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The Perfect Weapon

The rise of cyber conflict as the primary way nations now compete and sabotage each other.

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John Maggio

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But what they had done
very effectively - The Perfect Weapon

But what they had done very effectively

They created a fake persona
to pretend to be - The Perfect Weapon

They created a fake persona to pretend to be

And to push narratives - The Perfect Weapon

And to push narratives

Yeah, they're, they're
they're really nuts." - The Perfect Weapon

Yeah, they're, they're they're really nuts.&q...

We were surprised that - The Perfect Weapon

We were surprised that

That he was so intent
upon damaging me, - The Perfect Weapon

That he was so intent upon damaging me,

And also how adept they were - The Perfect Weapon

And also how adept they were

Stamos: NONE OF US KIND OF
CONCEPTUALIZED THIS - The Perfect Weapon

Stamos: NONE OF US KIND OF CONCEPTUALIZED THIS

Intelligence teams
at the companies, - The Perfect Weapon

Intelligence teams at the companies,

Grew up as the son of
an air force officer, - The Perfect Weapon

Grew up as the son of an air force officer,

And yet, the cyber conflicts - The Perfect Weapon

And yet, the cyber conflicts

And time and time again, - The Perfect Weapon

And time and time again,

We had never built
an intelligence network - The Perfect Weapon

We had never built an intelligence network

But there he is in North Korea - The Perfect Weapon

But there he is in North Korea

And there he was,
sitting on a system - The Perfect Weapon

And there he was, sitting on a system

You know, 20/20 hindsight,
it's all, it's perfect vision. - The Perfect Weapon

You know, 20/20 hindsight, it's all, it's perfect ...

At the time, there was concern
about publicizing this, - The Perfect Weapon

At the time, there was concern about publicizing this,

And I think, as well,
there was reluctance - The Perfect Weapon

And I think, as well, there was reluctance

It's a rigged, disgusting,
dirty system. - The Perfect Weapon

It's a rigged, disgusting, dirty system.

Then candidate Trump
was alleging - The Perfect Weapon

Then candidate Trump was alleging

So, there was reluctance to, - The Perfect Weapon

So, there was reluctance to,

But the magnitude of what
the Russians were doing - The Perfect Weapon

But the magnitude of what the Russians were doing

And on the 7th of October, - The Perfect Weapon

And on the 7th of October,

The United States
now openly saying - The Perfect Weapon

The United States now openly saying

A recording of Donald Trump
made more than a decade ago... - The Perfect Weapon

A recording of Donald Trump made more than a decade ago...

Because that's the same day that the
"Access Hollywood" audio tape came out. - The Perfect Weapon

Because that's the same day that the "Access Holly...

The "Access Hollywood"
tape comes out - The Perfect Weapon

The "Access Hollywood" tape comes out

And WikiLeaks starts
dumping my emails - The Perfect Weapon

And WikiLeaks starts dumping my emails

Two thousand more emails
have been posted online, - The Perfect Weapon

Two thousand more emails have been posted online,

Thousands of hacked emails from
her campaign chairman, John Podesta. - The Perfect Weapon

Thousands of hacked emails from her campaign chairman, John ...

Third installment
of the hacked emails - The Perfect Weapon

Third installment of the hacked emails

Most of those ended up
being of little import. - The Perfect Weapon

Most of those ended up being of little import.

One email reveals
a disagreement - The Perfect Weapon

One email reveals a disagreement

In another email,
a longtime Clinton aide - The Perfect Weapon

In another email, a longtime Clinton aide

"They didn't want you
to know this much." - The Perfect Weapon

"They didn't want you to know this much."

The Clinton emails
are fascinating - The Perfect Weapon

The Clinton emails are fascinating

We were very frustrated. - The Perfect Weapon

We were very frustrated.

The fact that this was
a hostile foreign government - The Perfect Weapon

The fact that this was a hostile foreign government

I would just add, you know, this
should be of concern to everyone - The Perfect Weapon

I would just add, you know, this should be of concern to eve...

You know, everybody
was clearly informed - The Perfect Weapon

You know, everybody was clearly informed

They did not know that
the trump campaign had personnel - The Perfect Weapon

They did not know that the trump campaign had personnel

If you look at trump's campaign
the last month, - The Perfect Weapon

If you look at trump's campaign the last month,

And they used the most perverse - The Perfect Weapon

And they used the most perverse

A Russian news outlet just totally
misrepresented one of these emails, - The Perfect Weapon

A Russian news outlet just totally misrepresented one of the...

There was, like,
an email story every day, - The Perfect Weapon

There was, like, an email story every day,

The October surprise
came in the form - The Perfect Weapon

The October surprise came in the form

It's the wilderness
of mirrors now, - The Perfect Weapon

It's the wilderness of mirrors now,

We have to investigate
Hillary Clinton, - The Perfect Weapon

We have to investigate Hillary Clinton,

"When nothing is real,
everything is possible," - The Perfect Weapon

"When nothing is real, everything is possible,"

I don't think anybody knows
it was Russia - The Perfect Weapon

I don't think anybody knows it was Russia

It also could be somebody
sitting on their bed - The Perfect Weapon

It also could be somebody sitting on their bed

It begins to kind of - The Perfect Weapon

It begins to kind of

Do you make the same commitment - The Perfect Weapon

Do you make the same commitment

And that really destroys
the credibility of democracy. - The Perfect Weapon

And that really destroys the credibility of democracy.

We look at our electronic
superimposed map of the nation - The Perfect Weapon

We look at our electronic superimposed map of the nation

It's like, I mean...
devastating. - The Perfect Weapon

It's like, I mean... devastating.

For months, the newly elected
president is under fire - The Perfect Weapon

For months, the newly elected president is under fire

And I also know things that
other people don't know, - The Perfect Weapon

And I also know things that other people don't know,

And everybody is awaiting his
first meeting ever with Vladimir Putin. - The Perfect Weapon

And everybody is awaiting his first meeting ever with Vladim...

Then at the dinner that night, - The Perfect Weapon

Then at the dinner that night,

President Putin and I have been
discussing various things, - The Perfect Weapon

President Putin and I have been discussing various things,

I head back to my hotel room, - The Perfect Weapon

I head back to my hotel room,

"David, I just had the most
remarkable conversation - The Perfect Weapon

"David, I just had the most remarkable conversation

"And he tells me, - The Perfect Weapon

"And he tells me,

He must be right." - The Perfect Weapon

He must be right."

He was looking for
any way to deny - The Perfect Weapon

He was looking for any way to deny

And at that moment you knew - The Perfect Weapon

And at that moment you knew

This is unlike any cyber attack
that we have seen before. - The Perfect Weapon

This is unlike any cyber attack that we have seen before.

We want to start on this
Wednesday morning - The Perfect Weapon

We want to start on this Wednesday morning

It is hitting companies
around the world - The Perfect Weapon

It is hitting companies around the world

In 2017, shortly after
trump came into office, - The Perfect Weapon

In 2017, shortly after trump came into office,

There was a massive
ransomware attack called "notpetya" - The Perfect Weapon

There was a massive ransomware attack called "notpetya&...

I'm deputy head of the
presidential administration. - The Perfect Weapon

I'm deputy head of the presidential administration.

Took a few days' vacation to drop
my, uh, kids to the summer camp. - The Perfect Weapon

Took a few days' vacation to drop my, uh, kids to the s...

"We think Ukraine
is under attack." - The Perfect Weapon

"We think Ukraine is under attack."

The virus is destroying
computers." - The Perfect Weapon

The virus is destroying computers."

TV station, grocery stores... - The Perfect Weapon

TV station, grocery stores...

It was devastating.
It was spreading like fire. - The Perfect Weapon

It was devastating. It was spreading like fire.

Ukraine is Vladimir putin's
petri dish. - The Perfect Weapon

Ukraine is Vladimir putin's petri dish.

It's where he experiments
on every single technique - The Perfect Weapon

It's where he experiments on every single technique

Sowing chaos
with disinformation. - The Perfect Weapon

Sowing chaos with disinformation.

Russia was constantly testing
different strategies, - The Perfect Weapon

Russia was constantly testing different strategies,

Attacks on the electrical grid, - The Perfect Weapon

Attacks on the electrical grid,

Odessa airport,
Ukrainian subway in Kiev. - The Perfect Weapon

Odessa airport, Ukrainian subway in Kiev.

But war is taking place,
and it's devastating. - The Perfect Weapon

But war is taking place, and it's devastating.

With its notpetya attack, - The Perfect Weapon

With its notpetya attack,

Any firms with any
links to Ukraine - The Perfect Weapon

Any firms with any links to Ukraine

It would quickly jump out,
and compromise contractors, - The Perfect Weapon

It would quickly jump out, and compromise contractors,

It escapes the box, and it
begins to hit the corporations - The Perfect Weapon

It escapes the box, and it begins to hit the corporations

They lost hundreds of millions
of dollars of business - The Perfect Weapon

They lost hundreds of millions of dollars of business

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The rise of cyber conflict as the primary way nations now compete and sabotage each other.

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Director: John Maggio

Writer: David Sanger

Production: N/A

Genre: documentary

Year: 2020

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.2

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 16 Oct 2020

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