Page 3 - Malware Code News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

To specific keyboards with cyrillic text with the russian alphabet and able to do this by looking at the metadata and certain documents. they believe these keyboards made up the malware code used in the russian hacks. one official said this is just one piece of evidence in the overall puz. there are many factors at play leading the u.s. intelligence community to point the finger at russia. >> the president-elect has a different view whether or not the russians were involved, right? >> reporter: that's right. he continues to cast doubt on russia's involvement as recently as this is past weekend...

Says there is, at this point, no indication that any of its information or systems were compromised by malware linked to russian hackers. burlington electric now saying the malware found on a company laptop was not used and there is no attempt of interference in the electric grid. let's get more from jessica schneider. this is a developing story. we learned about it over the weekend. the big concerns are with the russian alleged hacking of the election. is this more? how big could it get? talking about the electric systems, set cetera. how was this discovered? >> it started thursday when the d...

Went to its computers and found an internet address using that malware code, it was communicating with one of its laptops. burlington electric acted fast and took the computer offline, isolated the computer and contacted the federal authorities. they're working with the federal authorities. the department of homeland security has acknowledged this is the same malware code that was, in fact, used with the dnc hacks and was tied to the russian hackers as alleged by the u.s. government. and vermont's governor is speaking out about this, as well, putting it tersely and pointedly in a statement. th...

And if you look at the weapons of mass destruction, that was a disaster. and they were wrong. and so i want them to be sure. i think it is unfair if they don't know and i know a lot about hacking, and hacking is a very hard thing to prove. so it could be somebody else. and i also know things that other people don't know. and so they cannot be sure of this situation. >> what do you know that other people don't know? >> you'll find out on tuesday or wednesday. >> also, new today, the department of homeland security is backing the vermont utility company's assessment that there is currently no in...

Briefings like the presidential daily briefing. after that, perhaps we'll hear more from donald trump on his views on vladimir putin and russia. betty? >> looking forward to that. thank you, kelly o'donnell, reporting on the president-elect from west palm beach, florida. thank you. for more on the renewed tension between russia and the u.s., let's bring in p.j. crowl crowley. he's the author of the upcoming book "red ne:american foreign policy in a time of fractured politics and failing states." thank you for being with us. >> happy new year. >> happy new year to you. i want to get your take...