Cyberwar

Cyberwar (2016)★ 7.7/10

TV-14 · US · 24 min · July 5, 2016 · 2 seasons

  • Documentary

Directed by: Paula Neudorf, Dagna Gallinger, Dylan Reibling, Elaisha Stokes

Written by: Dagna Gallinger, Ben Makuch, Garfield Lindsay Miller, Paula Neudorf, Elaisha Stokes

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.

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Cast & crew

Ben MakuchSelf - HostBrian KrebsSelf - Cybercrime Reporter, KrebsonSecurityMichael ChertoffSelf - Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland SecurityMichael HaydenSelf - Former Director, NSA 1999 - 2005DiscordianSelf - Anonymous MemberChristopher SoghoianSelf - Principal Technologist, ACLU Speech, Privacy and Technology ProjectRobert M. LeeSelf - CEO and Founder, Dragos Inc.Michael DanielSelf - Special Assistant to the President and Cybersecurity CoordinatorJeremy HammondSelf - Former Member, AnonymousKim MastersSelf - Editor-at-Large, The Hollywood ReporterThomas DrakeSelf - NSA WhistleblowerEric ChienSelf - Security Engineer, SymantecMesay MekonnenSelf - Journalist, ESATAlexandre AlahiSelf - Research Scientist, Stanford Computational Vision and Geometry LabNafees HamidSelf - Researcher, Psychology of TerrorismRobert FordSelf - Former Ambassador to Syria, US State DepartmentBill EvaninaSelf - Counter Intelligence Chief, Office of the Director of National IntelligenceJoe WeissSelf - ICS Expert and Managing Partner, Applied Control SolutionsScott SmithSelf - Assistant Director, Cyber Division, FBIReza NajafiSelf - Iranian Ambassador, International Atomic Energy AgencyGabor VasarhelyiSelf - Researcher and Programmer, Multicopter Project, Eotvos UniversityTom WatsonSelf - Investigative JournalistCharlie MillerSelf - Security ResearcherBogdan SoychukSelf - Deputy Director, Control Room, Prykarpattya Energy CompanyGlenn GreenwaldSelf - Co-Founding Editor, The InterceptAmy KlobucharSelf - Ranking Member, Rules and Administration CommitteeBarrett BrownSelf - Founder of Pursuant and ProjectPM, Journalist for The InterceptShelby Sullivan-BennisSelf - Staff Attorney, U.S. ReprieveBen ActisSelf - Senior Research and Development Engineer, SynAckLuis Fernando GarcíaSelf - Executive Director, R3DAlexandre RobicquetSelf - Research Scientist, Stanford Computational Vision and Geometry LabDmitri AlperovitchSelf - Co-Founder, CrowdStrikeJohn PotterSelf - Principal Strategic Development Officer, NATO Centre for Maritime Research and ExperimentationMeredith L. PattersonSelf - Security ResearcherAdam EntousSelf - National Security Correspondent, Wall Street JournalBill MarczakSelf - Researcher, Citizen LabGabriella ColemanSelf - Anthropologist and Author, 'Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy'Sean McGurkSelf - Former Director, NCCIC, US Department of Homeland SecurityKate MoussourisSelf - CEO, Luta SecurityMayhemSelf - Former Employee, Sony Pictures EntertainmentChris RussellSelf - Former Ashley Madison User and Plaintiff in Class Action Against Ashley MadisonAlberto FernandezSelf - Coordinator, Strategic Counterterrorism Communications 2012 - 2015Volodymyr FedykSelf - Deputy IT Director, Prykarpattya Energy CompanyJörg SchindlerSelf - National Security Reporter, Der SpiegelDlshad OthmanSelf - Cyber Security Engineer, The Information Safety & Capacity ProjectMichael SandeeSelf - Principle Security Expert, Fox-ITMike CernovichSelf - Free Speech Activist, National Security Reporter, Author of 'MAGA Mindset', Social Media PersonalityRyan ShapiroSelf - FOIA Expert - MIT, Transparency Research Affiliate - Harvard, President - Property of the PeopleRenata AvilaSelf - Tech & Human Rights LawyerCarmen AristeguiSelf - Journalist & Host, AristeguiAnnette TaddeoSelf - Former Democratic Congressional Candidate 2016Janis SartsSelf - Director, NATO Strategic CommunicationsMalik JalalSelf - Waziri Tribal ElderRonen BergmanSelf - Investigative Journalist and Author, Yedioth AhronothJohn HarbaughSelf - Chief Operating Officer, root9bBrian MerchantSelf - Senior Editor, MotherboardRon DeibertSelf - Director, Citizen LabAnnalee NewitzSelf - Ars Technica EditorMelissa ChanSelf - Former China Correspondent, Al Jazeera EnglishShawn HenrySelf - Retired Executive Assistant Director FBIAndrei SoshnikovSelf - Journalist, BBCJames ActonSelf - Co-Director, Nuclear Policy Program, Carnegie Endowment for International PeaceBryan BiegelSelf - Deputy Division Chief, NASA Advanced Supercomputing DivisionJoão AlvesSelf - Underwater Project Leader, NATO Centre for Maritime Research and ExperimentationYuriy TorinSelf - Chief Engineer, Substation Service, Prykarpattya Energy CompanyBrett LeathermanSelf - Special Agent, FBI Cyber DivisionWhiteySelf - Can Sec West Conference VolunteerSneakerSelf - Operative, GhostSecDaniel Domscheit-BergSelf - Former WikiLeaks SpokespersonHamid MirSelf - Journalist and Host, Capital TalkVladimir ShamanovSelf - Former Commander-in-Chief, Russian Airborne TroopsFreddy MartinezSelf - Director, Lucy Parsons Lab, Digital Rights ActivistRobert CoelhoSelf - Vice President, ProxyPipe, Inc.Mario PatrónSelf - Director, Centro ProdhAaron NevinsSelf - Blogger He11oFLAJonas KaplanSelf - Assistant Research Professor of Psychology, Brain and Creativity Institute, USCNicole PerlrothSelf - Cyber Security Reporter, The New York TimesEugene KasperskySelf - Chairman and CEO, Kaspersky LabMercedes HaeferSelf - Former Member, AnonymousStuart RussellSelf - Computer Science Professor, University of California, BerkeleyEva GalperinSelf - Global Policy Analyst, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)Naureen ShahSelf - Director, Security with Human Rights, Amnesty International USAMichael S. Smith IISelf - Founder and COO, Kronos AdvisorySBU AgentSelf - Agent for Security Service of Ukraine (SBU)Chris KubeckaSelf - Security ResearcherIan AmitSelf - Vice President, ZeroFOXToby StuppSelf - Head of Computer and Cyber Department, Amal Lady Davis Tel Aviv SchoolEric RabeSelf - Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, Hacking TeamDarknet JSelf - Hacker ConsultantErik CabetasSelf - Managing Partner, Include SecurityLiang ChenSelf - Keen Security Lab Tencent MemberBaked AlaskaSelf - Civil Nationalist, Troll, Former MAGA3X OrganizerAleksandr DuginSelf - Nationlist PhilosopherChicago Police OfficerSelf - Speaking of Unauthorized SurveillanceDamian MenscherSelf - Security Reliability Engineer, GoogleJonathan NicholsSelf - Former Psychological Operations Soldier, U.S. ArmyMohammed Nafees ZakariaSelf - Spokesperson, Pakistan Ministry of Foreign AffairsRussian Hacker/EngineerSelf - Claims Knowledge of DNC HackJesus CarrilloSelf - Volunteer with Defensas RuralesJoseph CoxSelf - Freelance JournalistKeith DowneySelf - Former Member, AnonymousYair Ben ShimolSelf - Student at Computer and Cyber Department, Amal Lady Davis Tel Aviv SchoolPhineas FisherSelf - HackerJamal AbdiSelf - Policy Director, National Iranian American CouncilJohn CarlinSelf - Asst. Attorney General, Department of JusticeRonald ArkinSelf - Professor, Georgia Institute of TechnologyMarco GrassiSelf - Keen Security Lab Tencent MemberMartyn WilliamsSelf - Founder, North Korea Tech BlogRyan GallagherSelf - Investigative Reporter, The InterceptJohn MatherlySelf - Founder, ShodanNart VilleneuveSelf - Principle Threat Intelligence Analyst, FireEyeRupak BiswasSelf - Director of Exploration Technology, NASA Ames Research CenterJennifer PalmieriSelf - Director of Communications, Hillary Clinton Presidential CampaignMorgan Marquis-BoireSelf - Director of Security, First Look Media, Senior Researcher, Citizen LabJoe BernsteinSelf - Senior Technology Reporter, Buzzed NewsMatt TaibbiSelf - Journalist, Rolling Stone and Author of Insane Clown PresidentNicole OzerSelf - Technology & Civil Liberties Policy Director, ACLU of Northern CaliforniaShahzad AhmadSelf - Pakistan Country Director, Bytes for AllSalvador CaroSelf - Police Commissioner of GuadalajaraFancy Bear MemberSelf - Member of Fancy Bear Hacker GroupDavid PetraeusSelf - Former Director, CIATodd HumphreysSelf - Director of Radionavigation Lab, University of Texas at AustinAdriel DesautelsSelf - CEO, NetragardJaan TallinnSelf - Co-Founder, Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, University of CambridgeKim ZetterSelf - Journalist and Author, Countdown to Zero DayStuart McClureSelf - Founder and CEO, CylanceDaniel McGahnSelf - President and CEO, American SuperconductorLenur IslyamovSelf - Crimea Blockade Leader and Former Deputy Prime Minister of CrimeaRami Abdul RahmanSelf - Founder, Syrian Observatory for Human RightsAnon PandaSelf - Member, AnonymousJang Se-yulSelf - Former Lieutenant, North Korean ArmyJonatan WallensteinSelf - Student at Computer and Cyber Department, Amal Lady Davis Tel Aviv SchoolOleg TolstykhSelf - Chairman of the Board of Directors, Konstruktor ImperyMichael OssmannSelf - Security ResearcherSamuel LvSelf - Director of Keen Security LabJason ChaffetzSelf - Former Congressman (R - Utah), Former Chairman U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Gov. ReformJesselyn RadackSelf - Director, Whistleblower Program, ExposeFactsAngus KingSelf - Member, Senate Select Committee on IntelligenceLisa LingSelf - Former Technical Sergeant, U.S. Air ForceSoftwareSelf - Hacker from Michoacan, MexicoMaj. GrubertSelf - Memetic WarriorJustin FierSelf - Director for Cyber Intelligence and Analysis, DarkTraceMarc RogersSelf - Principal Security Researcher, CloudFlareEmerson TanSelf - Senior Advisory Board Member, IntelliaggNick BostromSelf - Faculty of Philosophy Professor, University of OxfordNcSelf - HackerDarren MartynSelf - Former Member, LulzSecNadav ZafrirSelf - Co-Founder and CEO Team8Edin OmanovicSelf - Research Officer, Privacy InternationalMLTSelf - Hacker, TeaMp0isoNRoman BurkoSelf - Founder, InformNapalmJoe FitzPatrickSelf - Security ResearcherMikroSelf - Founder, CtrlSecCory BookerSelf - United States Senator, New JerseyJesús EsquivelSelf - Washington Correspondent, ProcesoDan GeerSelf - Chief Information Security Officer, In-Q-Tel, Security LuminaryGregg HoushSelf - Former Member, AnonymousMarietje SchaakeSelf - Member, European ParliamentMark LitchfieldSelf - Founder, Bug Bounty HQMustafa Al-BassamSelf - Former Member, LulzSecGeorge HotzSelf - Sued by Sony, Settled in 2011Dean PierceSelf - Security ResearcherHeather RoffSelf - Senior Research Fellow, University of OxfordRobert WorkSelf - U.S. Deputy Secretary of DefenseHamoud AlmousaSelf - Journalist and Activist, Raqqa is Being Slaughtered SilentlyEas7Self - HackerGiladSelf - Former Unit 8200Vitalik SororinSelf - OSINT Expert. InformNapalmChistopher WeatherheadSelf - Former Member, AnonymousClaudio GuarnieriSelf - Hacker and Anti-Surveillance ActivistVadim Den'ginSelf - First Deputy Chairman, Liberal Democratic PartyDan KaminskySelf - Co-Founder and Chief Scientist, White OpsSafa Nasser EldinSelf - Former Minister of Telecommunications, Palestinian AuthorityDahmerSelf - Hacker, RUH8Robert HansenSelf - CEO, OutsideIntelHanna KreitemSelf - Co-Founder, VecboxKurt BaumgartnerSelf - Principle Security Researcher, Kaspersky LabRossSelf - Hacker, RUH8Samer ShawarSelf - Co-Founder, VecboxMatthew PreuschSelf - Attorney, Keller RohrbackBioSelf - Member, AnonymousAdi DarSelf - CEO CyberbitBenjamin NetanyahuSelf - Prime Minister, IsraelYuval EloviciSelf - Director, Cyber Security Research Center, Ben Gurion UniversityMarty EdwardsDirector, Cyber Emergency Response Team, Department of Homeland SecurityZabihullah MujahidSelf - Spokesperson, Afghan TalibanCharles C. JohnsonSelf - Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Got News, Founder of WeSearchr.com, Troll