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Cyberwar Season 1

16 Episodes First aired Jul 5, 2016 TMDB★7.6

Ben Makuch travels the world to meet with hackers, government officials, and dissidents to investigate the ecosystem of cyberwarfare.

Episodes

E1
1. Who is Anonymous?
Jul 5, 2016 · 24m

The notorious hacktivist collective Anonymous has targeted everyone from PayPal to the FBI. But a string of arrests have crippled the group. So who is Anonymous now?

E2
2. The Sony Hack
Jul 12, 2016 · 24m

Sony Pictures was hacked and the U.S. blamed North Korea. But the government's evidence wasn't all that convincing, and many hackers and computer experts still have doubts.

E3
3. Cyber Mercenaries
Jul 19, 2016 · 24m

Authoritarian regimes are using spyware tools bought from private companies in the West. Hacker PhineasFisher targeted these companies to reveal their deals to suppress dissent.

E4
4. Hacked by China
Jul 26, 2016 · 24m

From Google to the government, China has hacked many American networks. But there’s a difference between spying and stealing intellectual property.

E5
5. Syria's Cyber Battlefields
Aug 2, 2016 · 24m

On the frontlines of one of the world's bloodiest conflicts, a parallel war is being fought in cyberspace. Is Syria's cyber battlefield creating a model for the wars of the future?

E6
6. Stuxnet the Digital Weapon
Aug 9, 2016 · 24m

Stuxnet was a sophisticated cyber attack on an Iranian nuclear plant that may have changed the nature of warfare forever.

E7
7. Hacking the Infrastructure
Aug 16, 2016 · 24m

As Iran ramps up its offensive cyber operations, American critical infrastructure is increasingly vulnerable to attacks.

E8
8. America's Elite Hacking Force
Aug 23, 2016 · 24m

Tailored Access Operations, or TAO, is the NSA's elite hacking force. TAO employs some of America's best hackers--so who are their targets?​​

E9
9. The Zero Day Market
Oct 25, 2016 · 24m

“Zero days” are bugs in software that hackers use to break into systems. Some are valued at up to a million dollars, with both buyers and sellers shrouded in secrecy.

E10
10. Anonymous vs. ISIS
Nov 1, 2016 · 24m

In a war with ISIS online, is Anonymous working with the U.S. government?

E11
11. The Ashley Madison Hack
Nov 15, 2016 · 24m

After Ashley Madison, a hook-up site for married people, got hacked, its users weren't the only ones exposed - turns out the cheating site may have been cheating its own customers.

E12
12. Israel: Cyber Nation
Nov 22, 2016 · 24m

Israel is one of the world’s cyber super powers. So how did this tiny nation grow so strong – and who is it targeting?

E13
13. Lights Out in Ukraine
Nov 29, 2016 · 24m

A cyber attack on Ukraine's power grid leaves thousands of people in the dark as a military conflict involving Russia rages in the east.

E14
14. Crime & Government: Russia's Hackers
Dec 6, 2016 · 24m

Russian cybercrime is big business – and some say hackers get a pass when they work double duty for Putin and his geopolitical ambitions.

E15
15. The Future of War
Dec 13, 2016 · 24m

Exploring how wars of the future might be fought with autonomous machines, drones and weapons that can act on their own and whether it's ever OK to write code that can kill.

E16
16. The Race for Artificial IntelligenceSeason Finale
Dec 20, 2016 · 24m

From self-driving cars to Siri, a race is on to build more powerful AI, but some warn we could be programming our own extinction.