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It defends networks inside the united states. that would seem to be very valuable information for the russians to have from our nsa. the russians reportedly got access to the valuable, highly classified information after an unidentified nsa contractor took material home from work an put it on the home computer. that was his first mistake. second mistake, according to the journal, the hackers working for the russian government, quote, targeted the contractor after identifying the files they wanted through the contractor's use of a popular anti-virus software made by russia -- based kasper is ky...

They honed in on the home computer and obtained a large amount of information. joining now is shane harris, reporter for "wall street journal," shane, great to have you with us. thank you very much for that. >> good to see you. thank you. >> this is -- this is the -- there's been a lot of concern and suspicion about kaspersky related to russian intelligence. this seems to be the first reported incident of a granular instance the products were used by russia to conduct espionage in the u.s. is that right? >> that's right. for years intelligence officials had this suspicion and these fears and w...

Not with offensive. zero contacts with offensive agencies in russian intelligence. >> well, today, he responded to the report about theirv. in an incredibly offensive russian intelligence operation targeting the nsa calling it a false accusation. whatever the role turns out to have been in this, this reporting marks the first known instance, at least the first reported instance of the products being used to conduct high-level espionage against the united states. the journal's reporters say today u.s. investigators determined that armed with the knowledge of casperky software they honed in on t...

How we get inside foreign computer networks and defend against cyber attacks. the classified material according to the "wall street journal" was removed and placed on a contractor's home computer. that is a major violation there. and that computer used this conspiracy anti-virus software. last month you probably remember the acting secretary of hope land secretary elaine duke gave agencies to wipe conspiracy software from their systems. officials have not discussed the evidence. the order shows the evidence was deemed credible and significant. current and former government officials told fox n...

"the wall street journal" says hackers got the material after a national security agency contractor put it on his home computer. if true, experts say the hack would be one of the most significant scaredy breaches in years. officials with the nsc at the white house and on capitol hill would not comment publicly. multiple u.s. commandos killed in an ambush in west africa yesterday. officials believe in al qaeda affiliate is to blame. in a region out teeming with terrorists from isis, boko haram, and al qaeda. lucas tomlinson is at the pentagon. >> clearly there is risk for our forces. >> three g...