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At work and you show up on monday and still in this situation deciding if you want to pay $300 in bit coin in order to get your files back. i think what's interesting here is this all has to do with a flaw in windows that microsoft actually started patching back in march. but if you have not updated your computer and you're like so many people you see that pop up in the lower right-hand corner, you see that pop up in the lower right-hand corner, your don't want to restart your computer you say i'll do it tomorrow. but if you delay that could you be one of the few people who is vulnerable to th...

Firls. and then in january a a hotel in austria was hit. the department of homeland security warned the u.s. users to protect themselves by updating systems with latest patches and not opening up strange e-mails or links. and back up your data. and joining us is a correspondent from london, and this is a massive attack, and how do you go about finding who is behind this and how can you go about trying to trace how they want to be paid in bit coins, and is that possible? >> it is very, very difficult. bit coin is designed to be anonymous, and so it is hard tole follow the money trail, and secon...

Case, and many hospitals don't pay? >> they are going to lose their data. it is the computer that is simply the hard drive is going to be locked up, and they won't have access it to, and they have to reinstall a operating system, and that is why it is just utterly critical to always back up your information and put it on a separate system. >> what do we know about what the program is in general intended to do? >> well, these ransomware p programs are simply made to make their victims feel so frustrated that they are willing to go out and buy bit coin and pay the ransom. the perp tetrators are ...

Because that is totally unacceptable. specially on liberal campuses like the ones in california. it's sad that young girl can't wear a red hat. what did it say, steve? steve: it's in the spirit of the make america america great again. it's make bit coin. international. ainsley: she can't say that. steve: he trump supporter. steve: college campus us are the first place you should have diversity and free flow of different ideas. if you are on the right, or you are a not progressive, they are going to shut you down. brian: think about this. if you are looking for a college right thought and paren...

These kids are beating each other up in malls. >> obama. >> "wall street journal" today has a great article, i like this kind of stuff, talking about the penny. for years i think it's time to get rid of the penny. >> hear, hear. >> did you know a penny costs 1.4 cents -- >> i did. >> and we produce 9 billion pennies. time to get rid of this. also the nickel costs more than it's worth. now, remember, this is the full faith and credit of the united states behind those notes, behind those coins. that's why they're worth anything. when it gets to the point where it's almost 50% more than it's wort...