SCIUTTO: Developing this hour, Russia not surprisingly denying intelligence from the U.S., U.K. and Canada that Russian hacker attempted to steal coronavirus vaccine research. Joining me now is Richard Clarke. He's a former National Security Council Counterterrorism Adviser. He's now the Chairman of the Middle East Institute. Good to have you on as always. A few people know all of this better than you. Let me ask what you see in this hack, as described by U.S. and other intelligence services. Bbecause one of the groups involved, a group of Russian hackers known as Cozy Bear, one of the groups involved in the hacking of the 2016 presidential election. What is Russia trying to accomplish here and how concerning is it?</s>RICHARD CLARKE, FORMER COUNTERTERRORISM COORDINATOR, NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL: Well, Russia and China are both hacking into or attempting to hack into every company in the world that's trying to develop a vaccine for COVID-19. Neither Russia nor China want to be waiting around in line for an American vaccine if we develop it first. And if we do develop it first, it's likely that most Americans will get that vaccine before people in Russia or China. So they want to steal that information so they can develop their own. The most valuable piece of information in the world right now is how to develop a COVID-19 vaccine. END
Russia Denies Vaccine Research Hacking Allegations.