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Malware code the u.s. government says is used by russian hackers. the "washington post" first reported this, citing a senior obama administration official among its sources to say the russians did not actively use the code to disrupt utility operations. nbc's chance nichols joins us. what do we know about this? any reaction from the white house as of yet? >> reporter: no reaction from the white house. they're just waking up in hawaii, stephanie. we'll give them another couple minutes, maybe a full hour. here's the key point about this story. a distinction between hacking the system of burlingt...

Specifically intelligence gathering against the u.s. diplomats in san francisco are also getting kicked out of the consulate where u.s. officials say the russian had a spy network. the russian consult general wishes vladimir putin would do what president obama has done and kick out our diplomats. >> we consider these sanctions completely unsubstantive, unreasonable, and very detrimental to the bilateral relations between two neighbors, between the united states of america and the russian federati federation. >> putin says u.s. 2ki7 mats can stay and waiting for the trump administration to take...

You can even download from your x1 dvr and watch it offline. only xfinity gives you more to stream to any screen. download the xfinity tv app today. now to the new report in "the washington post" about a code associated with a russian hacking operation that has been detected within the system of a vermont utility. the report cites a senior obama administration official among its sources. burlington electric says it detected a malware code used in the grisly step operation as it is called on a laptop that was not connected to the organization's grid systems. all of this comes after a busy wee...

Signs of a malware code. the u.s. government says was used by russian hackers. reaction from moscow, next.

>> that infected laptop we've been talking about wasn't connected to the power grid system, that's the good news. the burlington electric company in vermont found mallware on a company laptop yesterday after the department of homeland security shared the malware code with them. company officials say they scanned all of the computers in their system and then called the feds. here's the response from senator patrick leahy. quote, this is beyond hackers having electronic joyrides. this is now about trying to access utilities to potentially manipulate the grid and shut it down in the middle of win...