The BEST episodes of Cyberwar season 1

Every episode of Cyberwar season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Cyberwar season 1!

Ben Makuch travels the world to meet with hackers, government officials, and dissidents to investigate the ecosystem of cyberwarfare.

Last Updated: 8/29/2025Network: VICE TV (US)Status: Ended

7.71

163 votes

#1 - Stuxnet the Digital Weapon

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/9/2016

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

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7.66

92 votes

#2 - The Future of War

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/13/2016

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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7.58

118 votes

#3 - Hacking the Infrastructure

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/16/2016

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

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7.54

93 votes

#4 - The Race for Artificial Intelligence

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 12/20/2016

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.

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7.51

84 votes

#5 - Lights Out in Ukraine

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/29/2016

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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7.49

102 votes

#6 - The Zero Day Market

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/25/2016

“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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7.47

97 votes

#7 - Crime & Government: Russia's Hackers

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/6/2016

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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7.47

203 votes

#8 - Hacked by China

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/26/2016

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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7.47

166 votes

#9 - Syria's Cyber Battlefields

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/2/2016

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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7.46

96 votes

#10 - Israel: Cyber Nation

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/22/2016

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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7.46

107 votes

#11 - The Ashley Madison Hack

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/15/2016

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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7.45

243 votes

#12 - Cyber Mercenaries

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/19/2016

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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7.44

266 votes

#13 - Who is Anonymous?

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/5/2016

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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7.44

107 votes

#14 - Anonymous vs. ISIS

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/1/2016

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

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7.41

154 votes

#15 - America's Elite Hacking Force

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/23/2016

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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7.40

230 votes

#16 - The Sony Hack

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/12/2016

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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