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Cyberwar - Episode Guide

Season 1

Who is Anonymous?

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Jul 5, 2016

Who is Anonymous?

Host Ben Makuch investigates the notorious hacktivist collective Anonymous and who is still involved after a string of arrests.

The Sony Hack

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Jul 12, 2016

The Sony Hack

Sony Pictures was hacked and the U.S. blamed North Korea. But the government's evidence wasn't all that convincing.

Cyber Mercenaries

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Jul 19, 2016

Cyber Mercenaries

Authoritarian regimes are using spyware tools bought from private companies in the West. Hacker PhineasFisher targeted these companies to reveal their deals.

Hacked by China

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Jul 26, 2016

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.

Syria's Cyber Battlefields

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Aug 2, 2016

Syria's Cyber Battlefields

On the frontlines of one of the world's bloodiest conflicts, a parallel war is being fought in cyberspace.

Stuxnet The Digital Weapon

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Aug 9, 2016

Stuxnet The Digital Weapon

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

Hacking the Infrastructure

Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Aug 16, 2016

Hacking the Infrastructure

An examination of American critical infrastructure's increasing vulnerability to cyber attacks from Iran.

The Zero Day Market

Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Oct 25, 2016

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.

Anonymous vs. ISIS

Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: Nov 1, 2016

Anonymous vs. ISIS

Anonymous declares war on ISIS. But when Anonymous members share intel with the government it fractures the hacktivist collective.

The Ashley Madison Hack

Episode: 1x11 | Airdate: Nov 15, 2016

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.

Israel: Cyber Nation

Episode: 1x12 | Airdate: Nov 22, 2016

Israel: Cyber Nation

Exploring how Israel grew into one of the world's cyber super powers and who it is targeting.

Lights Out in Ukraine

Episode: 1x13 | Airdate: Nov 29, 2016

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.

Crime & Government: Russia's Hackers

Episode: 1x14 | Airdate: Dec 6, 2016

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.

The Future of War

Episode: 1x15 | Airdate: Dec 13, 2016

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.

The Race for Artificial Intelligence

Episode: 1x16 | Airdate: Dec 20, 2016

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.

Season 2

The Great Meme War

Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Oct 3, 2017

The Great Meme War

Ben Makuch shows how memes are the Alt-Right's most powerful weapon in America's online culture war – reshaping the political and ideological landscape.

Who Hacked the DNC

Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Oct 10, 2017

Who Hacked the DNC

We know Russia hacked the DNC to try to influence the election. Ben Makuch travels from D.C. to Moscow to track down the hackers who actually pulled it off.

Putin Trumps America

Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Oct 17, 2017

Putin Trumps America

NATO troops amass along Russia's borders as U.S. officials grapple with Putin's election meddling. How will a battle that started in cyberspace play out on the ground?

Activists vs. The Surveillance State

Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Oct 24, 2017

Activists vs. The Surveillance State

Intelligence agencies partner with companies to spy on American citizens. But a few brave activists are risking it all to fight this growing cyber-surveillance industrial complex.

The Internet of Things Apocalypse

Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Oct 31, 2017

The Internet of Things Apocalypse

5 million new gadgets are connected to the net daily. Each one on your network is a potential doorway for hackers. Are the new smart devices worth the risk?

The US & WikiLeaks

Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Nov 7, 2017

The US & WikiLeaks

The world's most powerful government vs. the internet's most influential whistleblower site. Is America's war on Wikileaks an attack on journalism and free speech?

Cyber Kill Lists

Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: Nov 14, 2017

Cyber Kill Lists

America builds a global killing machine, using data to identify and take out suspected terrorists. Ben heads to Pakistan to see how the CIA and NSA put together the kill list.

Mexico's War on Watchdogs

Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: Nov 21, 2017

Mexico's War on Watchdogs

The government of Mexico buys hacking tools in its fight against cartels. So why is their spyware showing up on the phones of journalists exposing government corruption?

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