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From Google to the government, China has hacked many American networks. But there's a difference between spying and stealing intellectual property.

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Tapping into the geopolitics of hacking and surveillance, Ben Makuch travels the world to meet with hackers, government officials, and dissidents to investigate the ecosystem of cyberwarfare.

This film was first broadcast: 2016

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