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Russians were to blame. >> did their actions impact one candidate over another? >> i would say that their actions definitely were more detrimental to one candidate than the other. >> reporter: adam myers works for crowd strike, the cyber security firm that investigated the hack and that works closely with u.s. intelligence. what did you see? >> imagine somebody breaks into a bank and they use some sort of special saw to cut through the safe. we found that saw as they were using it. >> reporter: you caught them in action? >> we did. >> reporter: myers said the cyber attacks began with russian-b...

Sites are being criticized for not doing enough to stop bogus stories that seemed to dominate the election cycle. jericka duncan has more on this. >> reporter: when a satirical website headlined a story "pope francis shocks the world, backs trump," the fake news went viral. waves of false headlines on social media have turned readers into believers. this week, social media giants facebook and google said they will go after hoax websites by restricting ad revenue. facebook is also planning to launch a program allowing users to flag fake news. journalism professor jeff jarvis: >> the slope is ve...

An obvious suspect following alleged hacks into the e-mails of democratic national committee members, but these attacks seemed to dollars more than votes. >> the idea of launching a massive attack, but a ddos attack to disrupt the internet, could have massive economic impacts in the united states. >> reporter: ddos stands for distributed denial of service, an attack that chokes a web site with fake requests. this particular attack didn't hit any brand-name web sites directly. instead, it focused on dyn, a backend company that invisibly but crucially routs customer requests to web sites we know...

People and i have no doubt we'll see a lot more of this going forward. it's a very effective way to make your mark felt online. >> reporter: all while strike the betd rock of the modern world as well. >> ninan: u.s. defense secretary ashton carter met with iraq's prime minister in baghdad today and got an update on the battle for moz ul. iraqi forces backed by the u.s. military are trying to retake the city from isis. hundreds near mosul have been treated for breathing problems after isis set fire to a sulfur plant on thursday. holly williams has the latest. >> reporter: iraq's elite special f...

The u.s., unable to load popular websites like twitter, netflix, amazon, paypal, and a long list of others. >> what we know is that a cyber criminal group or a group of people created the opportunity where they had web traffic, and they funneled all of that traffic at a particular company, dyn. >> the attack was aimed a tech company based in new hampshire that serves as an internet switchboard and allows people to connect to websites. it crippled dns, or domain name servers, the so-called address book for the internet, essentially overloading it. the hack will cost major corporations dearly. i...