very likely. and that is what we re seeing here. we saw russian officials, for weeks on end, saying that the american warnings about the innovation the false information was coming from moscow. clint, i want to ask, you there s an area that you talked about that we have talked about tonight. and that is cyber warfare. we have seen those type of attacks on ukraine in the past. we are expecting that they are either on there were now. some of been reported. but russia has the capability to do a lot more. they ve got the capability to shut down a lot of commerce in ukraine, and frankly, in other countries. what do you track on that front? it s important to remember, with russia, there is really to prompted. this one, each of their intelligence service, foreign, domestic and military, each of them has a hacking unit. essentially a cyber unit of offensive operation. remember from election 2016, those attacks on the dnc,
underestimate the cyber power the isolated nation of north korea can wield. people are always surprised because north korea is such a medieval society in many ways and yet have sophisticated high-tech capability to hack. the way they built it, also the way they at the same time are on the press pes of building an advanced nuclear capability. translator: the cyber war that started and no other country can attack north korea because there is no point. reporter: a former colonel in the north korea military who defected from kim jong-un came to hauo power. for years worked side-by-side with the hacking unit. notorious bureau 121. translator: only the very brightest students get to become hackers. they learn everything about the internet. then they work in the cyber research center, which is directly controlled by the
ability to hack. the way they built that is the same way they re on the precipice of a nuclear capability. the cyber war has started and no other country can attack north korea because there s no point. he s a former colonel in the north korean military who defected before kim jong-un took power. he worked side by side with the hacking unit, 121. only the brightest students get to become hackers. they learn everything about the internet and then they work in the cyber research center which is controlled by the government. these hackers are soulders. when they go to work in bureau 121 they re wearing uniforms. yes, when they go from home to work they wear their uniforms. they live in the military and
user name and password and get into my account and help them in other attacks. but in this scenario, what they want to do is infect my machine. reporter: according to the magazine, they physically intercept computers being delivered to plant spay wear. and ill fill trait offices to and usb plugs.n monitor cables - the agency was concerned enough about the connecting cables on edward snow deposit s computers that it removed them after he leaked nsa documents. according to the magazine, this nsa hacking unit targets potential terrorists, foreign security agencies, and he corporations. from an eaves dropping perspective, this is a gold mine. if i can gain access to your computer, now i have access to all of your secrets. reporter: in response to the report, the nsa said tailored
like linkedin or facebook. it looks like a real page but is a fake one controlled by the nsa. this is a dummy facebook page. when you go there, what does the nsa want to find out? one would be to simply intercept and sniff your traffic. for example, i would be logging into this page and they would be able to see now they have my user name and password. but in this particular scenario, what they really want to do is infect my machine. reporter: the unit doesn t do just remote hacking. according to the magazine, tao operatives physically intercept some computers being delivered to plant spyware and plant their own monitor cables and usb plugs into targeted computers to collect data. an nsa official told 60 minutes the agency was concerned enough about the connecting cables on edward snowden s computers that it removed those cables after he leaked nsa documents. according to the german magazine, this nsa hacking unit targets potential terrorists,