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Confirmed that the documents posted by wikileaks include authentic material about cia hacking methods for phones, computers and tvs and wikileaks claims it has a larger collection of unreleased data. in a statement to nbc news, they said, quote, we have no comment of the authenticity of the document leaked. tom costello has more on how vulnerable american's electronic devices are. >> reporter: security pros say, the cia's alleged hacking blueprints should serve as a reality check for all-americans. >> the only secure device would be one that, you know, is turned off, stepped on, melted down, b...

Workers in this country, the people who are running the baggage belts or who are loading with the catering onto planes, et cetera, the people working in the restaurants, they are not required to go through a security checkpoint every day and not necessarily required to have their bags checked every day. and that is a concern that many security pros have expressed to us about if you have an insider who is radicalized by an isis-type organization, the fact that they are not checking everybody remains a top priority and a top concern. >> nbc's tom costello reporting from union station. thank you ...

Occasionally, there's not a successful terrorist attack against a u.s. domestic flight since 9/11. a record the tsa is proud of and makes consul tantds nervous, kate. >> a lot of that makes all of us nervous. who what do they talk about when you talk to authorities to try to change some of the negatives? >> yeah. so one of the -- one thing the security pros like to see happen is more random tsa and police checks and screenings throughout the airport. in other words, behind the scenes. for the police, s.w.a.t. team units in miami, for example, to go up to airport workers saying can i see your b...

A half billion, and the average person spends 27 hours on facebook each month. the problem, keeping it in a world where hackers have targeted some very high profile brand names. for the people who work at facebook, october is a sort of test to security team sets up simulated attacks, then gauges how employees react and learn from the hack. >> this is the hack. >> they call it hackt o rks ber, a focus on traps by fake news stories, e-mails, or web links and stopping an attack before it starts. but what should the rest of us be watching for? security pros say if a message from a friend or someth...