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All of that was targeted in 150 countries. a cyber security expert to fighting back, but to the situation could get worse before the problem is resolved. >> that is the concern that monday, when everybody returns to the office that this ransomware attack will be even larger, this is a very serious problem, and i think it is going to grow. >> heather: benjamin hall live for us in london. being told it is going to grow. >> that's right, heather. in fact it is already the largest ever online extortion scheme. and media intelligence services, trying to fix the holes that allowed it to happen. by t...

>> bill: fox news alert. the white house calling an emergency meeting over the weekend after a massive cyberattack that hit computers around the world. dozens of countries felt this. the nsa investigating the malware which holds files hostage until the user pays a ransom. intriguing. benjamin hall will explain all this. what's happening? >> good morning, bill. this is now the largest ever online extortion scheme. governments around the world are meeting with their intelligence agencies to fix the holes and make sure the virus doesn't spread further. it freezes computers and leaves users withou...

Investigation will turn up. tom, thank you so much. we greatly appreciate it. up next the fbi is searching for hundreds of victims in a so-called sextortion scheme. it involves a man who's been blackmailing young women to send him explicit images. i'll talk with the fbi investigator on this case. they say there could be hundreds of people who are victimized in this. and msnbc has a big announcement about this year's global citizen festival. beyonce will join pearl jam, ed sheeran and coldplay in a special free concert with one goal -- to end extreme poverty by the year 2030. join us septem...

That we shouldn't allow whether it's a nation state or a group of hackers to censor this material being shown to americans. it's a bad message that is sent because now copycats might do the same type of attacks not for embarrassment but actually to monetize it some way through an extortion scheme. >> thanks so much for joining us from los angeles. >> all right. thank you for having me on your show. >> happy holidays. >> thank you. >> still ahead, celebrations in havana after president obama and castro agree to re-establish diplomatic tools. but can president obama win the looming battle on cap...

Saw all the hubbub about the governor. many found her believable. >> well, i mean, many people did. the only piece of concrete evidence if you can call it that that she put forward to back up her claims is this diary, which she subsequently said she didn't keep. that is point one. megyn, you're an attorney, follow the old rule, the money, she says her city was starved of sandy relief aid because she couldn't go along with their extortion scheme on the quid pro quo building that christie wanted. but they looked into the money, not only are they downplaying the amount of money the city got, in a...