we are joined by tom giles, brian womack, and david kirkpatrick. i have to turn to brian.oop. it was all about how you who might be vindicated for the past few months saying this was a government-sponsored attack on us. >> exactly. go back to september, the first day we found out about the amazing hack in the middle of the verizon deal. they said it is state-sponsored. it was a state actor. honestly, a lot of people were saying corporations say that all the time. it is now march. they have come this far. there's this huge story where the d.o.j. has a huge press conference. they say it is the russians and it is a big deal. yahoo! had a victory lap or some sort of vindication on some level about what they have been saying. caroline: there was some lapsing on yahoo!'s part as to some security they put in place. what is the reaction you're getting? >> in fairness to yahoo!, you're up against the russian federation. it is a formidable opponent. they have a lot of resources at their disposal to employ hackers across the world to do their bidding. give them that much. that said,