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Cybercrimes with Ben Hammersle Series
In this six-part series, technologist Ben Hammersley delves into the dark world of hacking, now home to a new generation of highly organised cybercriminals running complex commercial enterprises, involving leaders, planners, engineers, infantry and hired money mules. Journeying into a murky online world, Ben investigates the scam emails that fill up your inbox, why our credit card details are under threat, how drugs and guns can be bought anonymously on the darknet and discovers that governments have the ability to spy on their citizens or launch cyber warfare at the push of a button.
Cyberwar Is More Common than You Think—Bloomberg QuickTakes (02:28)
Cyberwarfare accomplishes for rival nations what used to require bombs or guns. This Bloomberg QuickTake examines what we know and don't know about countries battling it out in cyberspace.
HBO The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley (01:58:43)
Riveting look at the now-defunct company Theranos and its enigmatic founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes, whose ambition to revolutionize blood testing through biotechnology spawned one of the biggest frauds in Silicon Valley.
HBO The Truth About Killer Robots (01:19:50)
When a robot kills a human, who takes the blame? The Truth About Killer Robots explores this question, as well as many other practical and ethical matters that humans face as we become more dependent on robots than ever before. An eerie, eye-opening work of science nonfiction, this 83-minute documentary from director Maxim Pozdorovkin (Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer) charts incidents in which robots caused the deaths of humans—in an automated Volkswagen factory, in a self-driving Tesla vehicle, and by a bomb-carrying droid used by Dallas police—considering the issues that these cases, typically treated as freak anomalies, raise in terms of accountability and morality. Highlighting the provocative views of engineers, journalists and philosophers, and narrated by a lifelike Japanese android Kodomoroid, the film goes beyond the sensational deaths to examine more subtle but pervasive ways that robots pose a threat to society, challenging us to question what a future living amongst these non-human entities could mean for humankind as we know it.
PBS Cyberwar Threat (53:20)
Thanks in part to the documents released by Edward Snowden, the true scale of the National Security Agency's scope and power is coming to light. Besides spending billions to ingest and analyze the worlds' electronic communications, the NSA has set out to dominate a new battlefield - cyberspace. NOVA examines the science and technology behind cyber warfare and asks if we are already in the midst of a deadly new arms race.
PBS Rise of the Hackers (53:21)
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Our lives are going digital. We shop, bank and even date online. Computers hold our treasured photographs, private emails, and all of our personal information. This data is precious—and cybercriminals want it. Now, NOVA goes behind the scenes of the fast-paced world of cryptography to meet the scientists battling to keep our data safe. They are experts in extreme physics, math and a new field called “ultra-paranoid computing,” all working to forge unbreakable codes and build ultra-fast computers. From the two men who uncovered the world’s most advanced cyber weapon to the computer expert who worked out how to hack into cash machines and scientists who believe they can store a password in your unconscious brain, NOVA investigates how a new global geek squad is harnessing cutting-edge science—all to stay one step ahead of the hackers.
Trolls: We're Coming to Get You Series (4 Episodes)
An expert team of troll trackers set out to help victims of cyberstalking. In this series, they meet celebrities whose lives have been made hell by cowardly cyberbullies. Using the latest surveillance technology, the team will trace and track down the trolls hiding behind their computers – before carrying out a dramatic face-to-face confrontation. It’s time for answers. Trolls, watch out, we’re coming to get you…
Who's Winning the Battle in Digital Warfare?—Bloomberg QuickTakes (01:24)
The good news is that the systems keeping personal, business, and government data safe are more advanced than they have ever been. The bad news is that the hackers trying to break into these institutions are also more advanced than they have ever been. This Bloomberg QuickTake delves into the complex world of cybersecurity in the 21st century.
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