editors got fired. twitter is not an assignment editor, it s not a source. you know, i was out in the country, i was in five different states at the beginning of this week, and nobody there is talking about anything but jobs and health care. people at the end of the week were talking about cybersecurity attacks. they ll probably continue to talk about it as they get back to their desks in the morning for work. the country is talking about things that matter to them that the president is working dutifully on every single day. there s such a disconnect now between what people hear as noise and and what is actually news. and what they re paying attention to every single day, what they will judge this president on ultimately is if growth improves. all these confidence measures you ve seen from the manufacturers, the home builders, the small business own ors, the consumers themselves, the job production. if that actually continues, health care will get done. and there will be tack relief
combat cyber espionage, cyber attacks against our financial infrastructure, our electric grid and, you know, other information that can influence politics, so it s difficult not an emerging issue, but a paramount inor shoe issue this our national security realm. more hr. can we do anything about it? maria: can we do anything about it? first, we need to acknowledge we re in a cyber war with many countries around the world. approximately one trillion in financial losses around the world from chinese espionage, for example, in the use of our intellectual property, i think the estimates are about 100 billion for american losses. so acknowledging that the problem is there, and then working on a public and private solution to counter the cybersecurity attacks and disruption of services wherever they may occur whether it s in government or in the private sector or on an individual basis, each of us these to acknowledge our vulnerabilities. maria: paula, you saw during the campaign year,
about how you want things to be. go long™. arthel: cybersecurity attacks becoming more sophisticated every year, and now the fda issuing a warning about the health care industry saying certain heart devices are vulnerable, allowing hackers to get in and modify be programming
attacks from isis, but whether they have the ability within their own ranks to effectively launched the technical cyber security attacks currently in question. that said, isis does have money at its disposal. money can buy anything. that includes buying hacking is services on the online black market. fbi officials say that is one of the chief concerns in terms of the ability of isis to launch effective cyber attacks. troubling. matt rivers in hong kong, thank you. huma abedin is set to be interviewed behind closed doors by the benghazi committee. boss testifies publicly.re her - abedin is the only clinton aide to have an e-mail account on the clinton personal network. she is expected to face a grilling of the 2012 attack and the use of private server.
thursday. fox business alert for you. federal officials sounding the alarm on isis in america and just how far reaching the terror group s capabilities truly are. cheryl casoni here with the latest. the threat of cybersecurity attacks by isis and other enemies of the state the united states prompting fbi director james comey to issue a warning. the terror group is using encrypted communications to recruit vulnerable americans urging them to carry out attacks here at home. dianne feinstein spoke out during a congressional hearing yesterday. this is not your grandfather s al qaeda. they re pushing this through twitter. so it is no longer the case that someone who is troubled needs toaganda and motivation, it buzzes in their pocket. there is a devil on their shoulder all take long saying kill kill kill kill. the companies do not proactively monitor their sites to identify such content.