a billion-dollar breach at some of the biggest banks in the world and it was years in the making. good afternoon. i'm tori campbell. it's been called one of the biggest bank breaches ever. a new report out today says for the past two years, close to a billion dollars has been stolen from banks around the world by cyber hackers. brian flores joins us live with the advanced way hackers were able to do this. good afternoon. >> good afternoon to you. about an hour ago, we talked with the managing editor of a

cybersecurity group that authored the findings. he said this was one of the more advanced he's ever seen. the hackers would get into the system and send what looks like an innocent e-mail from one bank employee to another. the person who opens the attachment thinking it is from a coworker, unknowing ily releases malware into the system and that will record key stokes, and bank info back to the hackers and the hackers would steal the money. the report said they would limit their theft to $10 billion. they say this has been going on since 2013 because of nondisclosure agreements none of the banks have been named. the report indicates at least three dozen banks in the u.s. were targeted. the report comes on the heels of president obama's business to stanford about i've-- cybersecurity. he signed and order.

as for the hackers in this case, the hackers are well- coordinated and very hard to track. >> they would change a balance in your account. your account would have $100,000 and they would then up that amount to a million dollars and then transfer the $900,000 out. >> experts also say the attacks are unusual because they target banks themselves and not individualious commerce. the report says the hackers would transfer money to fake accounts in the u.s. and china. and other times the hackers could program atms to dispense cash for others within the group to pick up. according to the report also, most of the targets are banks in russia, the u.s., germany, china and ukraine. very intricate system. back to you. >> thank you. fire investigators say there is something unusual about a fire at an oakland school overnight that destroyed the cafeteria but they are not going so far as to call it

arson. cara lui shows us the damage and the big impact school officials say the fire will have. >> reporter: at claremont middle school, the cafeteria is gutted. tables and chairs burnt to a crisp. crews are assessing the damage seeing if the electricity and water can be turned back on. meanwhile, there's question about whether students will be able to come back to school tomorrow. >> if school was cancelled, i don't want to alarm that we won't have school because the fire was primarily located in the kitchen area. and there are other ways we would be able to provide lunch the and the rest of the school day could continue close to normal. >> reporter: investigators believe the fire broke out before 2:00 a.m. in the kitchen area. >> it's burnt up, a large part of the cafeteria, the kitchen area in particular is completely burnt. and then throughout the rest of the cafeteria, we've gotta pull ceilings down. >> reporter: investigators are

looking into unusual circumstances surrounding the fire. >> they found one of the doors was open to the calf feariaia which leads us to believe someone got in there before us. >> reporter: fire investigators will be looking to see if there's surveillance footage available in the moments leading up to the fire. this blaze is under investigation. and the possibility someone might have done this intentionally is upsetting to board member jody london. >> this is just unfair to children. this school has at least 60% of the children at this school qualified for free and reap duesed lunch. when they come to school every day, they are -- they need the nutrition that we're offering to them. >> reporter: in oakland, cara lui, ktvu channel 2 news. fnl. >> school district officials hope to know what the school will look like so parents can plan accordingly in case classes are canceled or moved. san jose firefighters are

looking into the cause of a fire that roared through the building that housed classic cars. it happened saturday morning. 24 hours later, firefighters were sit pulling out hot spots. the building at commercial and berryessa was home to a car upholstery and stereotype. the fire destroyed classic cars worth more than a miami dollars. a north bay couple is facing serious charges after the bomb squad seized dozens of devices at their home. the raid happened friday. law enforcement and the uc berkeley bomb squad removed more than 90 explosives from a car on arthur street and a home on pacheco avenue after getting calls about explosions in the area. they say the explosives were the type used in commercial fireworks. there was also suspected methamphetamine in the home. the couple who lived there, 43- year-old pl. orraine mason and robert speier were taken into custody. danish police have arrested

two men suspected of helping the gam who carried out the -- gunman who carry odd ut shooting attacks in komen hagan. he was killed in a shootout with the s.w.a.t. team. he opened fire at a cultural seminar with a swedish karn toonist known for his depictions of prophet mohammed. the documentary filmmaker was killed in the attack. the gunman went to a synagogue and killed a security guard. hundreds of people attended the candlelight vigil in paris honoring the victims of the two attacks. the memorial was held outside of the danish embassy and the ambassador came out and thanked everyone for their solidarity. 17 people were killed in terror attacks in france last month. egypt strikes back one day after a video surfaces showing the beheadings. they've launched airstrikes against isis there. the white house says it

supports the response by egypt while strongly condemning the terror attacks by isis. fox news correspondent joel waldman has more from washington. >> reporter: egyptian war planes targeted targets deep inside libya. this comes after isis released a video showing the mass beheadings of crypt yans. they were holding 21 coptic christian workers. it's still unclear exactly how many were murdered. it's the first time cairo publicly acknowledged taking action in libya getting support from libyan armed force forces. the white house released a statement saying in part, the united states condemns the despicable and cowardly murder of 21 egyptian citizens in

libya by isil. their barbarity knows know bounds. president obama has stated that isis is on the klee pine but many on capitol hill insist the group is growing and say the authorization the president has requested does not go farther enough to defeat the islamic state. >> he says, well, the threat is being diminished. well, mth fact is isil continues to gain new territory. >> reporter: egyptian state tv reported the airstrikes killed 50 members. meanwhile, john kerry called the prim offering condolences. the pope's comments about the beheading uses because of their religion came during a vatican radio address. he calls the 21 executed martyrs. he said the blood of our

christian brothers is a witness that cries out, adding it doesn't matter they were optic, not catholic, saying they are christians, the blood is the same, the blood which confences christ. testimony has resumed in the trial accused of killing american sniper chris dial. the officer who took eddie routh to jail was among those who testified. routh is accused of killing chris kyle and chad littlefield two years ago at a texas shooting range. rowths's lawyer contends he was insane at the time. a deadly shooting outside a south bay nightclub. police are reviewing surveillance video. the northeast digging out. the impact you can expect in the bay area today even as another storm lines up to strike the northeast.

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reviewing surveillance video that may show a deadly shooting between robbers and a security guard. it happened saturday night about 10:00. 35-year-old manny zuniga, a security gaurg at the night -- guard at the nightclub interrupted a rob rib at the liquor stor less club. the businesses are located on north capitol avenue. someone inside the getaway car fired several shots striking the security guard. >> manny, he's a good guy. let him go. he turn around. why they shoot him? >> department uniga later died a -- duniza later died at the hospital. eight feet of snow in just delete weeks. that's how much has fallen in boston during four separate winter storms. another is taking shape for tomorrow expected to hit the northeast. fox news correspondent rick leventhal has more on the window between storms to dig

out. >> reporter: shivering people slipping and sliding their way through the streets of boston after the fourth major storm in less than a month. roads are treacherous with record-breaking snow totals topping more than 7 feet in some areas. >> this is historic. we've never seen this type of know in this type of period in the history of the sit. >> reporter: hundreds of plows and road crews are working nonstop to clear lanes but high winds and frigid are making cleanup difficult. massachusetts's governor is asking people to stay inside if possible. >> roads that have been plowed will start to look like they haven't been in a short amount of time. we would encourage everyone to stay off the roads and to let the plows do their job. >> reporter: on cape cod, national guard troops are providing local fire crews are with specialized vehicle to help evacuate people caught by flooding. >> we've identified several areas that are along the beach front that people need to be evacuated. we can use their assistance with their vehicles to help

them get out. >> reporter: despite the mess created by old man winter, some people are looking on the bright side. >> i'm laughing at it and looking at the positive side. i believe i'm seeing a weather event that probably won't happen for another 50 years. >> reporter: winter is far from over. another storm is heading a cois the northwest expected to hit the northeast tuesday night. hundreds of flights have been caned or delayed due to the weather. most routes are in or out of boston, new york or washington, d.c. we spoke with travelers who were hoping the storm back east would not snarl their travel plans. >> i have to go from l.a. to philadelphia. and i i have to be there on. >> we'll be going to west palm beach. >> away from boston. >> what do you think about what's going on there? >> unbelievable how much snow they have. >> san francisco international seeing about 35 delays and six

canceled flights. nay and oakland are reporting a handful of delays but no cancellations. the east coast storm this weekend brought a fairly rare if he none none called thunder snow which made one guy on the weather channel pretty happy. oh, yes! yes! yes! we got it, baby! we got it! woo! we got it! oh! again! again! that's a two-fer! that's a two-fer baby! yes! again! that's -- that's three. you gotta be kidding me? >> that was the reaction of the meteorologist whoen it started to thunder -- when it started to thunder in massachusetts. it happened six times. as we go to steve paulson, you said -- this is really care. >> very rare. >> i'm not sure everyone would react quite that way. >> it's very rare to get it not only once but six times. need a lot of cold air. you need moisture and you need

pretty intense snowfall rates. that's what they got. i think it's less than 1% of the time. 0.7% of the time. everything is east. we have record warm temperatures. we have a little change. some coastal fog has decided to return even though the water temps are about 59 degrees. the fog has made it into half moon bay and also daly city. inland, it doesn't matter. half moon bay at this time yesterday was 68 degrees. they are 54 and foggy this morning. fog also we talked about coming into daly which was 75. continued mild to warm. no rain but there is a sign of maybe a rather significant cooldown in about a week's time. you can see some of that fog now. it's not all up and down the coast. it's out there. some areas begin to fill in the san mateo, santa cruz coast. it's not making much of a move inland. but maybe tonight into tomorrow might get a boost. you can see there's plenty out there. summertime pattern everything

else -- it's like a hall of high pressure. that's giving warm air aloft. blue can up, 60. tahoe 55. truckee, 52. that's really warm. the fog will continue to make a cooler pattern over by the water's edge. it seems to be increasing a little bit. now that may ramp up a little bit tonight. but i don't think inland temps will be affected that much. it's mild. upper 60s for some to near 70. there are some low 70s south of market by van ness. i saw a 71-degree reading, redding 72. they hit 79 to tie a record high. california has cooled off a little bit. everything continues to be in the east. there will be another surge of accuse dirk air on thursday. they are talking about 30s and maybe 40s to miami by about thursday. temperatures in atlanta, maybe 10, 11 on thursday. the windchill was the big story this morning, especially in boston. it was 28 below at about 2:00

a.m. this morning. they are right on the water. and they were 3 below. still very cold. it was about 25, 30 below this morning. freezing rain throughout tennessee. that's the worst. snow to the north and rain to the south. for us, except for some high clouds and fog that's come back. that's a change from yesterday. there may be a low sneaking its way back from utah and nevada. that wouldn't be until sunday/monday. next couple of days look mild to warm. a little bit of a different exist teared to yesterday. cooler by the beaches. mild to warm. temperatures 60s for some to 70s. there's a good drop on some of the temperatures on the san mateo coast. 70s through the inland valleys, that's not gonna cool off that much. 2 to 4. santa cruz will start to come down. they were in the 78 os over the weekend -- in the 80s over the weekend. fog returns. it looks like a little cooler going into the week. we have to keep an eye on sunday and monday.

>> okay. >> ve thferm is a -- and this is a long stretch for it to be sunny and warm. >> we can't buy a raindrop. >> we'll try. >> thank you. snoovel government surveyors are revealing the washington monument is 10 inches shorter than thought. when it was built to honor the nation's first president, it measured 555.5 inches tall. but a new measurement says it's 10 inches below that. surveyors say the monument did not shrink bull the often base point used back in the 1800s is now 9 inches below ground level because the plaza around the base of the monument has been built up over the years. surveyors took the new measurement during restoration work after the 2011 earthquake that damaged the moon ument. it was up forget marathon in austin. when the woman got to the last

mile, her body just gave out. she fell to the ground and literally crawled to the finish line. >> i remember the lady with the -- she was telling me -- [inaudible [ [. >> if she would have accepted help, she would have been disqualified. so she crawled inch by inch until she crossed the finish line and ended up in third place. "50 shades of grey" brought in a lot of green. how much the erotic romance has made so far on the opening weekend. a free ticket to one of the bay area's most popular attractions. the challenges you could face heading to a national park on this president's day.

have you heard of the new dialing procedure for for the 415 and 628 area codes? no what is it? starting february 21, 2015 if you have a 415 or 628 number you'll need to dial... 1 plus the area code plus the phone number for all calls. okay, but what if i have a 415 number, and i'm calling a 415 number? you'll still need to dial... 1 plus the area code plus the phone number. so when in doubt, dial it out!

why am i here, christian? >> you're here because i'm incapable of leaving you alone. >> "50 shades of grey" was red hot at the weekend box office. the erotic craw ma was the number one -- drama was the number one movie earning nearly $82 million and it's expected to top 90 million during the long holiday weekend. kingsman was second and ticket sales exceeded expectations for its debut weekend.

spongebob squarepants round out the top five. port operations are suspended in hoekd and 28 other west coast -- in oakland and 28 other west coast ports. the pma shut down operations so it does not have to pay dock workers weekend or holiday pay. it stopped nighttime work last month. the association and longshoremen's union have been in contract talks for nine months. but there are still several issues unresolved. when president obama was in the bay area last week, he asked labor secretary tom perez to help the two sides reach an agreement. if you like free stuff, you may want to join the thousands of hikers flocking to muir woods today. tara moriarty tells us why they turned out in droves over the holiday weekend. >> you came on a free day. did you know that? >> no. >> reporter: all national parks are free six times a year, president's day weekend being one of them. normally admission is $7.

with the crowds comes traffic. traffic is scarce. these twitter photos taken on the lastfryby day, mlk day show how congested it gets. some neighbors say the situation can be frustrating. parking does get to be a preyum up here. so along the roads, a few spots that are there will fill up. it's not so bad if you live here because you can walk out the door. if you have -- if you having friends out there, it's hard to places for the cars. >> reporter: many folks had to park more than a mile away. some neighbors who live near here are so angry about the traffic, they've asked the national park service to impose a limit on the number of visitors allowed in muir woods. in muir woods, tara moriarty, ktvu fox 2 news. well, some moviegoers in the east bay saw some of the movie "50 shades of grey" whether they warranted to or not. we'll take you to the drive-in

theater showing a kids' movie right next to the steamy new flick. thank you for making ktvu your choice for news. you can follow us on twitter and facebook. have a great day.

- [voiceover] : on this episode of xploration outer space, the sun provides us with light, heat and the potential for a ton of clean energy, but it can also turn space into a danger zone. we'll examine a few major solar storms. - people were electrocuted. - see what's being done to predict the next big one. plus, a trip to the largest solar thermal energy facility in the world, all next on exploration outer space. welcome to xploration outer space. i'm emily calandrelli. we're here at the ivanpah solar facility in the mojave desert where a little later in the show we'll get a tour of the largest solar thermal power plant in the world.