This is where they did all the nasty work. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. The Justice Department calls it one of the greatest threats it our country cyber crime. And just as the f. B. I. Began looking into one of the biggest cyber thefts ever by a russian crime ring, we learned today of another breakin, this time involving a company that does background checks for federal employees and contractors. Jeff pegues is in washington. Hes been looking into all of this. Jeff. Reporter scott, late this afternoon, the f. B. I. Said that it is investigating a cyber attack on u. S. Is, that is the company that does background checks on federal employees, meaning that the personal and Financial Information of thousands of government workers could now be at risk. The federal government has suspended most background checks until investigators can assess the damage. The revelation comes on the heels of a separate report that said a russ
Red light cameras. Gieng, im dan ashley. Im Cheryl Jennings vic lee went out to get answers about a sharp jump in the tickets in millbrae. Hes live to explain what he found today. Vic . This is a one of three intersections that have cameras the Sheriffs Office tells us they have answers for us tonight but not all. This is one of three intersections where millbrae cameras are located. The others in el camino. Last week, an editor e mailed the Millbrae City Council saying there was a huge spike in the red light camera ticketing. In april, generating 669 tickets. In may, a jump of 1525 tickets, that is 856 tickets more than the previous month. More than double the number. San mateo county Sheriffs Office says its looking into this spike. Thank you for bringing this to our attention. Angela louis says they found this camera at 101 off ramp may be the culprit. It was taken down for three weeks. At this time were looking into seeing if the camera that is placed there might be more sensitive.
The second american infected with the deadly ebola virus is now in the hands of u. S. Doctors. Nancy writebol checked into Emory University hospital in atlanta yesterday. Shes being treated alongside her colleague. Writebol flew in from west africa where the disease has killed nearly 900 people and as ko im reports, there are new efforts by airports to try to stop the spread. Reporter american missionary Nancy Writebol is undergoing treatment for ebola in an isolated ward at atlantas Emory University hospital. The president of the aid group she worked in in liberia read a statement from writebols husband who said she is weak but showing signs of improvement. A week ago, he said, we were thinking about possible funeral arrangements. Yet we kept our faith. Writebol and her colleague kent brantly contracted the often deadly virus in liberia. They used a never before used on human serum. Its killed 9 hurricane of more than 1,600 people infected in africa. Now airports like this one in nige
Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. The war in afghanistan may be winding down, but for u. S. Forces, it can be as dangerous as ever. An american twostar general was shot dead today when an afghan soldier opened fire on a highlevel delegation of officers visiting a secure military post outside kabul. Major general Harold Greene harold greeisthe highest rankinr killed in battle overseas in 44 years. David martin is working on the story at the pentagon. Reporter it happened at midday at the military academy where afghans are trained to become officers. A delegation of u. S. And allied officers was mowed down by a man believed to be an Afghan Army Soldier who opened fire with a machine gun from the window of a nearby building. Before troops assigned to guard the visitors could return fire, an American General had been killed and eight u. S. Soldiers wounded, four of them seriously. A german and an afghan general also were wounde