Its the citys gate that once divided between east and west germany. We begin with the potential new hacking attempt from russia, this time against an Electric Company in vermont. Burlington electric said malicious malware discovered one of its laptops and u. S. Authorities believe its the same malware Russian Hackers used to meddle in the president ial election. Maintained none of the info has been compromised and officials involved in the investigation say they dont think it was an attempt to bring down part of the electric grid. Cnns Paulo Sandoval with more. Within the last hour, i talked to general manager of Burlington Electric and youve been following the story and talking to officials as well. What stood out in your mind in terms of how he described the risk and the danger of what has occurred . With that general manager confirmed much of what we were hearing from several sources t about how this was initially discovered. Department of Homeland Security that initially sent out a
Deadly attack at an istanbul nightclub. Show you Surveillance Video that theyre looking at very closely. Theyre going to highlight the focus here. The gunman there, they believe, entering the club after 1 00 p. M. And a flash as he shoots. He actually killed a Police Officer who was on guard at that club before he went in firing indiscriminately at new years revellers who were still partying at the club. Very popular with foreigners. Cnns sara sidner is following the story in istanbul. Were going to hear from her in a moment but lets hear first from ian lee. I got shot in the [ bleep ] leg. I dont know, i saw one person. Theyre shooting. Im hiding. Reporter more than 3 dozen killed, many more wounded. The assailant opened fire during a new years celebration. The governor saying the gunman entered the club and attacked innocent people calling it a cruel, cold blooded act. Turkey is still recovering from a recent wave of terrorist attacks that left many citizens weary. This attack is, of
Here in the cnn newsroom im in for poppy harlow. We begin with a potential new hacking attempt from russia, this time against an Electric Company in vermont. Burlington electric says malicious malware has been discord on one of its laptops and u. S. Authorities now believe it is the same malware that Russian Hackers used to meddle in the president ial election. Burlington electric maintains none of its info has been compromised, but vermonts governor Peter Shumlin is taking a hard line stance against the fact that there was even an attempt. Shumlin saying in a statement, quote, vermonters and all americans should be both alarmed and outraged that one of the worlds leading thugs, Vladimir Putin, has been attempting to hack our electric grid. This episode should highlight the urgent need for our federal government to vigorously pursue and put an end to this sort of russian meddling. That strong condemnation comes as the president elect offers anything but, instead Donald Trumps relations
Happy almost new year, happy celebration because im sure youre preparing for whatever it is you have up your sleeve tonight. Good morning, im chrkristchris and im Martin Savidge in for victor blackwell. Cities across the globe getting ready to ring in the new year. Celebrations have already begun in places like say new zealand where, what do you know, its next year. Three, two, one auckland one of the first to say goodbye to 2016. Look at what happened just last hour. Three, two, one this is the magnificent show over sydney harbor in australia, one of the largest fireworks shows in all of the world. I have to say, you know, they know how to do fireworks down there in that southern hemisphere. Have you been there for one of their celebrations at new years . No. But next year. Is that it . Im committing. The company will send me. He would like to be sent to sydney next year. For new years. Some people dont want to go quite that far, though that is a spectacular sight, lot of people as ma
Great move on delay by v. Putin. I always knew he was very mart. I want to bring in paolo sandoval. Lets start first with potential u. S. Reaction here. Do u. S. Officials believe that russia is now behind this new intrusion . Thats a great question. There is at least one listen for u. S. Officials to believe that there could, and i say could, be potential russian vomit in this latest cyber threat. First that company that you mentioned a few moments ago, Burlington Electric releasing a fresh new statement 20 minutes ago. In it they reiterate what we have been reporting much of today that Company Officials there have no reason to believe or at least no indication that the electrical grid that serves about 20,000 people in vermont and also that their customer information they have no reason to believe that both were compromised as a result of this malware that was located on one of their laptop computers. This all goes back to that initial discovery that was made of this possible malware