its job is to fight in cyberspace. between 20 and 30 nations have created military and intelligence organizations to fight in cyberspace. cyber war israel -- is real and it can cause things to happen. it can cause generators to explode. it can cause trains to the rail. i asked the head of the union rail if he relied much on computers and he said, i am not at train company, but a computer company. remember when the red line derailed last year, the metro response to that was to have the conductor start driving the train. up until then, the computers had been driving the trains. the derailment occurred because one of the computers malfunctioned, one of the switches on the tracks. the cyber war plans that are being drawn up by many nations around the world cause a tax or could cause a tax that would explode generators -- cause a ttacks or could cause attacks that would explode generators, cause pipelines to explode, or cause mass confusion in financial systems. the united states government has drawn a red line around attac

so as a consequence, you find that the offense has enormous advantages inn cyberspace. and one of the things i think we want to think abo over the long haul is is it possibl t balance that out over so that you ke the internet a more secure envirment. rose: do u worry that somehow we live world that is so open and acce to everythin is beginning to becomeso widespread that people may be just a step away or a step away or a step awa fr bei able to make a connection that leads to a cattrophe? >> i think that in the cyber security arena it's less atep ay fro tastrophen i ink 's thisay symmetrical effort that... a couple of dozen guys with a case of red you will be in flip-flops if they're skilled enough can pose a that. rose: and ten computers. >> and ten computers. right. it takes a fair amount of human tellectual capital but not much investment. >> rose: but the intellectual capil, it seems to me that's where the... i wonder if that's where the gap is narrowing in terms of intellectual capital. because the world is flat. >> rose: well, no, i think you're right. it is narro

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it is already an ongoing battle field in the cyberspace. >> how vulnerable are we to some huge disasterat about the taking out of our electric supply system? >> the more we modernize and the more we control from a distance through the internet and the use of internet protocol communications, if we don't have the fences and security, we could become increasingly vulnerable. >> we spend a lot of money on defense of software, don't we? >> we do. >> do we spend $50 billion and software programs? >> probably more than that. we are spending billions of dollars in private industry and in government on software. we start with fire walls. we got this of the entire virus programs. we work to identify viruses and worms and trojan horses that come into your computer and look for a while and suddenly spring to life and send information somewhere. we have insurance companies now that can ensure against a day to risk -- data risk. lawsuits are circling around these losses of the data. this is a serious effort by business and by government to protect the value of its data and information. >> one of the

. >> a cyberspace campaign to save lives. how victims can vent online about life after bullies. >>> and late tonight, a change in the state's welfare policy. no more vacations to vegas on the tax-payer's dime. i'm ken bastida. >> i'm dana king. >>> it is bad enough to live in an apartment complex where five women have been raped or sexually assaulted since june. now some people want to move out. but they say they can't get out of their lease. and what is more, robert lyles uncovered a weak spot in the security system. >> reporter: with five attacks in four months you expect there to be stepped up security and over my heft shoulder you see the security gate but it's over my right shoulder you can walk into the regency park apartments. and you see the guard tonight. you can walk through this section without any questions. and those who live here say is this a security facade and they want out but it will cost, big. how would you describe the security? >> a joke. >> reporter: candy didn't want her face shown. she is afraid of re

. >> unfortunately, once you post it, it's there, it's embedded in cyberspace.ou can't take it back. >> reporter: just ten years ago, only about 35% of americans went online. today it's about 80%. the internet has changed the way we communicate, but anyone can say almost anything, whether it's ground breaking, time wasting nonsense or hurtful. >> it's like a minute generation where we can get all things in minutes. >> reporter: megan says she spends about seven hours a day not talking, but communicating online. facebook, twitter, you name it. >> it's definitely easier to say something on a computer rather than face-to-face, because you don't ve to deal with that person right then and there. >> reporter: but megan is leery of becoming desensitized online. like many, shocked in recent weeks by news of young men and women being driven to suicide after they were bullied or taunted by the net. >> what's private and what's public is no longer clear. people are not thinking about this at the time they do it. and the repercussions are enormous. >> reporter: and words yo

up some anti russian sentiment of late so prism advantage is now trying to clear the air using cyberspace in an online video movement of says that the better russian leader is using aggressive talk towards moscow to bolster his presidential election campaign r.t. sarah ferguson took a closer look. then his bloke we can hear president. making specific reference to the election campaign in batteries and saying that is based almost entirely on entourage and slogans and i can say shouldn't russia's own willingness to provide support and also direct criticism to the russian leadership so the person misstated his use his behavior in the past often to deal with the school topics such as this and this time we've heard him using it as over stones to the belly button leadership such as ations and actions recently his main point being that really rather than making an enemy of russia they'd be much better place to be focusing on their internal issues but if. president lukashenko is entering this not only go beyond any diplomatic scent they're downright indecent he's obviously concerned about a lot o

but moving through cyberspace everyday is 640 petabytes." he was trying to demonstrate how it's almost impossible to figure out what the bad guys are up to in that global soup. >> vanda, is there a way to control this? >> well, ah, to some extent. the competition between law enforcement and crime is competition and adaptation. and in many areas, interdiction, ah, the effort to go after the traffickers is frequently lacking because criminals have extraordinary adaptability. in something like cybercrime, this is extraordinarily hard. but i also emphasize that, um, while technology is a great enabler of many positive things in globalization, including the dark side of globalization and crime, much organized crime still takes place through very primitive methods. um, the habala systems in the greater islamic world, it's just changing money, literally, from hand to hand across large, ah, areas, across large spaces. and, so, we shouldn't too over focus on technology as either the culprit or technological fix as, ah, as the solution. >> i was going

some anti russian sentiment of late so president medvedev is now trying to clear the air you think cyberspace in an online video method of says the belorussian leader is using aggressive talk towards moscow to bolster his presidential election campaign or to sarfarosh took a closer look. and if it is a bloke we can hear president. making specific reference to the election campaign in bellary and that's saying that it's based almost entirely on anti russian slogans on accusations of russia's unwillingness provide support and also direct criticism to the russian leadership so the person misstated his views his behavior in the past often to deal with the cold topics such as this and this time we've heard him using it as over stones to russian leadership like his ations and actions recently his main point being that really rather than making an enemy of russia they'd be much better placed to be thinking on their internal issues but. president lukashenko is entering this not only go beyond any diplomatic sent the downright indecent he's obviously concerned about a lot of things to our economy russ

. >> it is not just going into cyberspace. can connect to a service agency that is trying to work but teenagers in this issue appeared >. >> she says in the website reaches kids online, where they live. it put the issue of teen domestic violence on the forefront. >> on the one hot -- the website will include information about teen violence, how to talk with somebody about the issue, who it is said to talk with, and how to read their current relationship to see if it is a healthy one. they can also get tips to make changes for that relationship >> they partnered with the national chapter of of a kyle mega -- of alpha chi omega. >> it is to spread the message to younger women and young men about the dangers of dating violence appeared >> one in four girls will experience dating violence before they graduate high school. >> that is a good project. still ahead, we will recap the day's top stories, including the search for this man, who police say beat an elderly man to death. >> the continued to follow the developments abroad wher

>> reporter: while candidates are out pounding the pavement, their staffers are busy saturating cyberspace. >> we're able to communicate instantaneously with more people than campaigning would have been able to communicate with. >> the candidates for governor both have social media teams whose job it is to tweet, facebook, and blog, giving voters a behind the scenes look at what the candidates are up to. it's not just candidates who are tapping into technology. the folks at proposition 19, the measure that would legalize marijuana, have more facebook followers than either jerry brown or meg whitman. >> i think proposition 19 is an initiative that gets people excited in a way that the gubernatorial race might not. this is something voters want to vote for in favor of an initiative. >> reporter: though prop 19 hasn't run a single ad, it's high in the polls. >> we get 200 people commenting going back and forth. >> reporter: political analysts say it's hard to measure if that will mean victory come election day. >> i think you can certainly measure the activity of people looking at facebook or

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so you are not just going to cyberspace. you can connect with an agency trained to work with teens around this issue. >> this woman is the teen initiative at house of ruth. she said it reaches teens where they live -- online. the death of yeardley love gained national attention when authorities charged u.v.a. lacrosse player's ex-boyfriend with her murder. the web site hits home. >> on the one side, it is going to include signs about teen dating violence, it will include tips on how to be a good friend, who is safe to talk with. the interactive portion includes an opportunity to rate their current relationship to see if it is a healthy one, and to get tips if they need to make changes in that relationship. >> the house of ruth helps others outside of maryland so they partnered with the national alpha phi owe mega-. >> we can go out to spread the message to younger women and men about the dangers of dating violence. >> that's important because she says 1-4 girls will experience dating violence before graduating high school. j

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. >> reporter: cammie stanley now hopes cyberspace will point to the driver.already restored her faith in human nature. we are creating a voice for this son of mine but it is not just a voice. we are like scream. people are listening and this is unbelievable to me. >> and that was knbc's beverly white reporting. >>> a case of mistaken identify that is believed to be what happened during that alleged mexican pirate attack that killed american david hartley. an austin-based think tank specializing in intelligence in international issues determined that hartley was shot by mexican cartel enforcers because he was mistaken for a spy of a rival drug cartel. report also concluded that hartley's body was likely destroyed. steve fagan, editor for the monitor, join us live via skype from mcalan, texas. how are you? >> i'm well. how are you? >> i'm fine. what could be behind this a mistaken identity for this man, david hartley. he really would be take torn a cartel spy if he was just jet skiing in the area? >> well, i think that, first of all, i think what stratford has

now, the original was based on a very simple premise -- adults help kids navigate cyberspace safely andesponsibly, not by being more tech-savvy, because i don't think we ever will be, but by passing an hour values on to them. those values are the tether that anchors kids as they explore these dangerous corners of the net. provide -- protect your -- be mindful that your videos have consequences. under the golden rule of mine, as well as off. recently, we have seen the tragedy that can result when that tether is cut, as a kid approaches the net as a value- free zone. and 18-year-old college freshman killed himself after his roommate strain and video -- streamed video of him online. add to that the countless stories of the jobs lost, but it -- reputation's ruined, and teenagers tears caused by pose -- posts that never disappear. the common sense pole puts numbers behind these fears. now, the ftc is very concerned about these issues. we brought well over 100 cases involving privacy, spam and spy-where cases, and violations of the childrens' on-line privacy protection act. we are currently r

it is now a global commons that includes cyberspace and oftentimes is reflected to include energy, food, and water rich areas. this is a time of a world population that continues to grow in numbers every year. many parts of the world continue to grow in desperation every year. many parts continue to grow and technological savvy every single year. in short, the dynamic range of threats facing our nation and our interest is unparalleled in our history. at the same time, our defense industrial base will be called upon to find those needed solutions as we are focused on tremendous pressures on the nation's investment capacity for defense. certainly, we and the defense industry need to do all that we can to provide the most cost- effective systems capabilities. we at northrop grumman have been working hard to reduce overhead, streamline our organization, increase productivity, doing all of the things that you would imagine would help to provide our customers with the very best value possible, and our investors with an attractive rate of return. the industrial base did not spring for it in a

with military applications like space and cyberspace, more than anything is the expansion of the chinese navy. it appears that china hopes to gain control not only over thailand but over the china sea and indeed the entire pacific. there was an article in the september 11th edition of the "wall street journal" entitled position strategy in the pacific." he put into words what i have been thinking for a long time. since the 1980's, the china military strategy has rested on the concept of the strategic frontier. in a nutshell, this very dangerous idea, these are determined by national powers. as long as the chinese economy continues to grow, it will continue to expand. some might associate this with the german concept of [unintelligible] there has been speculation that the impetus was the 1986 crisis in the strait of taiwan. whenever i think back on this instance, i recall the cuban missile crisis of 1962. the past the soviet union took in its wake. the soviet union in 1962 and china in 1996 both suffered the indignity of capitulation in the face of overwhelming naval power of the united s

now, the original was based on a very simple premise -- adults help kids navigate cyberspace safely andesponsibly, not by being more tech-savvy, because i don't think we ever will be, but by passing an hour values on to them. those values are the tether that anchors kids as they explore these dangerous corners of the net. provide -- protect your -- be mindful that your videos have consequences. under the golden rule of mine, as well as off. recently, we have seen the tragedy that can result when that tether is cut, as a kid approaches the net as a value- free zone. and 18-year-old college freshman killed himself after his roommate strain and video -- streamed video of him online. add to that the countless stories of the jobs lost, but it -- reputation's ruined, and teenagers tears caused by pose -- posts that never disappear. the common sense pole puts numbers behind these fears. now, the ftc is very concerned about these issues. we brought well over 100 cases involving privacy, spam and spy-where cases, and violations of the childrens' on-line privacy protection act. we are currently r

. >>> a picture that was snapped some six days ago at the ryder cup has sparked a manhunt in cyberspaceeporter: all you wanted was to watch golf, but now he's a wanted man. >> quite simply cigar guy. >> who is cigar guy? >> answer that, and win 1,000. the saga started with this amazing golf photo. tyker wides flubbed a swing, an the ball was captured midair headed strayed for a photographer's camera. >> taking a bit of a knock here, but it's absolutely perfect. >> reporter: for a brief moment the shock was the story. >> but almost immediately they noticed cigar guy over on the side, his eyes all buggy. >> in the blink of an eye it was being photoshopped into countless other pictures. to the cast of "mad men" the prevailing theory is that cigar guy was dressed up to look like a famous cigar-smoking spanish golfer, miguel jimenez is known for chomping on a cigar even as he plays. even though it may look like he's wearing a turbine, this is actually a wig, and now there's a $1,000 reward is going offered by befrugalblog for information about his identity. they said him as their spokesman.

from the battle space to cyberspace. [ female announcer ] around the globe, the people of boeing are best, for america's best. that's why we're here. ♪ >>> okay. time now for "globetrekking." our destination northern chile. after 2 1/2 months being trapped a half mile underground the 33 miners might be soon to be rescued. take a look at the feed the chilean government provided. this is going to be their official feed because they don't want everybody crowding around the site during the rescue. karl penhaul is at the mine site. we were saying they're a few hours from the likely beginning of the rescue. that could mean 36, 48 hours from the completion of the rescue? this thing is going to take time. >> reporter: yeah, it is going to take time. incidentally that signal you just pointed out to viewers, the government said they would put that up six hours before the rescue started so looking at that, we could be looking at a rescue starting about 9:30 local time. but it is going to be a process. each miner will take about one hour in total to get the cage down to him, get him in the cage

second, the air force leverages its air and space control, as well as issue assurance inside cyberspace, to bring desirous effects to bear on the most serious challenges to our vital interests. behrman provide global vigilance, reach, and power -- air men provide global vigilance, reach, and power. through air and space power, range, versatility, and flexibility, which are inherent, unmatched, and undisputed. the air force is not uniquely but substantially translates these inherent characteristics into rapid, precise, tailored were fighting the fax as required by our combatant commanders around the world. and as we continue to do everything possible to prevail during today's fight, we are also vigilant for emerging threats in anticipating and associated requirement. the air force will continue to identify the ways in which air, space, and cyber forces and power can further bolster the collective capability of the joint team. most recently, we have seen a rise in air force special operations, high end personnel rescues, joint tactical air control, remote piloted systems, and surveillance

where that blurs is in cyberspace where the boundaries are very big and uncertain, if they exist at all is a global realm. i just wondered if you have any initial thoughts during your early tenure about how the intelligence community should be organized to tackle this new realm. >> that is a great question. you're quite right. first of all, cyber is a new frontier. you know, our policies and what we do in cyber are kind of a work in progress. i think a huge step, which was a big proponent of when i was in the department, was the establishment of the cyber- command. general alexander as director of the nsa and -- has cyber command. i think this is a very logical move on the department of defense, and it is the department's response on how to protect and, if necessary, warfight in the cyber context. manfully -- thankfully, we're making headway on the civilian side in the structure to protect the nation's civilian infrastructure. the fact of the matter is the nation's center of excellence for the cyber-realm is the national security agency, so the challenge and the trick is to build mechan