Cyberwar
Cyberwar: Season 1
Season 2

Air Date

July 5, 2016

Episodes

16 episodes

Cyberwar

Season 1

Episodes

Who is Anonymous?

1. Who is Anonymous?

9.0
July 5, 2016
24 min

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?

The Sony Hack

2. The Sony Hack

8.0
July 12, 2016
24 min

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.

Cyber Mercenaries

3. Cyber Mercenaries

July 19, 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.

Hacked by China

4. Hacked by China

July 26, 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.

Syria's Cyber Battlefields

5. Syria's Cyber Battlefields

10.0
August 2, 2016
24 min

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?

Stuxnet the Digital Weapon

6. Stuxnet the Digital Weapon

10.0
August 9, 2016
24 min

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

Hacking the Infrastructure

7. Hacking the Infrastructure

August 16, 2016
24 min

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

America's Elite Hacking Force

8. America's Elite Hacking Force

August 23, 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?​​

The Zero Day Market

9. The Zero Day Market

October 25, 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.

Anonymous vs. ISIS

10. Anonymous vs. ISIS

November 1, 2016
24 min

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

The Ashley Madison Hack

11. The Ashley Madison Hack

1.0
November 15, 2016
24 min

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.

Israel: Cyber Nation

12. Israel: Cyber Nation

November 22, 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?

Lights Out in Ukraine

13. Lights Out in Ukraine

November 29, 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.

Crime & Government: Russia's Hackers

14. Crime & Government: Russia's Hackers

December 6, 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.

The Future of War

15. The Future of War

December 13, 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.

The Race for Artificial Intelligence

16. The Race for Artificial Intelligence

December 20, 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.