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.
#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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#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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#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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#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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#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.
#6 - 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.
#7 - 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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#9 - 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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#10 - 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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#11 - 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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#12 - 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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#13 - 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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#14 - 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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#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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#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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