone wolves to communicate with actual groups. offer themselves as potential terrorists. >> reporter: need proof? prosecutors say the men accused of the boston bombings used jihadi websites for inspiration and bomb building advice. security analysts say anwar al alawki exchanged e-mails with nadal hasan. and khalid shaikh mohammed is believed to have used a hotmail account. >> al qaeda started with one a decade ago. we have at least a dozen al qaeda web forums that host thousands of...

Communicate with actual groups. offer themselves as potential terrorists. >> reporter: need proof? prosecutors say the men accused of the boston bombings used jihadi websites for inspiration and bomb building advice. security analysts say anwar al alawki exchanged e-mails with nadal hasan. and khalid shaikh mohammed is believed to have used a hotmail account. >> al qaeda started with one a decade ago. we have at least a dozen al qaeda web forums that host thousands of individuals. >> reporter: a...

Sfb. that exchange at the tactical level is going to go on. politically, the administration is going to be careful they dont get caught in a tidal wave. >> let me go to richard engel for another thought. >> the worry is what happens next. look at the al qaeda web forums all day, they are celebrating what is going on in boston. they are talking about how much this is costing the city of boston, how americans are, quote, living in fear, how the city is under siege. they are absolutely thrilled by ...

The raptor on the web, in an exclusive interview with foxnews.com he claims to be a grandfather and former member of the military with at least one kid on active duty and his twitter account is active and he seems to take pride in the demise of the radical websites. on march 25th, raptor tweeted all three of al-qaedas top tier web forums, al shamuk, mu gentleman what deed, tango one, fuzz you, ayman, a reference to the leader, and eight days ago, raptor seemed to tweet the counterterrorism commu...

Capability of developing i.e.d.s, and other mechanisms on the internet. >> reporter: these web forums are used to spread the hateful ideology of al-qaeda 2. o, the new generation of american recruits. that includes adam gadan, on the left, from california, oman hamai from alabama, anwar alar lackie, the new mexico-born cleric killed by the cia last september, and whoever or whatever may be responsible for taking down these sites, its very difficult to independently verify the claims from raptor ...

im really overwhelmed right now. interviewing the pilot to try to i was looking down from the get some answers about what airplane and it seemed like everything wasnt real. happened yesterday. >> jason carroll, thanks so much. the woman who died, that was to whats important for me to say be a part of her 40th birthday is just thank you to everyone celebration who has believed in me who has still ahead -- a wisconsin man trying to figure out why governor rick perrys office defended me...

a very big get. he was the only american on an official u.s. hit list and his killing has touched off this firestone today among critics. they contend that this killing breaks u.s. and international laws. today the president made it very clear that no terrorist is safe. >> make into mistake, this is further proof that al qaeda and its affiliates will find no safe haven anywhere in the world. working with yemen and our other allies and partners, we will be determined, deliberate, and re...