6.1/1015 votesLoading...#1 - Who Hacked the DNC
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/10/2017
We know Russia hacked the DNC to try to influence the election. Ben Makuch travels from D.C. to Moscow to track down the hackers who actually pulled it off.
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6.3/1018 votesLoading...#2 - 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?
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6.9/1023 votesLoading...#3 - 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.
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6.9/1015 votesLoading...#4 - The Great Meme War
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/3/2017
Ben Makuch shows how memes are the Alt-Right's most powerful weapon in America's online culture war--reshaping the political and ideological landscape.
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7.0/1028 votesLoading...#5 - 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.
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7.1/1018 votesLoading...#6 - 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.
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7.1/109 votesLoading...#7 - Cyber Kill Lists
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/14/2017
America builds a global killing machine, using data to identify and take out suspected terrorists. Ben heads to Pakistan to see how the CIA and NSA put together the kill list.
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7.2/1018 votesLoading...#8 - 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.
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7.3/1020 votesLoading...#9 - 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?
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7.3/1013 votesLoading...#10 - Mexico's War on Watchdogs
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/21/2017
The government of Mexico buys hacking tools in its fight against cartels. So why is their spyware showing up on the phones of journalists exposing government corruption?
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7.4/1024 votesLoading...#11 - 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.
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7.4/1015 votesLoading...#12 - 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.
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7.4/1014 votesLoading...#13 - 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.
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7.5/1015 votesLoading...#14 - Putin Trumps America
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/17/2017
NATO troops amass along Russia's borders as U.S. officials grapple with Putin's election meddling. How will a battle that started in cyberspace play out on the ground?
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7.6/1028 votesLoading...#15 - 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?
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7.6/1020 votesLoading...#16 - 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.
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7.6/1021 votesLoading...#17 - 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?
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7.6/1015 votesLoading...#18 - 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?
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7.8/1023 votesLoading...#19 - 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.
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7.9/1011 votesLoading...#20 - The Internet of Things Apocalypse
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/31/2017
5 million new gadgets are connected to the net daily. Each one on your network is a potential doorway for hackers. Are the new smart devices worth the risk?
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8.1/1019 votesLoading...#21 - 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.
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8.3/1011 votesLoading...#22 - Activists vs. The Surveillance State
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/2017
Intelligence agencies partner with companies to spy on American citizens. But a few brave activists are risking it all to fight this growing cyber-surveillance industrial complex.
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8.4/1011 votesLoading...#23 - 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.
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8.8/1014 votesLoading...#24 - The US & WikiLeaks
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/7/2017
The world's most powerful government vs. the internet's most influential whistleblower site. Is America's war on Wikileaks an attack on journalism and free speech?
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The Worst Episodes of Cyberwar
Every episode of Cyberwar ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Cyberwar!
Ben Makuch travels the world to meet with hackers, government officials, and dissidents to investigate the ecosystem of cyberwarfare.
Genres:DocumentaryCrime
Network:Viceland
Worst Episodes Summary
"Who Hacked the DNC" is the worst rated episode of "Cyberwar". It scored 6.1/10 based on 15 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/10/2017. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Anonymous vs. ISIS".