America’s Hidden Stories (2019): S01E05 – CIA Cyber Attack

Introduction Modern historians, equipped with state-of-the-art technology and newly discovered evidence, rewrite the nation’s most iconic stories. Outline It’s a Cold War story involving a turncoat KGB agent, doctored computer chips, and a fiery blast in the Siberian wilderness big enough to see from space. Modern historians investigate the claim of a June 1982 explosion…

Andrew Marshall

01/12/2021

1–2 minutes

History, Military Documentary, War

Introduction

Modern historians, equipped with state-of-the-art technology and newly discovered evidence, rewrite the nation’s most iconic stories.

Outline

It’s a Cold War story involving a turncoat KGB agent, doctored computer chips, and a fiery blast in the Siberian wilderness big enough to see from space. Modern historians investigate the claim of a June 1982 explosion of a Russian gas pipeline to see if it was the result of the world’s first-ever cyber attack, a retaliatory measure secretly ordered by Ronald Reagan to bring the Soviet Union to its knees.

America’s Hidden Stories Series

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Production & Filming Details

Release Date: 01 April 2019.
Rating: TV-PG.
Running Time: 51 minutes.
Country: US.
Language: English.