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Could north korea even carry out such a sophisticated attack? >> they can buy hackers on demand. so can you go out to the free market and you can say, this is what i want to have happen. here's a certain amount of money, just make it happen. >> reporter: experts say kim jong-un like his father is a voracious consumer of western movies but that doesn't mean they can take a joke. >> when they see themselves being ridiculed in these media forms that they love, it must really hurt them more than a sanction by the united states or by the u.n. security council. >> reporter: contacted by cnn sony wou...

>> yes. >> what? >> reporter: north korea, however, called the movie "an act of war" and promised a "merciless countermeasure" after the trailer's release in june. now someone has hacked into sony pictures that produced the movie. >> sony is actively investigating a link to a hacking attack that was carried out last monday. >> reporter: as recode first reported, hackers attacked in waves. first crippling sony's internal systems, then leaking five sony movies online, four of which like "annie" have not been released. >> light 'em up! >> reporter: together the pirated sony movies have been downl...

It was planted years ago but has not been activated and only recently discovered to power plants, the electric grid, water treatment facilities, natural gas pipelines. in theory this software could allow a hacker to use the internet to shut down a generator. if you think this is science fiction, take a look at this. in this test, homeland security researchers used a hacking attack to make this generator self-destruct. sources possibly connected to the russian government are the prime suspects. if this was turned loose on our industries it could cause chaos affecting thousands. pierre thomas, a...

>> reporter: part of the fec's job is make public how money is spent in elections. candidates, political parties, political action groups raise and spend money. hackers took down the fec's website the same day the government shut town in october and none of the fec's 339 employees were on the job that day. jon? jon: any response from the fec? >> reporter: we called over there this morning and the fec referred us to the department of homeland security or dhs. dhs confirmed that it is investigating the hacking attack and said in a statement, quote, while the investigation is ongoing and no final...

Shabaab have been killed in somalia. one of those killed is considered to be a top technical and explosives expert for the al qaeda affiliated group. the other person killed was not yet identified. federal judge in texas rejecting part of the state's restrictive new abortion law which would have required doctors performing the procedure to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. this decision comes a day before it was to take effect, preventing a major disruption of abortion clinics across texas. state officials plan to appeal. disgraced former illinois congressman jesse jackson jr...