people having to click a link on a fishing e-mail. it takes over the computers and demands $300 in bit coin for access to their files again. what s most troubling, it isn t just effecting big companies and individuals, it is also effecting hospitals. in the uk, multiple hospitals had to cancel outpatient appointments because their computers have been effected. at the root is a flaw in windows which microsoft has been trying to correct since march. but it can only be fixed if you, the user, do the security update. so often you get that notification in the lower right corner, don t want to restart the computer. this is proof you need to do it immediately. if you haven t updated your windows computer since march, you could go victim to this malware. nobody is pointing fingers yet. cyber security researchers say it is too soon to do that.
from a staffer about a fishing e-mail. that podesta received. the wikileaks founder julian assange told me that security from podesta s emails was so inadequate that a 14-year-old could hack into it. and hillary clinton her private email server. it was scored in a mom and pop both room closet. does that sound secure? of course not. the fbi is 99% that up to 5 foreign intelligence agencies accessed hillary clinton s emails. the dnc. after the political party was hacked, they didn t give the fbi direct access to its server and data. the fbi had to rely on a 3rd party. the new york times reported that when the fbi first called the dnc staffer to alert them,
from a staffer about a fishing e-mail. that podesta received. the wikileaks founder julian assange told me that security from podesta s emails was so inadequate that a 14-year-old could hack into it. and hillary clinton her private email server. it was scored in a mom and pop both room closet. does that sound secure? of course not. the fbi is 99% that up to 5 foreign intelligence agencies accessed hillary clinton s emails. the dnc. after the political party was hacked, they didn t give the fbi direct access to its server and data. the fbi had to rely on a 3rd party. the new york times reported that when the fbi first called the dnc staffer to alert them,
material, we published the several podesta emails which shows podesta responding to fishing e-mail. now, how did they respond? podesta gave out password was the word password. his own staff said, this e-mail that you received, this is totally legitimate. so this is something a 14-year-old kid, a 14-year-old kid could have hacked. you have hillary clinton setting a server in her house which is definitely irresponsible and john podesta using a password named password and telling staff to go into e-mail and monitor along with him and you wonder, sophisticated nation led by vladimir putin is the one who exposed it. they were sitting there naked
account noticed a fishing attack, flagged it, and one of them responded by saying, this is a legitimate e-mail, john needs to change his pass word immediately. now, the aide later said he knew it was a fishing e-mail and he meant to write illegitimate, not legitimate. it is shocking, such a small error could have huge repercussions. how often does something like this happen? most hacks today, don, actually begin with an e-mail. it is called social engineering, and what this attack method is, is a junior high schooler could do it. they send malicious links or, like in this case, a fake g-mail. we call this in the security world credential harvesting, in other words stealing people s credentials, and this stuff is really, really common. i i don t think podesta knew, he would never have put in his credentials or his assistant, whoever put in his credentials was fooled by the attack.