Cyberwar

Cyberwar

Canceled First aired 05/Jul/2016 United States English 2 season(s) 24 episode(s)
DocumentaryCrime
Ben Makuch travels the world to meet with hackers, government officials, and dissidents to investigate the ecosystem of cyberwarfare.
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Season 2 · Season 2
8 episode(s) · Air date: 03/Oct/2017
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S2E8
Mexico's War on Watchdogs
Air date: 21/Nov/2017 · Time: 22:30 · Runtime: 24 min
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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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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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S2E7
Cyber Kill Lists
Air date: 14/Nov/2017 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 24 min
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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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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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The US & WikiLeaks
Air date: 07/Nov/2017 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 24 min
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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 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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S2E5
The Internet of Things Apocalypse
Air date: 31/Oct/2017 · Time: 22:30 · Runtime: 24 min
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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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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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S2E4
Activists vs. The Surveillance State
Air date: 24/Oct/2017 · Time: 22:30 · Runtime: 24 min
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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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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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Putin Trumps America
Air date: 17/Oct/2017 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 24 min
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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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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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Who Hacked the DNC
Air date: 10/Oct/2017 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 24 min
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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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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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The Great Meme War
Air date: 03/Oct/2017 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 24 min
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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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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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Season 1 · Season 1
16 episode(s) · Air date: 05/Jul/2016
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The Race for Artificial Intelligence
Air date: 20/Dec/2016 · Time: 22:30 · Runtime: 24 min
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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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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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The Future of War
Air date: 13/Dec/2016 · Time: 22:30 · Runtime: 24 min
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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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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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Crime & Government: Russia's Hackers
Air date: 06/Dec/2016 · Time: 22:30 · Runtime: 24 min
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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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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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Lights Out in Ukraine
Air date: 29/Nov/2016 · Time: 22:30 · Runtime: 24 min
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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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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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The Ashley Madison Hack
Air date: 15/Nov/2016 · Time: 22:30 · Runtime: 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.

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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.

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The Zero Day Market
Air date: 25/Oct/2016 · Time: 22:30 · Runtime: 24 min
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“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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“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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America's Elite Hacking Force
Air date: 23/Aug/2016 · Time: 22:30 · Runtime: 24 min
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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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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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S1E5
Syria's Cyber Battlefields
Air date: 02/Aug/2016 · Time: 22:30 · Runtime: 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?

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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?

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Hacked by China
Air date: 26/Jul/2016 · Time: 22:30 · Runtime: 24 min
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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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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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S1E3
Cyber Mercenaries
Air date: 19/Jul/2016 · Time: 22:30 · Runtime: 24 min
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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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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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The Sony Hack
Air date: 12/Jul/2016 · Time: 22:30 · Runtime: 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.

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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.

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Who is Anonymous?
Air date: 05/Jul/2016 · Time: 22:30 · Runtime: 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?

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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?

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Ben Makuch
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Angus King
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Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin
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