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We're back now with the fallout from that massive security breach touching nearly every american family, an important consumer headline that, frankly, has gotten swamped by this storm. but with nearly half the u.s. population affected, tonight anger is growing, and there are steps you can take to protect yourself, not just now but for years to come. here's nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: financial and cyber experts warn the equifax hack has the potential to haunt americans for decades, and every adult should assume their information was stolen. names, social security numbers, dobs, addresses,...

6:00. >> cbs weekend news is up next. and news updates always at cbssf.com. see you in 30 minutes. >> ninan: breaking news from the korean peninsula. just as a north korean diplomat ties to open the door to talks with the u.s., the communist dictatorship fires another missile. also tonight, aboard air force pe, president trump says he's zeroing in on his pick to run the f.b.i., and he likes his choices. >> i think the process is going to go quickly because almost all of them are very well known. >> ninan: new details on the largest cyber-extortion attack in history. and the controversial plan ...

Windows, first identified by the us national security agency and later leaked in a series of iolen documents. british politicians immediately fired back, including labour party leader jeremy corbyn. >> what we've now got is a bunch of 21st century highway robbers that have hacked into our n.h.s. and basically offering protection money to get the information back in order to treat cancer patients or anybody else. it's unbelievably disgusting. >> reporter: hackers tricked victims into opening corrupt links in emails disguised as ngvoices and security warnings. it's a primitive technique that cyb...

>> no i said i'm thought aware and i'm not aware. >> press secretary sean spicer struggled to clarify if the surveillance occurred because mister trump was already part of investigations into russia. that's why we want the house and senate to do what the president has asked of them to look into this. >> house members are asking the department of justice to turn over any evidence of wire tapping by monday. president obama's director of national intelligence has disputed the president's claim. >> there was no such wiretap activity mounted against the president elect at this time. >> president tr...

>> pelley: cops in the u.s. and europe have broken up a network of crooks who helped other criminals hijack computers around the world. here's jeff pegues. >> reporter: police in ukraine raided an apartment and arrested this man believed to be connected to the cyber theft ring that investigators have dubbed "the avalanche network." authorities say the network had computer servers in at least four countries and stole hundreds of millions of dollars. the acting u.s. attorney for the western district of pennsylvania. >> we successfully identified 250,000 infected computers in 189 different countr...