Attacks on u. S. Banks have been struck in a series of coordinated attack these mop details at the moment, unclear. But the attackers are believed to have stolen large quantities of data, including information on checking and savings accounts. Theyre looking into the possibility that Russian Hackers are behind those attacks. There were other reports that suggested they had gotten employee information, joe. One of the things i wonder more than anything else about this, beyond my own security, im a customer, by the way, of chats. I dont know what banks you frequent, but these are reports coming from sources that are close to this investigation, whether they be government sources or bank sources. The banks themselves have not publicly disclosed this. And the question i always wonder is we talked about this on the air before. When if you are a company are you supposed to disclose that there has been a hacking attack . Clearly this has happened at least over the past several weeks and we he
Dont be fooled just because they have the same name your lonely aunt gave her cat. laughter these guys are pure evil. Tv, scare us till its brown downtown i. S. I. S. Is brutal . They are animals beheadings, crucifixions, mass executions or live burials, enlivement of women. They certainly arent the j. V. Team of al quaida. Theyre the green bay packers. Stephen yes, theyre the green bay packers, but with beheadings. So slightly less head trauma than the n. F. L. And yes applause yes, the u. S. Did hit i. S. I. S. With airstrikes in iraq. But that just drove them back into syria, where, last week they captured a major air base. Although, i dont know what good that will do, since im guessing theyre all on the no fly list. laughter think, guys so who exactly is isis . laughter according to the the new york times, the group has the group has quietly built an effective Management Structure of mostly middle middleaged iraqis. And their leader, abu bakr albaghdadi, has been described as a bal
Its hard to believe it was 20 years ago in the fall of 1995 that an fcc Advisory Committee made recommendations to the commission for the worlds first alldigital Television Transmission system. And many of you were involved in that epic process. But we all know that time and Technology March on. Today we stand on the dawn of a fully new system, one that promises even more flexible standard also alter High Definition television, and really a marriage between video and the internet. With all this in mind, we ought to turn now and sample the unique perspectives of our super panelists, television system, and industry luminaries. Because they are so well known and mark has almost already introduced them, i will do it briefly. In immediate left is michael powell, the president and ceo of the National Association of National Cable you have to use that word cable. Cable and telecommunications association. And former fcc chairman. Then we have gordon smith who is the president and ceo of the Na
cheers and applause stephen welcome to the colbert report audience chanting stephen thank you, thank you so much cheers and applause thank you, ladies and gentlemen thank you cheers and applause thank you. Im glad to hear that your spirits are up because i come to you tonight with terrifying news the internet is under attack shut off your smartphones, close your laptops and remain focused on your tv. laughter unless youre watching me online right now, in which case, to keep you safe, im going to close all your other tabs. Here we go. Youre welcome. Hey, folks laughter we cant be too careful, because your frenemies in china are spin ago worldwide web of lies. Jim . The u. S. Cyber war escalating to a whole new level. For the first time ever, charges filed against Chinese State officials accusing them of espionage. The hackers working on behalf offto the Chinese Government specifically to pilfer information from u. S. Companies. Five officials work for a supersecret spy cell known as uni
May 22, 2014. From comedy centrals worldview headquarters in new york, this is the daily show with jon stewart. cheers and applause jon hey, welcome to the daily show im jon stewart my guest tonight, Drew Barrymore. But we begin with the department of Veterans Affairs and the seemingly unending problems with providing timely medical care with some hospitals going so far as to actively cover up the problem. A situation best summed up thusly bleep jon that sounds right. By the way, no one is more upset about this than thy i dont understand of the republican senate. The v. A. Issue is an embarrassment and the president s response is an emapartment. He needs to treat these stories at least as seriously as the obamacare web site fiasco. Jon oh, takes the v. A. , turns it into obam obamacare yes, these republican senators have always stood up for our veterans when they think it can help them slam the president. Slightly different when they think no ones watching. A bill to extend healthcare