Popsky

Season 1

Season 1 • 2016

3.8 / 5

Episodes

1. Who is Anonymous?

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?

2016-07-0524 min

2. The Sony Hack

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.

2016-07-1224 min

3. Cyber Mercenaries

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.

2016-07-1924 min

4. 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.

2016-07-2624 min

5. Syria's Cyber Battlefields

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?

2016-08-0224 min

6. Stuxnet the Digital Weapon

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

2016-08-0924 min

7. Hacking the Infrastructure

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

2016-08-1624 min

8. America's Elite Hacking Force

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?​​

2016-08-2324 min

9. 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.

2016-10-2524 min

10. Anonymous vs. ISIS

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

2016-11-0124 min

11. 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.

2016-11-1524 min

12. Israel: Cyber Nation

Israel is one of the world’s cyber super powers. So how did this tiny nation grow so strong – and who is it targeting?

2016-11-2224 min

13. 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.

2016-11-2924 min

14. 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.

2016-12-0624 min

15. 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.

2016-12-1324 min

16. 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.

2016-12-2024 min