nearly 4,000 dod employees were affected by the cyberattack. this is the not first time this year russia has been implicated in a cyberattack n april, secretary ash carter blamed russia for separate department of defense cyber breach into unclassified defense computer network earlier in the year, david. david: jennifer you have exclusive details on an incredible story. iranian general defying travel ban to go to moscow. tell us about that. >> reporter: absolutely. fox news learned exclusive i that the iranian quds force commander who we heard so much talk about in the iranian nuclear deal he wept to moscow to meet with rush's defense minister and vladmir putin and despite travel ban and u.n. security council resolutions barring him from leaving iran. july 24th, 2015, one week before secretary of state john kerry testified about the iran deal to the armed services committees, general sulimani arrived in moscow for two days of meetings. not immediately clear what the leader discussed. the news comes as u.n. and e.u. arms embargo against iran is s

>> what is taking place is china and russia, russia criminality, about 50% of the cyberattacks, china is stealing intellectual property to enhance themselves, getting considerably more bull because now they're moving in on the united states government themselves and even the military. and russia has the second-best capability in the world, the united states obviously being number one. they are the only country that has classified military networks and they have done that a number of years ago. >> as you listen to the gop presidential debate tonight, where you heartened that the comments and the positions of those candidates? >> i felt good about a couple of things. certainly one is that they all recognize the united states military to the abilities are being dramatically reduced and i think that every single person was given the opportunity to speak about it and some volunteer to speak about it when they didn't have the question put to them. and so they know that we have to do something about it. so increasing the capability and bringing us back to strength that we had was something t

>> what is taking place is china and russia, russia criminality about 50% of the cyberattacks, china is stealing intellectual property to enhance themselves getting considerably more bull because now they're moving in on the united states government themselves and even the military. and russia has the second-best capability in the world the united states obviously being number one. they are the only country that has classified military networks and they have done that a number of years ago. >> as you listen to the gop presidential debate tonight where you heartened that the comments and the positions of those candidates? >> i felt good about a couple of things. certainly one is that they all recognize the united states military to the abilities are being dramatically reduced and i think that every single person was given the opportunity to speak about it and some volunteer to speak about it when they didn't have the question put to them. and so they know that we have to do something about it. so increasing the capability and bringing us back to strength that we had was something that

one, within the escalating cyberattacks on u.s. public and private organizations, is there lurking a new type of action. some form of concerted strategy to undermine the u.s. economically. two, are there adversaries whose strategies are specifically designed to cause economic harm that could weaken or significantly debilitate u.s. security capabilities? three, is the u.s. prepared to identify and address such strategies effectively? and four, if not, what can be done? we did not attempt to provide definitive answers in the monograph and through this seminar, rather, what we wanted to do is start a robust, much-needed debate on this topic. the chapter authors and those who are participating in some of the seminars we've held have also been willing to put novel and creative approaches on the table. some are workable, some might not yet be workable, but it is critical for new ways of thinking to be explored to address this problem. because to a person, we are certain that u.s. intelligence, defense, treasury and homeland security depa

dustin: are you concerned countries may see the was not responding as a way to open up more cyberattacks? rep. degette: even though the government is not responding publicly i know there are efforts to clearly identify and respond to those who were participating in those cyberattacks. part of it is making sure we can do this in a way that will be effective for those whose security was breached. host: cochair of the privacy caucus in congress and member of the energy and commerce committee, thank you for being with us. up next we will talk to the cochair of the congressional cyber security caucus. rhode island representative jim blanchard and is cochair of the congressional cyber security caucus. what is the purpose of this caucus? rep. langevin: it is bringing a group of members together concerned of a -- concerned on a single issue. we provide a forum for off the hill to come in and do presentations, educate members and staff about a particular topic. it is a great way for the staff to collaborate. host: why did you get an interest in this? rep. langevin: i was cheering the subcommittee

we'll have a lot more on the cyberattacks later in the broadcast. >>> less than three weeks to go before a skeptical congress votes on the president's nuclear deal with iran, but with congress in recess, the president today turned his attention to jewish-americans who are outraged at what the agreement means for israel. fox news white house correspondent kevin corke has this report. >> reporter: same song, different verse, president obama again making the case for the iran nuclear deal. friday's web cast, a direct appeal to the north american jewish community who expressed grave concerns about the agreement. >> i recognize where the anxieties come from, but i think it's important for us to remember the bonds that hold us together more than that go well beyond this particular issue. >> reporter: under the deal with the six world powers including the u.s., iran would allow restrictions on and supervision of nuclear program in exchange for an end to crippling economic sanctions. on website, the white house outlined four pathways for iran to obtain a nuclear weapon. saying each would be bloc

up next the pentagon suspects russia is behind the cyberattack on an e-mail server used by the jointtaff. this is unbelievable. we have late details. >> malaysia saying more airplane parts have now washed ashore on reunion island. investigators aren't so sure. we'll check the facts. that's where at&t can help. at&t has the tools and the network you need to make working as one easier than ever. virtually anywhere. leaving you free to focus on what matters most. ♪ ♪ (ee-e-e-oh-mum-oh-weh) (hush my darling...) (don't fear my darling...) (the lion sleeps tonight.) (hush my darling...) man snoring (don't fear my darling...) (the lion sleeps tonight.) woman snoring take the roar out of snore. yet another innovation only at a sleep number store. >>> breaking news pentagon officials now believe russia's the prime suspect behind a cyberattack on an e-mail system used by joint chiefs. barbara starr at the pentagon with more. what are your sources telling you? >> anderson here at the pentagon they believe the leading theory is the russians were behind this cyberattack into the pentagon. it was

unprecedented economic sanctions against chinese companies, that have benefited from their government cyberattacks on the united states, and the chinese theft of american trade secrets, i'll take it up with former pentagon official, fox news national security analyst kt kt mcfarland, our top story, the rise of political outsiders in american politics. donald trump and ben carson could not be different, they both sit atop their republican rivals in a new poll out of iowa, fox news chief washington correspondent, james rosen with our report. >> if hillary is the candidate, which i doubt it would be a dream come true. >> reporter: after an engages performance in primetime fox news detail, dr. ben carson is surging in the poll, poll of likely republican caucus goers in early battle ground state of iowa, over last 3 days, shows carson captures 23%, tied with donald trump for lead. like wise latest boom berg politic -- bloomberg politic. pun its race to eblaine the ben carson boom. >> his antipolitician style, soft spoken, funny, appealing that is really scoring with voters in iowa. you look at the favo

the car is a computer on wheels. >> experts say that a cyberattack can ruin a company's operation and also reputation in just a matter of seconds. antwan: i got a little bit excited myself right there. we're talking about the debate. donald trump stealing the spotlight in the presidential debate. >> he is one of 10 candidates it squared off on fox news for the later debate. we are in cleveland. >> moron that in just a moment, but as for the second primetime event, it did not take long for this to get fiery. and perhaps not surprisingly the fireworks revolved around who else enact donald trump. >> former florida governor jeb bush. businessman donald trump. >> the very first question seem to be aimed squarely at the man in the middle. the candidates were asked if they would pledge to not run as a third-party candidate, should they not get the gop nomination. donald trump was the only one who would not promise his support if it's not him. >> raise your hand if you won't make that pledge tonight. >> mr. trump. >> we want to win and we will win. but i want to win as the republican and i wa

but first we have breaking news we learn that there was a massive cyberattack at pentagon late last month, fox news correspondent jennifer griffin is at the pentagon, what do we know about the attack on the joint chief staff? >> reporter: right, tom, officially defense department is remaining mum about the attack but a senior u.s. defense official tells fox news they suspect that russia is behind a recent cyberattack on pentagon joint starv e-mail system -- joint staff e-mail system, it bore hallmark of a state actor that leaves either china or russia, the attack occurred july 25, the joint staff e-mail system has been off line ever since. nearly 4,000 dod employees were affect by the attack this is not first time this year, russia has been implicated in a pentagon hack. in april, stanford university, defense secretary ash carter blamed russia for a separate department of defense cyber breach. >> let's also, go on to this report have you about a iranian general who broke sanctions traveled to moscow. >> reporter: well, fox news has learned that the shadows iranian force commander, visited

, launched cyberattacks against the u.s. defense department. the defense transportation command. and the pla, chinese military has conducted cyberattacks against u.s. corporations and that's just -- that's just the tim of the iceburg there. : you mentioned a lot of chinese government attacks on the u.s. or institutions yet they're against individuals. shouldn't they be against the government? >> yes, it should be, and the administration has been very, very reluctant to take china seriously as a strategic competitor, and don't you find it ironic that while the administration is talking about developing sanctions, against the cyberviolator, they want to lift sanctions against a country, iran, that's going to build a nuclear weapon. i mean, that's crazy isn't it? >> extraordinary that's a kettle of fish. but we're about to have this state dinner for the president of china. they're going to have a 21-gun salute on the white house lawn. they're fedding hmm as, you know, one of the best friends we have in the world. and yet he's g

>> the fbi is warning the cyberattacks from so-called ransomware on the rise.that victims get by clicking on an e-mail atta attachme attachment. it encrypts your files and locks you out. they hold you hostage until you pay a ransom typically between $200 and $10,000. most criminals demand payments in a bitcoin, an anonymous, easy-to-use online currency and once they pay the ransom most get their files back. >> if i open a virus or if i open ransomware that has an encrypted file oit, on it, it encrypts everything that i'm connected to. >> the latest strain of the virus is wreaking unprecedented havoc. between last april and june this year the fbi has received 1,000 criminal complaints costing individuals and u.s. businesses over $18 million in lawsuits. even police departments nationwide are getting hit and paying ransom. this year in midlothian a suburban chicago police department, paid $500 ransom to a hacker who encrypted files on one of their computers and their backups. >> we're trying to get the word out that there are best practices to guard against these

. >>> new reports that russia successfully carried out a major cyberattack against the pentagon. suspected russian hackers attacking the pentagon's unclassified e-mail system for the joint chiefs of staff late last month. a system that's used by nearly 4,000 department of defense employees. we'll be taking up russia's outright aggression and what the obama administration is doing, or can do to stop it. is to this point the obama passivity, the correct response to putin's aggression? our top story tonight without question, the most highly anticipated event of this early 2016 race for the white house. 10 republican presidential candidates are right now getting ready to debate one another before millions of americans in what could be, could be the largest cable television audience ever for a live news event. fox news chief political correspondent carl cameron is in cleveland with our report. >> reporter: front-runner donald trump tweeted this morning, i look forward to tonight's, quote, debate unquote, but look far more forward to make america great again. it can happen. kentucky se

agencies themselves, maybe there is talking as far as strategy and what is going on as far as cyberattacks and things like that. aest: he is identifying problem around information sharing. a lot of the legislation being discussed on the hill now has to do it, are there easier ways to bring down some of the barriers to respond more quickly to the attacks. one of the things that is rarely a problem is because there are silos, one agency may get attacked by a thread group from china, for example, or russia, and another agency could get attacked are the same threat group but because they are not talking to each other, they do not recognize it is the same attack. if the agency, when it is attacked, recognized and attracted digital signatures that could be used to identify the attacks could be shared quickly through the rest of the government and quickly stop the rest of targets from being hit. there is a lot of discussion, a lot of processes under way in which that occurs in my dhs has tongs like centers designed share information within the government and outside the government, but it is a co

. >>> major cyberattack hits the pentagon shutting down the joint chiefs of staff e-mail.nd it? we're live at the pentagon next. [ school bell rings ] ♪ [ female announcer ] everything kids touch at school sticks with them. make sure the germs they bring home don't stick around. use clorox disinfecting products. you handle life; clorox handles the germs. you handle life; can save you up to 50% on ink, so print all you want and never run out. right now, buy an eligible printer, and get three months of free ink with hp instant ink. available at participating retailers. the most affordable way to print. hp instant ink. >>> martha's vineyard. the annual two week trek to martha's vineyard. we rarely get these shots so we're actually going to let you watch air force marine 1 land behind air force one. halle jackson standing by from the vineyard for us. tough gig you landed there, halle. what is happening ahead of the president arrival there? >> yeah play the world's smallest violin for me. as soon as he hits air force one, takes off, we expect him here in about two hours. securi

wait until you hear details on china fun relented cyberattacks on our business and government. breaking news clinton pay $44 million in taxes so why is democratic party mother or morpo the socialist party. make money starts right now. ♪ cyberattacks in america a much bigger problem than we originally thought. i want you guys to check this out, a secret nsa map paid by nbc news in last five years more than 600 corporations and government entities have been attacked by chinese hackers so how safe are we? and more importantly why isn't government doing more to protect us? joining us now former mts senator scott brown, scott, senator brown, 600 -- we knew these attacks were going on but you look at chai chart and pattern on that chart it is clear that the chinese has specific things that they're going for, they're going for silicon valley, washington, d.c. and other places that they can obtain information and this is more than just an economic situation. it make me feel very vulnerable to look at that map. >> well, certainly charles first of all thank you for having me on, and it i

fox confirming with the pentagon, victim to a sophisticated cyberattack against its joint staff unclassified email system. now a defense official is telling fox that russia is strongly suspected. the hack occurring sometime around july 25th, affecting 4,000 military and civilian personnel. this comes after the colossal 21 1/2 million government worker data breach back in june. retired lieutenant colonel bill cowan is with me now. so, colonel, you say the administration has a big problem on its hands. what can be done at this juncture? >> deirdre, i think only thing we ought to be doing is going on the offensive. the minute, certainly we know within days if not hours, who the perpetrators of these attacks are, both the chinese earlier and russians this time, we need to immediately go on the offensive. we need to counter attack and the attack should result in a count are attack. unfortunately we're postured only for defensive action. we're way behind the power curve when it comes to our ability to strike back. deirdre: when it comes to our ability to strike back, what is the main problem? is i

cyberattacks, intellectual property theft is going to jeopardize this relationship.will be hurt but you will be , hurt more. change your behavior and enjoy your wine. lizzie: can you give me something concrete that you would change in u.s. policy toward china, because a lot of those things you talk about are already in the policy. sen. graham: we haven't done anything on currency many galatian. -- on currency manipulation. lizzie: would you want to start a trade war? sen. graham: no, start a level playing field. i think that they intentionally manipulate the value of the yuan and at the expense of american manufacturers to compete in the world marketplace. i got 67 votes for a currency manipulation ill with chuck schumer. -- bill with chuck schumer. john: i will ask you about donald trump, the unavoidable question. there is a poll that came out about south carolina, had donald trump leading the way in your home state. 3%, had you done it 4%. he mocked you, as he opened the does on twitter. you called him a complete idiot on cnn and said he would be his brains out bec

. >>> on the"moneywatch"," more victims in a cyberattack on the irs and college players lose their bid to unionize. >> reporter: the irs will start mailing letters to an additional 220 thousand taxpayers who may have been targeted in a much larger computer breach. the internal revenue service says that cyberthieves stole information from an agency website to try to claim fraudulent tax refunds. the breach was revealed in may and it's doubled to 343,000. >>> asian markets finished much lower and the nikkei lost a quarter percent. in wall street investors are watching new housing starts in july. the dow gained 68 points monday. the s&p was up nearly 11. the nasdaq rose 43. college football players at northwestern university cannot form a union. the athletes say they are treated i like employees who are paid with scholarships instead of cash. the national labor relations board has unanimously overruled a decision that the players could unionize. >> that is the issue the nlrb was wrestling with, because they didn't say they weren't employed. they just said it upsets this ncaa football in a

. >>> russia has launched a sophisticated cyberattack against the pentagon. as first reported by nbc news the hackers got into the joint staff unclassified e-mail systems. attack occurring around july 25th and affecting 4,000 personnel, the system has since been shut down and taken offline. >>> a san francisco judge hearing arguments today in a case against uber. the debate centers around their workers and whether they should be classified as independent contractors as they are today or as employees. may not sound like a big difference but the ruling could have major implications not just for uber but for other companies as well. >> reporter: outside of a san francisco courthouse uber's attorney is defending the company's model of classifying its drivers as independent contractors. >> if it went forward, the consequence would be to the drivers who wouldn't be able to work on flex bldible schedules, they wouldn't be able to be entrepreneurs, driving when they want which is the essence of what so many love about uber. >> reporter: the scope of a lawsuit against

. >> russian hackers are thought to be behind a cyberattack on the joint chiefs of staff, the hack affected 2500 people at the pentagon's joint chiefs including war planners, decision makers, as well. pentagon officials say it was sophisticated yet simple. a phishing attack, meaning they dummied up either an e-mail or log in that looked so real a member of the staff was fooled. >>> taiwan is bracing for a direct hit from a powerful typhoon. it will bring damaging wind, flooding rain and powerful surf to the island before moving toward china. the obama administration is already sending federal aid to the hard hit island of saipan. it's a u.s. commonwealth declared a disaster area. no power or running water there since the storm hit sunday. >>> fire crews are hampered by newly issued red flag warnings. that means they can expect increasing wind and lightning that could spark new fires. governor jerry brown visited the crews and warned this is only the beginning for the drought ravaged state noting that historically august and september are much worse than july during fire season. across the c

. >>> new developments on the cyberattack on the irs. alex savidge is live in oakland. the rirs now says -- the irs says it underestimated how many people had information stolen in that cyberattack in may. >> reporter: yes, this is more widespread than previously reported. the irs investigating here and they say that identity thieves were targeting tax payers who used one particular irs website. it's a site that was actually shut down a couple of months ago after this was all discovered and first reported. and essentially these thieves are grabbing people's personal information from that site. so that they can claim fraudulent tax refunds. this morning, the it's believes there are roughly -- the irs believes there are roughly 330,000 victims. originally, they reported about 11 had,000 people had their -- 114,000 people had their information acaccessed -- accessed in that. this is from the get transcript website where people can access filings from previous years. the irs is blatcheing to warn warning -- the irs is planning to warn more warning letters. i talked to one o

a cyberattack at the irs expose exposing taxpayers' personal information. >>> a man on a motorcycle struck by lugightning. the one thing he says that saved his life. >>> plus, a dangerous job. two men forced to use garden tools to corral a tiger on the loose in a major american city. >>> welcome back. hundreds of thousands of americans will soon be getting letters from the irs telling them that their account may have been hacked. the irs says the data breach much worse than originally thought. in may an estimated 114,000 taxpayers were involved. now the irs says three times as many could be potential victims of identity theft. >>> this upcoming labor day holiday could be the busiest ever for summer air travel. airlines expecting 14.2 million to take to the skies between september 2nd and the 8th. if that figure pans out that will be up 3% from the same period last year. >>> well, the nation's gas prices are taking a sudden surge because of refinery problems in indiana. the average price, now $2.72. that's up 9 cents from a week ago. around the midwest, gas prices have jumped as much as 60

. >> yeah small travel agency was the victim of a cyberattack over the fourth of july holiday when nobody hackers used call forwarding and international phone lines to rack up some 5,000 minutes starting at $7 a minute. verizon has agreed to wipe out those fraudulent charges. >> what a relief. >> thank goodness. >>> for some of you your local news is coming next. everybody else we'll be back. stick around. 1,100 meals a year... 730 rushed snacks... add 300 stressful decisions... no wonder our digestive system sometimes acts up. so try the activia challenge! enjoying activia twice a day for 4 weeks may help reduce the frequency of bloating, gas, discomfort or rumbling. it works or it's free! my cut hurt. >>mine hurt more. >>mine stopped hurting faster! neosporin plus pain relief starts relieving pain faster and kills more types of infectious bacteria neosporin plus pain relief kills the germs. fights the pain. use with band-aid brand. >> good morning, i'm tamala edwards, thursday, august 6. we have breaking news this morning, haz/mat crews rush to a building on pn campus, we'll tell you wh

not responding as a way to open up and perhaps be more aggressive with their cyberattacks? >> guest: let me just say even though the government is saying they are not responding publicly i know that there are efforts to clearly identify and respond to those with who were participating in those cyber attacks. part of it i think is making sure that we can do this in a way that will be effective for those who security was breached. >> host: were presented at diana degette cochair of the privacy caucus in congress and in member of the energy and commerce committee. thank you for being with us this morning. up next we will talk to the cochair of the congressional cybersecurity caucus. rhode island representative jim langevin is the cochair of the congressional cybersecurity caucus. representative sub or what is the purpose of this caucus? >> guest: like in a caucus a group of like minded persons concerned about an issue and we collaborate together but we also provide a forum to both groups on the hill to come in and do presentations to educate members and staff about a particula

a percent last month, personal spending is rises as much, looks like one of casualties of that cyberattack on ashley madison is the company's married ceo, he was not just leading web site for cheater, his name was on the list of folks using the site. >> do you want to know how bad some college kids' to pay off student loans, one in 9 would eat a a -- that is business, i am trish regan. dari: if you prefer bottled water over soda you are not alone, they will surpass the soda sales went next two years, both coca-cola, and pepsi own water brands, most health expert point to benefit of water. steve: all right, the iconic good year glimp is retiring, they will still have a float going over sports events almost the same, and kept aup with helium. >> rocky on the big screen on the beach. steve: or hang out with ll cool jay, two of options of a pretty busy weekend for fun. >> talk about fun, we'll tell you about time that amy schumer and jennifer lawrence jumped on stage with billy joel. prep trauma unit 5. what've we got? bp 64/40 sterilize sites. multiple foreign objects in the body. tweezers. (

of the largest data breaches in the world and the company behind ashley madison is calling the cyberattackunprecedented crime. it's offering a reward of nearly 34 $400,000 leading to the arrest of the hackers. >> reporter: police in toronto delivered yesterday a stern message to those responsible. >> team impact. i want to make it very clear to you. your actions are illegal and we will not be tolerated. this is your wake-up call. ♪ >> reporter: authorities say the highly sophisticated breach has triggered a devastating ripple effect with investigators trying to determine whether two people committed suicide as a result of the leak. some customers have also received extortion messages like this one from criminals claiming to have tracked down their friends and family on facebook. >> the social impact behind this leak, we are talking about families, we are talking about their children. this ain't fun and games any more. this is reality. it's affecting all of us. >> reporter: employees at ashley madison first learned of the hack on july 12th, when they turned on their computers, only to get t

you also have cyberattacks, the provocations from the south china sea.re issues the obama administration is facing on the foreign-policy front at the politics are bit complicated and there could be some near-term impact as the administration prepares for that visit next month. pimm: you talked about the political part of it, but you have republican candidates talking about china in the most negative terms, but you have companies like gm and caterpillar that depend on china for a big part of their export business. phil: what is interesting is he you have not seen attack china. there are candidates were cognizant of the fact that one rough day in the markets does not make a crisis or obvious scapegoats. a lot of very big donors have s in chinanterest right now. if you look at bush administration officials like hank paulson, there are extremely close relationships with china. look at the candidates using this to push for certain purposes, to push their agenda forward. look at the candidates who are not jumping in on the bashing. they are cognizant of the bu

the information was stolen last month in a cyberattack and the parent company of ashley madison. details were posted on part of internet called the dark web. you can't access it through basic online search. can be viewed using a special browser that virtually anybody can buy. >>> 200 active duty soldiers on the front lines fighting massive wildfires that are raging in the northwest. take a look at this. nasa releasing some images of smoke from the fires in northern california. this is the scene how it looks like space. >> hillary clinton under fire for how she answered questions from fox news's ed henry last night. >> i'm -- i have no idea. that's why we turned it over. >> you were in charge of it. you were the official in charge. did you wipe the server? >> like with a cloth or something? i don't know how it works digitally at all. >> and we'll get his take on all this coming up, ed henry's take. >>> and the government wants your feedback to weigh in on federal agencies along with local pizza places and dog groomers. that would be nice. ♪ i built my business with passion. but i

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