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It is pretty clear that there was a major operation by russia. and you had president putin directing it. that information that i think is crucial and probably very worrisome here in the kremlin is they had source, some type of source, right at the inner workings of the kremlin telling them that. and the second part that i think the russians will pick up on, and they are, is that planting these cyber weapon, you could call them, inside the russian network, that could be used in the future. those are two things that are very serious. so this is the type of thing that should be looked at. then al...

He says they are trumped up. so what he has been doing -- and he's not allowed, by the way, to appear on state television either. what he's been doing is a guerilla online campaign, using youtube to expose some of the fabulous wealth and fortunes that some members of the russian elite, those who are part of or in the orbit of the kremlin, have been able to amass for themselves. we'll see what happens after this latest chaos in the streets here in russia to mr. navalny. >> all right, richard, good to talk to you, richard engel in moscow. not to be overlooked when talking about russia is its c...

These exploits, and when they are, that they're keeping them secure. >> he added that microsoft wants a digital geneva convention for cyber weapons. so, imagine, you know, governments can see these vulnerabilities in, you know, operating systems are the global economy, basically, has them, sees them, could use them if they wanted. maybe don't. they're just stockpiling it as a cyber weapon, but then it's hacked or leaked and then it's out there. >> we still don't know if it was hacked or leaked by the nsa. >> we don't know. we don't know. >> cybersecurity, the emerging economy. >> yep. >> globa...

Unprecedented in its sheer size, hitting dozens of countries around the world. the victims include fedex in the u.s. and many hospitals in great britain. security experts racing to contain the fallout. bryan llenas joins us live from our new york city newsroom with more details. >> reporter: hi, kelly. hackers used a microsoft windows flaw to launch what appears to be the largest cyber attack of its kind in history on friday. the flaw was leaked online, it was secretly used as a cyber weapon by the u.s. national security agency. hackers exploited this weak point to infect windows computers wit...

Security experts racing to contain the fallout. we have brian in our video with the latest. >> hackers use microsoft windows flaw to launch what appears to be the largest cyber attack of this kind in history on friday. the leaked flaw was once secretly used as a cyber weapon by the us national security agency. hackers exploited this method to infect computers with iran somewhere through spam e-mail or attachments that iran somewhere launched your computer holding your data hostage in the user must i pay a ransom or their data will be deleted. this is a screenshot of what the virus dubbed wanna...