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Cyberwar

Season 1 · 16 episodes · Jul 5, 2016

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    Episode 1

    Who is Anonymous?

    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?

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    Episode 2

    The Sony Hack

    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.

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    Episode 3

    Cyber Mercenaries

    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.

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    Episode 4

    Hacked by China

    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.

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    Episode 5

    Syria's Cyber Battlefields

    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?

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    Episode 6

    Stuxnet the Digital Weapon

    Aug 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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    Episode 7

    Hacking the Infrastructure

    Aug 16, 2016

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

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    Episode 8

    America's Elite Hacking Force

    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?​​

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    Episode 9

    The Zero Day Market

    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.

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    Episode 10

    Anonymous vs. ISIS

    Nov 1, 2016

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

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    Episode 11

    The Ashley Madison Hack

    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.

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    Episode 12

    Israel: Cyber Nation

    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?

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    Episode 13

    Lights Out in Ukraine

    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.

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    Episode 14

    Crime & Government: Russia's Hackers

    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.

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    Episode 15

    The Future of War

    Dec 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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    Episode 16

    The Race for Artificial Intelligence

    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.