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As juvenile as the e-mails we all receive about a nigerian prince. >> you think it was his fault? >> yes. >> you believe -- >> who falls for that? a senile grandfather falls for that kind of juvenile -- >> -- because he was the victim of a phishing attack? >> yes, here's the more important point, too. what we keep talking about is i don't know who did the hacking of the dnc. podesta was not hacked. he fell for a scream. the dnc was hacked. who did it? what with do know is what was revealed by the hack. a democratic party that was corrupt to its core. particularly when it involved their primary...

Assessment. but they are less confident on others. to be clear, there is no agreement on russia been the perpetrator of the attacks. >> is it clear whether the hacking activity is continuing? or attempting to continue is this. >> reporter: law enforcement officials telling us at cnn and my colleagues that it is continued. it's continued in fact unabaded since the election targeting u.s. political institutions, political parties. that includes the democrat party. there was apparently an unsuccessful phishing attack to the system. and anderson, you have all of this evidence here. growing confide...

Raise it by attacking back, doing the same thing they did to us, right, that could be releasing embarrassing information, say the financial holding of vladimir putin or going after critical infrastructure in russia. get unquote, turning the lits off in moscow. trouble with that, don, and this is a concern that the obama administration expressed, that could lead to similar retaliation from russia. we know they have access to our up from structure. is that a path that you want to go down? retaliation brings risks. >> since the elections do you believe that cyber hacking has continued? >> absolut...

Really doing the same thing they did to us, right? that could be releasing embarrassing information, say the financial holdings of vladimir putin or going after critical infrastructure in russia. quote/unquote turning the lights off in moscow. this is a concern the obama administration expressed in public. that could lead to similar retaliation from russia. we know russia and other countries have access to our critical infrastructure. is that a path you want to go down? retaliation brings risk. >> since the election do u.s. officials think u.s. cyber hacking activity has continued? >> absolute...

Have required the senior most russian officials approval. it is a top heavy system. that means vladimir putin. since then, confidence has increased. that is because of the sophisticated hacking tools and cyber weapons. the most sophisticated which require vladimir putin to okay the use of the tools. that in addition to other intelligence and human sources leading to that conclusion that putin ordered this attack on the u.s. democratic system. the word they are using it continued unabated since the election on party institutions and party organizations, including and not limited to the democrat...