Cyber Terror • 2017 • episode "S2E2" • Breakthrough National Geographic

Category: Technology

A look inside the shadowy world of hackers, where good battles evil. "White-hat" hackers stage a risky raid on a bank; a "black-hat" ISIS recruiter organizes a terrorist attack.

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