the deputy attorney general lisa monaco with a sharp warning on cyber zurt from munich where we alsoavers has that for us >> reporter: carl, that's right. lisa monaco speaking at the munich security conference within the past hour and issued a warning reiterating what the u.s. government has been saying to american companies for a while now. which is that any russian incursion into ukraine could also be accompanied by a cyber war that could have significant blow back for american companies mooch here is what she said. >> given the very high tensions that we are experiencing, companies of any size and of all sizes would be foolish not to be preparing right now as we speak to increase their defenses, to do things like patching, to heighten their alert, to be to monitoring in real time their cybersecurity. they need to be as we say, shields up >> lisa monaco saying american companies need to be shields up in preparation for anything that could happen carl and jon, she also announced a new effort by the department of justice, a national cryptocurrency enforcement team importing a new dir

attorney general lisa monaco described an elaborate scam that began with the 2016 widely reported thatstolen bitcoin, which at the time was worth about 72 million dollars today. >> the value of that bitcoin has grown to over 4.5 billion dollars. and because the price of a single bitcoin experiences, sharp climbs and dips. >> the current value of that stolen bitcoin may exceed 4 and a half billion by the time this report goes to where federal investigators discovered a digital wallet directly controlled by lichtenstein. >> containing about 25,000 of that stolen bitcoin. he allegedly used the stolen crypto to buy gold and other items from there. they eventually tracked down another 94,000 stolen bitcoins. this is the largest seizure of cryptocurrency ever by u.s. law enforcement. >> it is also the department's largest single financial seizure in its history. the message to criminals is clear. crypto currency is not a safe haven we can and we will follow the money no matter what form it takes. russ davis, a crypto-currency consulted and ceo of in rust we trust crypto dot com. >> says digi

lisa monaco, the deputy attorney general, she said the other day that they are looking at other aspects of the insurrection and events leading up to it. so we do not need a criminal referral from the department of justice. but when is this start turning into indictments? and convictions? that is a separate but related question. and that is a hard question to answer. malcolm touched on this. that is what makes the dangle of pardons by president trump, former president trump i should say, so nefarious. defendants always make calculations. should i go to trial? should i cooperate and plead guilty? if i plead guilty, what sort of time am i looking at? they always try to minimize their risk. how do i avoid jail? how do i minimize jail? what can i do to better my situation? with a pardon dangled in front of them, that calculation may change. some defendants who thought that they might plead guilty and cooperate, chris, may not. and other people, who may be inclined not to commit crimes now might feel that the former president trump would have their back with a pardon if they did. it is an ext

deputy attorney general lisa monaco issuing a stern warning to businesses today. >> companies of any right now as we speak to increase their defenses. >> so that's why cyber experts say everyone should start doing their part today to secure your online accounts now and also gather some basic supplies at home as if you're prepping for a weather event like a hurricane. >> they have embedded themselves into every critical manufacturing plant, facility, location in this country. so if they want to attack us, they can attack us today. we don't have the defenses to stop them. >> so martha, the bottom line here is to be prepared, not panic because that's what the russian hackers would want from the american public, panic and fear. martha? >> martha: meantime we prepare for a hurricane. thanks very much. aishah hasnie. that is the story for february 17. as always, the story goes on. so grateful to have you with us this afternoon. we look forward to joining use tomorrow at 3:00. meantime, stay tuned. there's a lot more ahead on fox news. "your world" starts right about now. >> charles: is rus

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the face of all of that, the united states' department of justice, whose deputy-attorney general, lisa monaco, announced several days ago that they were investigating not only the insurrection but the plot to have fake electors. having said that, if the department of justice simply turns the other way. if the attorney general who said we will follow the evidence where it leads, turns the other way now, it will essentially give him a red carpet to waltz into the white house with a new coup, and if necessary, violent insurrection. this cannot be tolerated. as you said, anderson, he says the quiet part out loud. he's done it before. but before, we could look the other way. we could say well, he's not really going to shoot someone on fifth avenue. but this time, we know what he's planning to do. we know what he's already done. we know what almost succeeded. we know what he's threatening to do. if we care about this country, about saving it from someone who really asserts the divine right of kings to rule over all of us, we must indict him. there's no longer any need to dot the is, cross the ts, f