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April 2017
From self-driving cars to Siri, a race is on to build more powerful Artificial Intelligence. But some warn we could be programming our own extinction.
The wars of the future might be fought with autonomous machines, drones and weapons that can act on their own. Ben investigates whether it's ok to write code that can kill.
Russian cybercrime is big business – and some say hackers get a pass when they work double duty for Putin and his geopolitical ambitions.
March 2017
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, has the ground war led to cyberwar?
Anonymous declares war on ISIS. But when Anonymous members share intel with the government it fractures the hacktivist collective.
'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.
Israel is one of the world’s cyber super powers. So how did this tiny nation grow so strong, and who is it targeting?
February 2017
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.
December 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. (S.1 Ep.8) (From the US) (Documentary Series) PG
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?
Authoritarian regimes are using spyware tools bought from private companies in the West. Hacker PhineasFisher has targeted these companies to reveal their deals to suppress dissent.
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 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?
November 2016
Stuxnet The Digital Weapon - Tapping into the geopolitics of hacking and surveillance, Ben Makuch travels the world to meet with hackers, government officials, and dissidents to investigate the ecosystem of cyberwarfare. From the Sony hack to the Syrian Electronic Army, it’s happening all around us. Cyberwar hosted by Ben ...
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