just got roped into this. the old internet writer might be the perfect spy tool for the kremlin. a warning from the development of homeland security. the us and uk warning russian hackers exploiting unpatched routers using them to spy on people around the world. how worried should we be, intelligence analyst joins us now. when talking about old routers they can use to spy explain how that happens. a long line of illicit activities on behalf of the russian government. in this case, unprotected routers, these internet routers, everyday businesses and consumers have have been hacked by russian state sponsored hackers intent on stealing
in new jersey. kids get a chance to ask christie questions during some of the town hall meetings. he won t be appreciative of rick s weather report coming up in a few minutes. another potential nor easter. eventual snow. no way. got other stories making your news headlines on your sunday morning. we ll get to that. massive fire rips through a small ohio town taking out an entire block of its historic district. it is. it s going. it s going. the fire causing some of the buildings to collapse. 13 businesses in downtown garrettsville destroyed, including the downtown food bank. two people hurt. the cause is under investigation. call it turning the tables. according to a new report leaked by edward snowden the nsa has actively been hacking into chinese technology giant. the company which produced internet routers and other
tv. would you spend $14 million to shove a bunch of unused equipment in a closet in west virginia? well, you did. it gets worse. news political director rick klein joins us. this broke on abc world news tonight. we couldn t help having to do it too. part of the stimulus plan was $7 billion in high-speed internet access going to rural areas. a big chunk went to west virginia. the state auditor stepped in and found an incredible amount of waste including one closet that had more than a million dollars worth of high-speed internet routers that had too much capacity for the intended use for. it s been three years and they re still sitting there with the wrappers on. why aren t they being used? they can t be used? there s too many of them. they bought too many of them. where they have been used, we re talking about tiny libraries, some with one computer terminal.
new york subway system leading to suspect najibul azazi, who was charged in 2010. it allowed us to know it was happening. reporter: but the target of the investigation contractor snowden remains defiant telling the south china morning post i would rather stay and fight the united states government in the courts. he accuses the u.s. of hacking network backbones like huge internet routers, targeting hong kong and china and proclaims he s neither traitor nor hero but what to call him is less of an issue than how a high school dropout ended up privy to the super secret surveillance programs. ask you if you re troubled that he was given that kind of opportunity to be so close to important information that was critical to the security of our nation? i have great concerns over that, the access that he had,
significant harm to our nation and to our safety. we re taking all necessary steps to hold the person responsible for these disclosures. those disclosures are bringing out international demands on the u.s. government. today a lawmaker from hong kong reacted to the claim that snowden made to the south china morning post that we told you about yesterday, that the u.s. has been hacking computers in china and hong kong for the last couple of years. snowden said this, quote, we hack network backbones like huge internet routers basically to give us access to the communications of hundreds of thousands of computers without having to hack every single one. according to mr. snowden, it appears that our right to privacy may have been systemically violated by the american national security agency. now, i think we re entitled to know the truth. and we re entitled to seek an account from the u.s. administration. snowden fled to hong kong