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Important notes. one is that when we talk about hacking of election systems, we cannot say it enough, that is potential hacking of the voter registration systems, which are separate from and not connected to the voting equipment. secondly, in cases like south carolina, although you'd have to speak to each state individually,ible it's common for allstate government it systems to have routine attempts for computer bots to be checking the vulnerability of the systems. the way it's been explained in lay terms really is knocking on the door, rattling the doorknobs to check to see if systems are vul...

The internet. >> that's more about updating it systems which is a completely valid thing. >> my point is the underlying attitude and if your underlying attitude about the russians which is true of democrats for 50 some odd years was appeasement and let's get along, etc., etc. you are just opening the door for this kind of thing. donald trump in his first six months has sent missiles firing into syria. he has no fear of acting when he feels he needs to act. >> the question again of what the trump administration is doing to get to the bottom of what russia did and make sure they don't do it agai...

Distributed a list of about 600 suspicious ip addresses, specific computer addresses, basically, from which these attacks were being launched. and they told election officials all over the country that they should scan their systems locally to see if there was any evidence of these ip addresses, if there had been any attempts of hacking from these specific ip addresses and they sent them all out in a big long list, 600 of them. last week dallas's election administer said they followed that advice. she said when she and her staff scanned is it systems in october to see if they had been hit by a...

System in which shell corporations that you never know who is really behind them are common place? >> i suppose one risk is it makes it easier for illicit money to make its way into a political environment. >> that's not a good thing. >> i don't think it is. >> me neither. thank you very much. >> senator? >> thank you, chairman. director, thank you for being here. given the fbi's extensive responsibilities and expertise in counterintelligence investigations, how likely is it senate it systems have been targeted by foreign intelligence services? >> i would estimate it is a certainty. >> and ins...

Federal government against cyber threats. i will hold my cabinet secretaries and agency heads accountable, totally accountable, for the cyber security of their organization of which we probably don't have as much, certainly not as much as we should have. we must defend and protect federal networks and data. we operate these networks on behalf of the american people. and they are very important and very sacred. we will empower these agencies to modernize their it systems for better security and other reasons. we will protect our critical infrastructure such as power plants and electrical grids....