![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This sparked the need to reevaluate all the threats against the country and place cyber threats among the top three. Of course, it was never publicly admitted, but it led to Iran responding by hacking a casino in Las Vegas. Released at the peak of the US 2020 election campaign and just before the election itself, the documentary examines the harsh reality of today’s conflicts between nations, relying not so much on physical weapons but rather on attacking the enemy in a more stealthy and unpredictable way, with cyber weapons.īased on the information gained from interviewing top military, government and intelligence officials, the documentary implies that the first cyber weapon ever used by one state against another is Stuxnet, a malicious worm launched by the US and Israel to sabotage the Iranian nuclear program. John Maggio, an award-winning producer, director, and writer, known for The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee (2017), Panic (2018), The Italian Americans (2015) and others, based this documentary on the homonymous best-selling book by David E. ![]()
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