The BEST episodes of Cyberwar

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

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

Last Updated: 3/13/2024Network: VICE TV (US)Status: Ended

7.72

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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7.63

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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7.59

70 votes

#3 - The Internet of Things Apocalypse

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/31/2017

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?

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7.53

120 votes

#4 - 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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7.52

69 votes

#5 - Activists vs. The Surveillance State

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/2017

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.

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7.51

84 votes

#6 - 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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7.51

93 votes

#7 - 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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7.50

103 votes

#8 - 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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7.49

167 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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7.48

204 votes

#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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7.46

242 votes

#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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7.45

107 votes

#12 - 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

96 votes

#13 - 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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7.45

56 votes

#14 - The US & WikiLeaks

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/7/2017

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?

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7.44

268 votes

#15 - 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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7.43

111 votes

#16 - 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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7.43

230 votes

#17 - 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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7.42

99 votes

#18 - 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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7.39

54 votes

#19 - Mexico's War on Watchdogs

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/21/2017

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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7.37

156 votes

#20 - 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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7.37

52 votes

#21 - Cyber Kill Lists

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/14/2017

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.

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7.35

77 votes

#22 - The Great Meme War

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/3/2017

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.

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7.18

67 votes

#23 - Putin Trumps America

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/17/2017

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?

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7.15

74 votes

#24 - Who Hacked the DNC

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/10/2017

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.

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