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>> reporter: one of the only countries not online? >> right. that will have zero effect on them. >> reporter: the challenge, there are not many krib targecy targets. we have much more to lose. >> our entire economy depends on the internet functioning properly. that's not the case for north korea. >> how would you rate their abilities? >> interestingly, look at them in relation to other attacks we've seen, low on the sophistication scale but their impact extremely high. >> reporter: scale of one to ten, threat level? >> somewhere between eight and ten. >> reporter: eight and ten? that's high. >...

U.s. wants to have this battle played out. >> we're much more exposed. >> we have much more to loose. our entire economy depends on the internet functioning, that's not the case for north korea. >> how would you rate their abilities. >> when we look at them relative to other nations we've seen, they're low on the sophistication scale but their impact is high. >> on a scale of one to ten, where would you put the impact level? >> somewhere between eight and ten. >> that's high. >> they're ready to do all kind of brazen things. >> launching a cyber attack on our society is easier than launching a...

Have this battle being played out. >> much more exposed? >> we have much more to lose. our entire economy depends on the internet functioning properly. that's not the case for north korea. >> how would you rate their abilities? >> you know, interestingly looking at them relative to other nation state attacks we have seen they're actually low on the sophistication scale. but their impact has been extremely high. >> on a scale of 1 to 10, where would you put the threat level from north korea? >> between eight and ten. >> eight and ten? that's high. >> they're willing to do brazen things. >> repo...