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It's like a continued reference. one references the other. >> somebody working on this idea of targeted violence where you want to -- you're an ideologue like a white with supremacist isn't different than somebody who is supporting al qaeda or we were investigating from an investigation from an espionage standpoint. these are people who believe in their cause. and they want other people to know how they believe in their cause. and how strongly they believe in it. and what they're willing to do to prove even if they just have control for those moments of the shooting. and you mentioned before a...

Missouri senator claire mccaskill accuses russian operatives of trying to hack into her office last year. saying in a statement, while this attack was not successful, it is outrageous that they think they can get away with this. i will not be intimidated. i said it before and i'll say it again, putin is a thug and a bully. mccaskill is one of the most vulnerable democrats running for re-election this year. a senior microsoft executive confirmed three 2018 candidates have been targeted by the same group of russian intelligence operatives who targeted democrats in 2016. >> they were all people w...

Successful it's outrageous they can get away with it this. oop i've said it before and i'll say it again put isn't a thug and bully. >> mccaskill is one of the most vulnerable democrats. a senior microsoft confirmed that three 2018 candidates have been targeted by the same group of russian intelligence officers targeting democrats in 2016. >> they were all people because of their positions might have been interesting targets from an espionage standpoint as well as an election disruption standpoint. >> the hackers used fake microsoft pages and so-called fibering attacks. the company is on high ...

Interesting targets from an espionage standpoint as well as an election disruption standpoint. >> reporter: the hackers used sfauld phishing attacks. they are on high alert for similar pages they say they take down when discovered. it's the campaign rather than the voting systems among the most vulnerable targets. >> i think the fact is the campaign staffer will neff get to the level of these adversaries and staring them down. we're talking about the most sophisticated intelligence the russian intelligence, the iranians. >> reporter: the white house is coming under fire for not thwarting cyber...

They were all people because of their positions might have been interesting targets from an espionage standpoint. >> microsoft says that the phony site was taken down and that the fishing was thwarted. we know one candidate that has been targeted by russia in 2018. more on that from my panel next. ♪