← Cyberwar

Season 1

16 episodes · 2016

  1. 1Who is Anonymous?

    05 Jul 2016 · 24 min

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    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?

  2. 2The Sony Hack

    12 Jul 2016 · 24 min

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    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.

  3. 3Cyber Mercenaries

    19 Jul 2016 · 24 min

    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.

  4. 4Hacked by China

    26 Jul 2016 · 24 min

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

  5. 5Syria's Cyber Battlefields

    02 Aug 2016 · 24 min

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    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?

  6. 6Stuxnet the Digital Weapon

    09 Aug 2016 · 24 min

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

  7. 7Hacking the Infrastructure

    16 Aug 2016 · 24 min

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

  8. 8America's Elite Hacking Force

    23 Aug 2016 · 24 min

    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?​​

  9. 9The Zero Day Market

    25 Oct 2016 · 24 min

    “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.

  10. 10Anonymous vs. ISIS

    01 Nov 2016 · 24 min

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

  11. 11The Ashley Madison Hack

    15 Nov 2016 · 24 min

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    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.

  12. 12Israel: Cyber Nation

    22 Nov 2016 · 24 min

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

  13. 13Lights Out in Ukraine

    29 Nov 2016 · 24 min

    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.

  14. 14Crime & Government: Russia's Hackers

    06 Dec 2016 · 24 min

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

  15. 15The Future of War

    13 Dec 2016 · 24 min

    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.

  16. 16The Race for Artificial Intelligencefinale

    20 Dec 2016 · 24 min

    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.