>> I HAVE DIRECTED VARIOUS
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT TO WORK
CLOSELY WITH CITY'S TASK FORCE
TO GET MISSION CRITICAL SYSTEMS
BACK ON-LINE, AS EXPEDITIOUSLY
AS POSSIBLE.
>> THIS IS BIGGER THAN RAND SOME
WEAR ATTACK THIS IS ATTACK ON
OUR GOVERNMENT, THAT MEANS AN
ATTACK ON ALL OF US.
JOHN: ANOTHER HACK ATTACK ON
U.S. CITY, I AM NOT SURE IF THEY
ARE COMING BACK WE HAVE BREAKING
NEWS.
WE'RE COVERINGS WHATEVER IS IN
FRONT OF US.
SHUTTING DOWN SUBSPAN
SHUTTING DOWN SUBSTANCE
SHUTTING DOWN SUBSTANTIAL
PORTIONS OF ATLANTA'S
GOVERNMENT WORKERS TURNING ON
COMPUTERS FOR FIRST TIME SINCE
THAT ATTACK.
I AM HERE WITH MORGAN WRIGHT,
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, WE GOT
DISARRAY BECAUSE OF BREAKING
NEWS, WHICH IS REALLY FUN TO
COVER ON LIVE TELEVISION.
IS THIS BECOMING A NATIONAL
SECURITY ISSUE.
>> IT WAS A COUPLE YEARS AGO,
GLOBAL DAMAGE WAS 350 MILLION IN
2015, IN 2017, 5 BILLION AND
GROWING, THIS IS A WEAPON EYE
FORM OF MALICIOUS SOFTWARE, THEY
GO AFTER HEALTH CARE AND
GOVERNMENTS, THEY ARE
MISSION-CRITICAL SERVICES THIS
STUFF IS MUTATING.
THIS IS SIGNIFICANT IMPACT, I
EXPECT IT TO INCREASE.
JOHN: HOW DOES RANSOM TAKE
PLACE, HOW DO THEY MAY WHOEVER
THIS IS THAT IS PERPETRATING THE
CRIMES.
>> BITCOIN IS CRYPTO CURRENCY OF
CHOICE, THEY HAVE 800 NUMBERS,
CUSTOMER SERVICE NUMBERS THAT
WOULD MAKE U.S. CORPORATIONS
JEALOUS, THEY ARE GOOD ABOUT
GETTING MONEY OUT OF YOU, SET UP
AN ACCOUNT, FUND IT WITH
BITCOIN, THIS IS VIRTUALY KNOW
TRACEABLE.
-- UNTRACEABLE.
IN ATLANTA THEY WANT 51,000, IT
IS GOING TO COST MORE TO GET THE
DATA BACK.
SOME OF THESE CITIES AND
COUNTIES, CHERG --
CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG RECENT ONE
TO HAVE HAD TO DO IT.
JOHN: MAKE MONEY OFF OF IT.
>> THE RANSOM WEAR ATTACK IN
NORTH KOREA USED SOME NSA TOOLS
TO EXPLOIT A VULNERABILITY IN
SERVER, SOME LIKE THIS, THESE
ARE ORGANIZE CRIME GROUPS.
PEOPLE ON THE TEAM, IT IS ALL
OVER THE PLACE, STATE SPONSORED
IN SOME AREAS, RUSSIA SPONSORED,
CRIMINAL ENTERPRISES ARE OVER
THE MONEY NOT SO MUCH RUSSIA.
JOHN: KIM JONG-UN IS FINANCING
PART OF WHAT HE IS DOING WITH
THESE THINGS ARE THAT CRIPPLING
WITH.
>> YES, NOT ONLY CHINA THAILAND.
AND IN FACT, NORTH KOREA
ATTACKED A LOT OF BITCOIN
EXCHANGED IN SOUTH KOREA, TO DO
THAT.
TO START GETTING HARD CURRENCY.
THEY HAVE BEEN PROHIBITED FROM.
JOHN: OVER WEEKEND, DIFFERENT
HACK ATTACK.
911 DISPATCH SYSTEM FOR 17
HOURS.