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Zero Days

The NSA was supposed to be a code-making and code-breaking operation to monitor the...

The NSA was supposed to be a code-making and code-breaking operation to monitor the communications
of foreign powers and American adversaries in the defence of the United States

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The NSA was supposed to be a code-making
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and code-breaking operation
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to monitor the communications of foreign powers
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and American adversaries
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in the defence of the United States.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:55:04
Uploaded
Nov 01, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

A documentary focused on Stuxnet, a piece of self-replicating computer malware that the U.S. and Israel unleashed to destroy a key part of an Iranian nuclear facility, and which ultimately spread beyond its intended target.
But creating a cyber command meant using - Zero Days 00:09
But creating a cyber command meant using
Once you get inside an adversary's computer networks, - Zero Days 00:09
Once you get inside an adversary's computer networks,
And we have tens of thousands of foreign computers - Zero Days 00:07
And we have tens of thousands of foreign computers
You can use it to monitor what's going across - Zero Days 00:10
You can use it to monitor what's going across
If you can spy on a network, you can manipulate it. - Zero Days 00:05
If you can spy on a network, you can manipulate it.
I can't tell you whether it was military or not, - Zero Days 00:08
I can't tell you whether it was military or not,
And for the first time, units in the field - Zero Days 00:07
And for the first time, units in the field
Over time, we thought more about offence - Zero Days 00:07
Over time, we thought more about offence
In the old days, sigint units would try to track radios, - Zero Days 00:11
In the old days, sigint units would try to track radios,
And we hoovered up every text message, - Zero Days 00:06
And we hoovered up every text message,
We could find the bad guys, say, a gang making IEDs, - Zero Days 00:10
We could find the bad guys, say, a gang making IEDs,
NSA source: And we could lock into cell phones - Zero Days 00:10
NSA source: And we could lock into cell phones
Brown: A lot of the people that came to cyber command, - Zero Days 00:19
Brown: A lot of the people that came to cyber command,
NSA source: Fresh from the surge, - Zero Days 00:08
NSA source: Fresh from the surge,
You know, I commuted to that massive complex - Zero Days 00:05
You know, I commuted to that massive complex
I was in tao-s321, "the ROC." - Zero Days 00:09
I was in tao-s321, "the ROC."
Right, sorry. Tao is tailored access operations. - Zero Days 00:05
Right, sorry. Tao is tailored access operations.
They're the only people at NSA allowed to break in - Zero Days 00:06
They're the only people at NSA allowed to break in
Inside tao headquarters is the ROC, - Zero Days 00:06
Inside tao headquarters is the ROC,
If the U.S. government wants to get in somewhere, - Zero Days 00:08
If the U.S. government wants to get in somewhere,