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Cyberwar

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

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Videos

  • Cell Blockers and the Local Cops

    In an extra scene from CYBERWAR, an individual with the Chicago Police Department tells VICE’s Ben Makuch how cell jammers are utilized during training exercises between police and the Federal government

  • 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?

  • Russian Hackers Target NATO

    In a deleted scene from CYBERWAR, Jānis Sārts, Director at the NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence, speaks of instances that they have been targeted by Russian hackers

  • Inside a Russian Fake News Factory

    In this extra scene, Andrey Soshnikov, a reporter at BBC London, talks about breaking the story of a propaganda factory that operates in St. Petersburg. The troll farm is responsible for creating fake news and propaganda videos.

  • Who Hacked the DNC?

    We weten dat Rusland de DNC gehackt heeft. Ben Makuch ontmoet de hacker die het klaarspeelde.

    Een nieuw seizoen van CYBERWAR, elke vrijdag om 21:00 op VICELAND. 

  • What is Memetic Magic?

    Major Grubert, a “memetic magician”, claims to influence millions by creating memes to spread his controversial ideas across the country.

  • Ben Makuch on CYBERWAR Season 2

    Tapping into the geopolitics of hacking and surveillance, Ben Makuch travels the world to meet with hackers, government officials, and social dissidents to investigate the eco-system of cyberwarfare.

  • CYBERWAR (Season 2 Trailer)

    From Islamabad to Mexico City, host Ben Makuch travels the globe to explore the world’s cyber battlegrounds, investigating the cutting edge weapons being used – and the people on both sides of the conflicts.

  • The AI Robot That Respects Personal Space

    Jackrabbot is a robot designed at Stanford University that navigates through crowds better than self-driving cars.

  • 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.

  • The Future of War

    The wars of the future might be fought with autonomous machines, drones and weapons that can act on their own. But is it ever OK to write code that can kill?

  • Chased By Drones

    Drones are now intelligent enough to work together as a swarm. Ben Makuch imagines what the future of this technology might be.

  • 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.

  • Bogachev and Russia’s Cyber Black Market

    A conversation on Russia’s notorious hacker Bogachev and the online free market where hackers can be commissioned by anyone. 

  • 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, has the ground war led to cyberwar?

  • 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?