Season 1

CyberwarSeason 1

2016
16 Episodes

Episodes

Who is Anonymous?
S01E01
9.0

Who is Anonymous?

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?

05 Jul 201624m
The Sony Hack
S01E02
8.0

The Sony Hack

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.

12 Jul 201624m
Cyber Mercenaries
S01E03

Cyber Mercenaries

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.

19 Jul 201624m
Hacked by China
S01E04

Hacked by China

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

26 Jul 201624m
Syria's Cyber Battlefields
S01E05
10.0

Syria's Cyber Battlefields

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?

02 Aug 201624m
Stuxnet the Digital Weapon
S01E06
10.0

Stuxnet the Digital Weapon

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

09 Aug 201624m
Hacking the Infrastructure
S01E07

Hacking the Infrastructure

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

16 Aug 201624m
America's Elite Hacking Force
S01E08

America's Elite Hacking Force

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?​​

23 Aug 201624m
The Zero Day Market
S01E09

The Zero Day Market

“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.

25 Oct 201624m
Anonymous vs. ISIS
S01E10

Anonymous vs. ISIS

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

01 Nov 201624m
The Ashley Madison Hack
S01E11
1.0

The Ashley Madison Hack

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.

15 Nov 201624m
Israel: Cyber Nation
S01E12

Israel: Cyber Nation

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

22 Nov 201624m
Lights Out in Ukraine
S01E13

Lights Out in Ukraine

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.

29 Nov 201624m
Crime & Government: Russia's Hackers
S01E14

Crime & Government: Russia's Hackers

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

06 Dec 201624m
The Future of War
S01E15

The Future of War

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.

13 Dec 201624m
The Race for Artificial Intelligence
S01E16

The Race for Artificial Intelligence

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.

20 Dec 201624m