Cyberwar

Tapping into the geopolitics of hacking and surveillance, Ben Makuch travels the world to meet with hackers, government officials, and dissidents to investigate the ecosystem of cyberwarfare.

Genre: Documentary

Cast:Ben Makuch , Brian Krebs , Michael Chertoff , Michael Hayden , Discordian , Christopher Soghoian , Robert M. Lee , Michael Daniel , Eric Chien , Kim Masters , Mesay Mekonnen , Charlie Miller , Thomas Drake , Joe Weiss , Scott Smith , Nafees Hamid , Gabor Vasarhelyi , Jeremy Hammond

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Who Is Anonymous?

Tue, Jul 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?

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ The Sony Hack

Tue, Jul 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.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ Cyber Mercenaries

Tue, Jul 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.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ Hacked by China

Tue, Jul 26, 2016

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

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ Syria's Cyber Battlefields

Tue, Aug 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?

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ Stuxnet the Digital Weapon

Tue, Aug 9, 2016

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

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ Hacking the Infrastructure

Tue, Aug 16, 2016

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

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ America's Elite Hacking Force

Tue, Aug 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?

9Season 1

S1.E9 ∙ The Zero Day Market

Tue, Oct 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.

10Season 1

S1.E10 ∙ Anonymous vs. ISIS

Tue, Nov 1, 2016

Anonymous declares war on ISIS. But when Anonymous members share intel with the government it fractures the hacktivist collective.

11Season 1

S1.E11 ∙ The Ashley Madison Hack

Tue, Nov 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.

12Season 1

S1.E12 ∙ Israel: Cyber Nation

Tue, Nov 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?

13Season 1

S1.E13 ∙ Lights Out in Ukraine

Tue, Nov 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, has the ground war led to cyberwar?

14Season 1

S1.E14 ∙ Crime & Government: Russia's Hackers

Tue, Dec 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."

15Season 1

S1.E15 ∙ The Future of War

Tue, Dec 13, 2016

The wars of the future might be fought with autonomous machines, drones and weapons that can act on their own. But is it ever OK to write code that can kill?

16Season 1

S1.E16 ∙ The Race for Artificial Intelligence

Tue, Dec 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.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ The Great Meme War

Tue, Oct 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.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ Who Hacked the DNC

Tue, Oct 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.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ Putin Trumps America

Tue, Oct 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?

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ Activists vs. The Surveillance State

Tue, Oct 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.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ The Internet of Things Apocalypse

Tue, Oct 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?

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ The US & WikiLeaks

Tue, Nov 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?

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ Cyber Kill Lists

Tue, Nov 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.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ Mexico's War on Watchdogs

Tue, Nov 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?