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The federal government's efforts prevent a major cyber attack may have suffered a serious blow. nbc news has confirmed russian hackers stole important details about how the nsa defends against cyber attacks. for more i'm joined by nbc news intelligence and national security reporter ken dilinian. ken, what is the latest? >> katy, this is an incredible story. a contractor at the nsa apparently took home highly classified material including hacking tools that the nsa uses to break into computers and eavesdrop on communications. and this contractor was using a russian made antivirus software on h...

Or hackers in order to sow chaos overseas or even potentially back here at home? >> it is highly disturbing the last two global massive hack attacks have been linked to nsa malware, that our government designed, and now those hacking tools are out in the public domain. i have introduced bipartisan legislation called the patch act with both members of congress an senators to bring transparency to the process and how the nsa decides to right and hoard malware versus telling companies and manufacturers about these software weaknesses. i think we should err on disclosing vulnerabilities to microso...

And the u.s. it's targeting government agencies and global firms including companies like merck, and wpp. agencies have been hit particularly hard including the monitoring system at the nuclear power plant. this virus is similar to wannacry. ransom ware infects and locks a computer and demands $300 in bit coin to open it up. microsoft did release a security patch in march but the virus targets anyone that hasn't updated their system. we don't know yet the source of the attack. while some experts say the virus spread from software in ukraine, but we do know the virus uses hacking tools believed...

Infection. while it would be satisfying to hold accountable those responsible for this hack, something we are working on quite seriously, the worm is in the wild, so to speak, at this point, and patching is the most important message as a result. business and government have responded to upgrades and patches and this has dramatically reduced the invasion of the last three days. this continues to be our focus. let me finish by repeating advice that all organizations be vigilant in updating their software and that the only communications that can be compromised by the ransomware virus are the on...

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