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>> that's right. this is an attack targeting the u.s. power grid. power companies here that run the u.s. power grid, in fact, a short time ago we got this statement from the department of homeland security. the following, while there is no indication of a threat to public safety, the importance of the nation's energy grid makes it a prime target for malicious cyber actors. we also reached to a cyber security firm that is often contracted by the government to analyze cyber attacks. they were involved, for instance, in analyzing the russian interference in the election. they detected this attack...

Infrastructure. "this activity was early-stage reconnaissance and not necessarily indicative of an eminent disruptive cyber attack that might takes months to prepare if it went un detedeteu" fire eye says they were never able to disrupt the power supply. this time it looks like their actions were designed to send a deterrent message. fire eye says the north koreans did not appear welling or able to launch a first strike. president trump today was asked whether he and his secretary of state are on the same page about how to deal with north korea. >> i think i might have a somewhat different att...

When fire eye looked at what was happening on social media they quote discovered long lists of accounts that sent out identical messages within seconds or minutes of one another, firing in alphabetical

Kremlin. >> by now, russian hackers had penetrated the democratic national committee for months and were setting their sights on new targets. using the crudest of cyber weapons, so-called sphere phishing e-mails. >> in addition to the organizations that were targeted, multiple individuals were targeted with sphere phishing e-mails that resembled google warnings. >> john holtquest is director at the cyber security firm, fire eye. >> they clicked on those thinking they were security warnings and this basically transported them to a place where the adversary could collect their credentials and re...

As we reported earlier, former clinton campaign chairman john podesta met with the house intelligence committee. roger stone has agreed to do the same next mop month all behind closed doors. during the campaign, podesta's private e-mails were hacked and published on wikileaks. how that happened, though, is incredibly fascinating story part of a cnn special report coming up at 10:00 p.m. eastern. jim sciutto hosts. here's part of jim's report. >> in addition to the organizations that were targeted, multiple individuals were targeted with phishing e-mails that resembled google warnings. >> direc...