that have been officially blamed on Russia . Still , Trump told Stephanopoulos that despite the assurances of House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rep. Mike McCaul ( R - Texas ) , he ’s not certain that Russia is behind the hacking attempts . “ Hacking is very untrusting .
International humanitarian law bans any attack on patients and medical personnel or indeed any attack on medical facilities , unless they are used for military purposes However , even if they are identified as a military objective , such a target must not be attacked if the scale of collateral civilian casualties is likely to be disproportionate to the military gain Indiscriminate attacksconflict.attack.naare prohibited The strikes came days after world powers - including Russia - agreed to work towards a selective truce in Syria , due to begin later this week . Earlier , Syrian President Bashar al - Assad , in his first comments on Friday 's " cessation of hostilities " plan , said it was doubtful all parties would be putting down their weapons within a week .
12:40 p.m. The Turkish president says his country 's military operation in Syria aims to prevent threats from " terror " groups , including the Islamic State and a Syrian Kurdish militia that is affiliated with Turkey 's outlawed Kurdish rebels . Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Wednesday 's operation was launched in response to a string of attacksconflict.attack.nain Turkey , including a suicide bomb attack at a wedding party near the border which killed 54 people . He says no one should consider " the Syrian issue to be independent from Turkey 's domestic issues . " Erdogan , addressing groups that have targeted Turkey , says : " You will not succeed .
He 's saying under the right conditions , with the right bases , that these companies need to be able to provide , or to respond , to lawful court orders . That 's all that they 're asking for . KELLY : Right after the Paris attacksconflict.attack.na, you gave a speech in which you called for an end to " hand - wringing , " your word , over government spying . And many in the audience ... BRENNAN : That 's not — I did n't say , " hand - wringing " over government spying .
This was released by hackers just a few weeks ago , sparking fears it could lead to a major attack such as today 's . It is capable of using ‘ internet of things ’ ( IoT ) devices , such as the plethora of smart home gadgets , which can be used to bombard websites with requests , overloading them and effectively shutting them down . In previous attacksconflict.attack.nausing it , security cameras and DVRs in homes and offices around the world have been used . ' We are seeing attacks coming from a number of different locations . ' We 're seeing attacks coming from an Internet of Things botnet that we identified called Mirai , also involved in this attack , ' Dale Drew , chief security officer at Level 3 Communications , said on a livestream on Friday afternoon .
Dirty bomb Fears over nuclear materials falling into terrorists ' hands were highlighted at the Nuclear Security Summit hosted by President Obama in Washington last week , and underscored by an ISIS plan uncovered earlier this year to try and target a Belgian nuclear facility . Two men linked to the Brussels attacksconflict.attack.narecorded 10 hours of secret surveillance video of a top Belgian nuclear scientist , likely hoping to use his security clearance to try to obtain radioactive material to build a so - called " dirty bomb . " " The possibility of threats against nuclear facilities is of particular concern and our agencies are actively reacting to it , " German Ambassador to the United States , Peter Wittig , told CBS News . The ambassador said Germany would seek more international help by hosting an international workshop in Berlin in September on the existing Code of Conduct for Safety and Security of Radioactive Sources .