today, removing barricades, dismantling the pro-palestinian encampment. in new york city, the new images just out, and tonight, authorities now say half the protesters arrested at columbia and elsewhere were not affiliated with schools in the city. also tonight here, on i-95 in the northeast, that fiery crash shutting down the interstate. the tanker truck carrying gasoline exploding into flames. how long will it be shut down? tonight, the deadly plane crash into a neighborhood. authorities now saying the pilot swerving in between homes on his way down. they believe he must have been trying to save lives as the plane was descending. the severe storms and life-threatening flash flooding. a disaster just declared in texas. we ll time this out. this evening, the dramatic testimony at donald trump s criminal trial, and trump at the end of the day leaving court, telling reporters, he cannot testify. but legal observers saying he certainly can, and for weeks, he said he woul
the overnight operation into today, removing barricades, dismantling the pro-palestinian encampment. in new york city, the new images just out, and tonight, authorities now say half the protesters arrested at columbia and elsewhere were not affiliated with schools in the city. also tonight here, on i-95 in the northeast, that fiery crash shutting down the interstate. the tanker truck carrying gasoline exploding into flames. how long will it be shut down? tonight, the deadly plane crash into a neighborhood. authorities now saying the pilot swerving in between homes on his way down. they believe he must have been trying to save lives as the plane was descending. the severe storms and life-threatening flash flooding. a disaster just declared in texas. we ll time this out. this evening, the dramatic testimony at donald trump s criminal trial, and trump at the end of the day leaving court, telling reporters, he cannot testify. but legal observers saying he certainly can, a
these attacks. reporter: among the targets of china s hackers, america s very infrastructure. now our enemies are also seeking the ability to sabotage our power grid, our financial institutions, our air traffic control systems. reporter: other targets of chinese hackers, familiar brand names like coca-cola, facebook, the new york times, washington post and wall street journal, and only today, apple. the hackers have user names like ugly gorilla and doda. according to this instructional manual from mandia, the computer security firm that did the study. here we see doda logging into one of his operational accounts. he has used this account for spear phishing and generating additional e-mail accounts. reporter: what is spear phishing? it s how attackers gain a foothold into a company s computer network by sending deceptive e-mails, tricking users to clicking on a malicious link to a phony website. once the victims provide passwords, p.i.n. numbers or access codes
a huge game of deception, $50 million worth of diamonds gone without a trace. nightly news begins now. announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. good evening. it s an explosive allegation, and it s what we ve all been warned about for years since the dawn of the computer age. a u.s. security firm says over 140 targets in this country have been hit electronically by a branch of the chinese military. big companies, you name it, some of the best-known brand names in the u.s. but more troubling than that is the idea that chinese hackers could reach into american society. the systems that run the country, our infrastructure and preserve order like power systems, air traffic, financial industry. it s a sweeping report and a scary conclusion. we begin with nbc s andrea mitchell in our washington newsroom. andrea, good evening. good evening, brian. outgoing defense secretary panetta has warned of a cyber pearl har
million worth of diamonds gone without a trace. nightly news begins now. announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. good evening. it s an explosive allegation, and it s what we ve all been warned about for years since the dawn of the computer age. a u.s. security firm says over 140 targets in this country have been hit electronically by a branch of the chinese military. big companies, you name it, some of the best-known brand names in the u.s. but more troubling than that is the idea that chinese hackers could reach into american society. the systems that run the country, our infrastructure and preserve order like power systems, air traffic, financial industry. it s a sweeping report and a scary conclusion. we begin with nbc s andrea mitchell in our washington newsroom. andrea, good evening. good evening. outgoing defense secretary panetta has warned of a cyber pearl harbor. the president warned about cyber