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All Episodes of Cyberwar

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All Episodes of Cyberwar

Ben Makuch travels the world to meet with hackers, government officials, and dissidents to investigate the ecosystem of cyberwarfare.
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Season 1

  • Who is Anonymous?
    7.6/1028 votes

    Who is Anonymous?

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/5/2016

    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?

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Sony Hack
    7.0/1028 votes

    The Sony Hack

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/12/2016

    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.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Cyber Mercenaries
    7.4/1024 votes

    Cyber Mercenaries

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/19/2016

    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.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Hacked by China
    7.6/1020 votes

    Hacked by China

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/26/2016

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

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Syria's Cyber Battlefields
    7.3/1020 votes

    Syria's Cyber Battlefields

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/2/2016

    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?

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Stuxnet the Digital Weapon
    7.8/1023 votes

    Stuxnet the Digital Weapon

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/9/2016

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

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Hacking the Infrastructure
    6.9/1023 votes

    Hacking the Infrastructure

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/16/2016

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

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • America's Elite Hacking Force
    7.6/1021 votes

    America's Elite Hacking Force

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 8/23/2016

    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?​​

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Zero Day Market
    8.1/1019 votes

    The Zero Day Market

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 10/25/2016

    “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.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Anonymous vs. ISIS
    6.3/1018 votes

    Anonymous vs. ISIS

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/1/2016

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

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Ashley Madison Hack
    7.2/1018 votes

    The Ashley Madison Hack

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/15/2016

    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.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Israel: Cyber Nation
    7.6/1016 votes

    Israel: Cyber Nation

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 11/22/2016

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

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Lights Out in Ukraine
    7.1/1018 votes

    Lights Out in Ukraine

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 11/29/2016

    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.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Crime & Government: Russia's Hackers
    7.4/1015 votes

    Crime & Government: Russia's Hackers

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/6/2016

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

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Future of War
    7.4/1014 votes

    The Future of War

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 12/13/2016

    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.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Race for Artificial Intelligence
    8.4/1011 votes

    The Race for Artificial Intelligence

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 12/20/2016

    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.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown