cristian benevides in crystal river. thank you. >>> the department of justice says the fbi led an international takedown of a notorious hacking network. the network, quack-bot, was responsible for infecting hundreds of thousands of computers with ransomware. jeff pegues reports. >> reporter: the fbi called it operation duck hunt, a worldwide investigation to take down the notorious quack-bot hacking network. cyber experts say that it is malware originating in russia which has infected more than 700,000 computers worldwide. >> this operation's going to protect our country and our economy immensely. >> reporter: quack-bot infected computers through booby-trapped emails containing malicious links. once infected, a victim computer became part of a vast network used by cyber criminals to commit financial fraud or deploy ransomware. ra ransomware is booking. u.s. banks process nearly $1.2 billion in ransomware payments in 2021. recent targets included hospital chain prospect medical holdings which was forced to shut down some

cristian benevides has more from atlanta. >> reporter: this indictment charges trump and many of his former aides with coordinating a criminal enterprise to overturn the 2020 election results in this battleground state that he lost in 2020. late monday night, a georgia judge unsealed a fulton county grand jury indictment against former president trump. >> everything went as it should have in front of the grand jury. >> yes, your honor. >> reporter: the gop presidential frontrunner is charged with multiple felonies including violation of the buy -- the georgia rico act and solicitation of violation of oath by public officer. >> the indictment includes 41 felony counts and is 97 pages long. >> reporter: georgia district attorney fani willis says trump and his allies tried to overturn the 2020 election results in georgia. >> the defendants engaged in a criminal racketeering enterprise to overturn georgia's presidential election result. >> reporter: the trump campaign called the indictment election interference, and trump remained defiant while campaigning in iowa this weekend. >> we did

>> cristian benevides in atlanta. thank you very much. >>> as you just heard, former president donald trump's main rivals for the republican presidential nomination squared off last night for the first gop primary debate. while trump chose not to take part, he still loomed large. nearly all those on stage, nearly all, said they would support him if he's the party's nominee even if he's convicted of a crime. skyler henry has more on the debate. >> reporter: eight republican candidates aiming to replace president joe biden took the debate stage in milwaukee wednesday evening. florida governor ron desantis is number two in the polls and widely seen as former president donald trump's main gop rival. >> we need to send joe biden back to his basement and reverse american decline. [ cheers ] >> reporter: but former u.n. ambassador nikki haley pulled me to punches when it comes to federal spending and the country's deficit. >> the truth is that biden didn't do this to us, our republicans did this to us, too, when they passed

. >> cristian benevides reporting live from georgia. >>> new information about the gunmen who opened fire in orange county, it would appear he was a former sergeant. officers arrived and began exchanging gunfire with the suspect, eventually killing him, but not before he shot and killed three people. six others were wounded, including his estranged wife. authorities believe this originated as a domestic dispute. >> we were like wait a minute, cook's? no way. it is like the sanctum that you feel you are in when you are at cook's and you are safe. >> it is usually a very family-friendly place, like on spaghetti nights and taco nights when you see families there. it is crazy that this happened in our backyard. >> authorities said the gunman was taken down within four minutes of the shooting being reported. >>> san jose is cracking down on property owners who allow their property to fall into blight and disrepair. matt mahan says this will no longer be tolerated in the city. he said the current limits on fines are not enough. >> our unicode does not go far enough to ensure the safety of