this afternoon we re learning the russians are at it again. it s not a surprise, nevertheless an alarming development as the u.s. government and some of the biggest companies not only work to fight off cyberattacks but also to figure out where those russian cyberspies still have access to some of our most sensitive secrets. the state-backed russians already pulled off one of the world s largest attacks ever. the latest strike includes the u.s. agency for international development or usaid. we have our nbc correspondent ken delanian. explain this for us. microsoft is calling this a rebellion, but they say it s the same group that carried out the
about the spy. this was a spying on the campaign of the opposing party. they knew what they were doing and they were engaged in an active ongoing politically motivated spying operation. put the fix in to save hillary s campaign. then they quickly started spying on the trump campaign. let s talk about this with malcolm nance. happens to be the author of the plot to hack america how putin, cyberspies and wikileaks tried to steal the 20e 16 election. so malcolm, how and where does it strike you when you hear all of that? you hear our president call this spygate? a. i find it very ironic that he would actually choose that term, despite the nod that we need to give out to the patriots. by using the term spygate, it
then they quickly started spying on the trump campaign. let s talk about this with a man who has engaged in spying. malcolm nance. a veteran of naval security, 35 years experience working in intel and also happens to be the author of the plot to hack america how putin, cyberspies and wikileaks tried to steal the 2016 election. so malcolm, how and where does it strike you when you hear all of that? when you hear our president call this spygate? i find it very ironic that he would actually choose that term, despite the nod that we need to give out to the patriots. by using the term spygate, it appears that he s carrying out a massive projection. by trying to take this innocuous use of an informant by the fbi, which is very common, and
they knew what they were doing and they were engaged in an active ongoing politically motivated spying operation. put the fix in to save hillary s campaign. then they quickly started spying on the trump campaign. let s talk about this with malcolm nance. happens to be the author of the plot to hack america how putin, cyberspies and wikileaks tried to steal the 20e 16 election. so malcolm, how and where does it strike you when you hear all of that?