. >> i have the brian krebs rule - every time you mention edward snowden, you should mention brian krebs who is trying to reveal things to help people. i think it's a gray matter case that we can talk about for a long time of what that person's intent was based on the nature of the cases of the revelations. -- based on the nature and the cadence of the revelations. i have my own personal opinions but i think there are heroes that help us and speak out and look at what is going on. the information that is readily available, if we but look and brian krebs is one of those people. not affiliated with mcafee at all. i use it as a rule because it is hard for me to be surprised by those revelations. i am saddened by those revelations and i agree that there should definitely the consequences. it also highlights that there is a burden of collection and the burden of fiduciary duty that is not been put on the shoulders of the right people in the right places. throughout industry and government alike. i also think the power of social engineering -- if you peel back though all the intrusions were ma

. >> reporter: vicki, the blog krebs on security reports that banks in california and across the country received alerts earlier this week warning about potentially compromised credit cards used online at the california dmv and we now know that federal law enforcement is involved in the investigation. master card has reportedly sent private alerts to banks warning that card numbers, expiration dates and three-digit codes may have been stolen. if you have made any online transactions using the department of motor vehicles website between august 22nd, to january 31st of this year. krebs 0 security says check your bank statements for fraudulent charges showing up as state of california dmv. how many people may have been's effected at this time is -- have been affected at this time. but law enforcement reports one bank has been notified detailing this. to be clear, master card's own systems have not been breached, any purchase made with a master card is protected by our zero liability policy. in a statement released earlier saturday, the dmv said there's no evidence of a direct breach of the

gerri: it wouldn't have been made if brian krebs had not mate it public. >> is absolutely true. they were notified on november 30th. the alarm went on. gerri: two times. >> it may have gone over several other times. nobody knows what they were doing. all we do know what they weren't doing, they weren't letting the system kill the malware and they weren't allowing anybody to know what was going on. gerri: what does this tell but company's respect for and interest in protecting their customers privacy? >> this is, this is a cautionary tale. this is a problem we're facing all across the country with business all across the country. if you talk about self-detection, verizon did a study that showed that 31% of companies actually self-monitor and determine there's a problem. retailers however, only 5% of retailers actually determine there's problem by self-monitoring. that is because they're more busy selling and almost as if they throw up their hand, there are some points of vulnerability, we don't know where to start but unfortunately while they're trying to figure out what to do, t

. >>> brian krebs, the blogger who exposed the breech at target, is headed to hollywood.t's going to turn his life into a cyber thriller. what an exciting thing for a journalist. >> leave it to hollywood. >>> some stories making news this morning, oscar pistorius's murder trial seems to be taking a financial toll on the athlete. he's selling the house where he killed his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. the unexpected length of the trial is causing him to expose of his asset. >>> duke energy, listen to this, dumped 61 million gallons of contaminated coal ash into the cape fear river. this is the eighth time that the company has been cited for environmental violations. >>> the world's oldest profession is causing quite a stir for honolulu lawmakers and police. a law that allows undercover police officers to have sex with prostitutes is now under review by a senate committee. honolulu police say they need the legal protection while on a case, but critics say not so fast. the law further victimizing sex workers. >>> they have said no to pot brownies, space cakes and other weed-l

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sony has bought the rights to the article written by "the new york times" about krebs. it reportedly plans to turn his life into a cyber thriller. exciting for a journalist. back to you. >> it is. very cool. thank you. >> check in with rob. he's in for christina, a little time off. nice weekend on tap. >> pretty nice. we're not going to see the near record breaking temperatures of yesterday. it's a stronger sea breeze that will drop our temperatures down especially around san francisco and the coast as we take you outside. you're seeing 40s around the south bay and the peninsula. 49 degrees, mostly clear skies, a little patchy fog, partly cloudy skies. and that fog is a bit of a story in santa rosa this morning. visibility is about a half mile there in the north bay valleys and you're seeing fog setting up around the marin county coast down 1 to 17 this morning. that's going to stick around a while. this is a preview of our weekend forecast with patchy low clouds for the morning. more or less all day clouds on the coast with drizzle at times even for santa cruz. the win