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They said they think it's russia. i have president putin. he just said it's not russia. >> reporter: other members of the trump administration continue to cast a much darker view of russia. >> we don't trust russia. we don't trust putin. we never will. they're never going to be our friend. that's just a fact. >> reporter: and tonight concern that russian government hackers carried out probing cyber attacks on vital u.s. infrastructure including the power grid, potentially giving the kremlin the ability to turn off the lights. earlier this year the department of homeland security and fbi detail...

Power grid. >> they may be getting ready for a cyberattack to cripple the united states. jim sciutto has more on what is at stake. >> reporter: vital u.s. infrastructure including the power grid under cyber threat by russian government hackers. potentially giving the kremlin the ability to turn offer t the lights. department of homeland security and the fbi detailing a two year multistage effort by moscow targeting the u.s. energy grid. the hackers first gained access to small energy related companies, planting malware that allowed them to move into larger networks. once inside the energy supp...

Recently, in recent weeks and months, that raised the alarm as to how far russia has penetrated these systems as well as how far russia might be willing to go. tonight, violent u.s. infrastructure including the power grid under cyber threat by russian government hackers. potentially giving the kremlin the ability to turn off the lights. the department of homeland security and the fbi detailing a two-year multistage effort by moscow targeting tuesday energy grid. the hackers first gained access to small energy companies, planting malware that allowed they will to move into larger net works. onc...