al qaeda leader al zawahiri on the eve of killing chris stevens in benghazi, threats for libyans to attack americans. nic, thanks very much. nic robertson, who has himself spent lots of days in libya over these years, thanks very much. there s a disturbing, new report on cybersecurity. according to the firm trust wave, hackers in the netherlands have accessed more than 2 million user names and passwords from thousands of popular websites including facebook, g-mail, yahoo! twitter and others. laurie segall is joining us. sounds like a sophisticated operation. how did it work? wolf, absolutely was. something called pony malware. you get a link, looks look something you d click on. malware would be on the computer, they d look at your browsing history, get many passwords. as you said, 2 million accounts
there was a virus that wiped out 30,000 files on computers with an icon of a burning american flag. iran has also taken the ability to use cyberspace to its advantage to current officials tell us that the recent attack on bank of america was a response from iran to recent sanctions against its oil industry. he also referenced a cyberattack that struck the saudia arabia state oil company. they believe to have emanated from iran. the pentagon spent $3 billion a year on cybersecurity, but it went a step further, suggesting that the pentagon would not
u.s. to respond to hostile hackers with military force in some cases. national correspondent catherine herridge is live in washington with the details on this. reporter: thank you, martha. defense department officials confirm military force is an option when the nation is threatened by cyber attacks, part of a long-term national strategy on cybersecurity and defense. cyber weapons have been used by one of the u.s. government s most important allies, great britain, against al-qaeda in yemen. now, last june the group launched its online magazine for digital jihadists called inspire, the magazine is believed to be the work of an american from south carolina targets english-speaking recruits. it s an online tutorial on how to train and launch your own personal jihad. there was debate about whether this magazine should 125eu, be taken off line or whether it was better to leave it up and see who was tracking it. but as the debate continued, a congressional source confirms that a british cy