U.S. TECH FIRM SAYS RUSSIA OR

RUSSIANS WORKING FOR THE

GOVERNMENT, WE DON'T KNOW, HAVE

SUCCESSFULLY HACKED THE

UKRAINIAN GAS COMPANY AT THE

CENTER OF THE IMPEACHMENT CASE.

THEY SAY THE ATTEMPTS TO

INFILTRATE BURISMA, WHOSE BOARD

INCLUDED HUNTER BIDEN, BEGAN IN

EARLY NOVEMBER.

ALTHOUGH IT'S UNCLEAR WHAT THE

HACKERS WERE LOOKING FOR.

THE CYBER FIRM SAID THE TIMING

RAISES SUSPICIONS THAT THIS IS

AN EARLY WARNING OF WHAT WE HAVE

ANTICIPATED SINCE A SUCCESSFUL

CYBER ATTACKS IN 2016.

GILLIAN TURNER WITH MORE.

>> HI, HARRIS.

THE FIRM DROPPING THAT BOMB

SHELL CLAIM LAST NIGHT IS CALLED

AREA ONE SECURITY.

THEIR CEO TEXT FOX NEWS THAT

THEY DISCOVERED THE HACK OF

BURISMA OF WHAT WAS THE COURSE

OF ROUTINE BUSINESS.

THE CEO SAID THE REPORT

CONTAINING THIS INFORMATION

WASN'T PAID FOR IN PART OR IN

FULL BY ANY OUTSIDE GROUP.

A KEY DETAIL.

AREA ONE'S REPORT CLAIMS THE

RUSSIAN MILITARY HACKERS, PART

OF THE GRU SOUGHT THE E-MAIL

CREDENTIALS OF EMPLOYEES AT

BURISMA.

IT ADDS HACK SAYS TO BURISMA

HOLDINGS E-MAIL ACCOUNTS PERMITS

FUTURE PHISHING CAMPAIGNS.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CLAIMING

OVERNIGHT THE BIDENS WERE ALSO

LIKELY TARGET OF THIS SAME

RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN.

AREA ONE'S CEO SAYS HIS COMPANY

NOT PREPARED TO SUPPORT THAT

CLAIM AT THIS TIME.

THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN SAYS IN A

STATEMENT --

>> NOW, DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS

HAVE BEEN REAL QUICK TO BLAME

PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR THE HACK.

TAKE A LISTEN.

>> I'M A BIT DISTRESSED TO SEE

THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A

NEWSPAPER REPORT.

>> IT'S RUSSIA DOING PRESIDENT

TRUMP'S DIRTY WORK AGAIN.

REMEMBERING THE LAST CAMPAIGN

FOR PRESIDENT CANDIDATE TRUMP AT

THE TIME SAID RUSSIA, IF YOU'RE

HEARING ME, YOU KNOW, GET

HILLARY'S E-MAILS.

>> AREA ONE SECURITY ALSO CLAIMS

THIS BURISMA HACK IS CONNECTED

TO A DIFFERENT PHISHING ATTACK,

ONE ON A MEDIA COMPANY OWNED BY

PRESIDENT ZELENSKY.

REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS NOT TALKING

A WHOLE LOT ABOUT THIS ON CAMERA

TODAY.

THEY INSIST HUNTER AND JOE BIDEN

AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH

BURISMA NEEDS AN ENTIRELY

SEPARATE INVESTIGATION.

HARRIS, FOR NOW, WE'VE REACHED