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I'm fredricka whitfield. a vermont utility company said there is no indication that their systems were hacked or compromised after malware linked to russian hackers was on a company laptop. the malware was not unique and no evidence of an attempt to tamper with the electric grid. however, the department of homeland security says the malware matches codes found on democratic party computers. utility officials are revealing more details on this intrusion. >> we found an ip address that is tied back to some of the recent malicious cyberactivity that was communicated with one of our computers. let...

Say was russian hacking during the election season. >> even though this, if it was an attempt -- i mean, there's more they have to find out -- but even if it was not successful, the real question is the impact it could have, right? and the utility company is talking about this. what are they saying? >> the general manager of the utility company coming out strongly and assuring customers that everything is okay. this was not, in fact, a hack, and nothing was compromised. here's what we said. >> let me be very clear. that computer was not connected to our grid control systems. our grid was not p...

Is tied back to some of the recent malicious cyber activity that was communicating with one of our computers. let me be very clear, that computer was not connected to our grid control systems. our grid was not penetrated, it was not breached and we have no indication of compromise with any of our systems or any of our customer data, but what we did is when we saw that traffic we immediately isolated the machine, pulled it off the network, alerted federal authorities and began to work with them so we could help trace that back to further their investigation. >> some answers and action there, bu...

Laptop of a vermont electric company. burlington electric department general manager neiale lunderville is joining us from burlington, vermont. first of all, authorities tell us that the malware appears to be the same type that u.s. intelligence agencies say that russia used to hack the dnc before the election but your company just put out a statement saying this is not unique. so what have you learned about the malware. >> so what we learned is first we take cyber security very seriously, like all u.s. utilities, whether they're large or small, something we look at every day and in fact what ...