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All Episodes of Cyberwar

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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

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
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
7.8/1022 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
7.8/1017 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
7.7/1027 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
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
7.6/1020 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
7.5/1023 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
7.4/1019 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
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
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
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
7.0/1027 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
6.9/1022 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
6.9/1019 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
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