Kill Chain: The Cyber War on America's Elections is an American television documentary film produced by Ish Entertainment, Blumhouse Productions and HBO Films. The film examines the American election system and its vulnerabilities to foreign cyberwarfare operations and 2020 presidential election interference. The film also features hackers at the conference DEF CON in their attempts to test the security of electronic voting machines.[1][2][3][4][5]
The film was released on March 26, 2020 by HBO Films.
In 2021 the film was nominated for an Emmy award for Outstanding Investigative Documentary.[6]
The film reveals the hacking attack on the presidential election in 2016, through the exclusive on-camera interview with the hacker known as CyberZeist. CyberZeist penetrated the Alaska Division Of Elections' state vote tabulation computer system on 6 and 7 November 2016, and on election day, 8 November 2016.[7][8]CyberZeist successfully achieved this attack only weeks after the Alaska Division Of Elections admitted that Russian hackers had attempted to carry out a comparable attack.[9][10]
The film's world famous elections cybersecurity expert, Harri Hursti, discovered that most hackers install a range of software that will be hidden in multiple components of a computer, so that even wiping the hard drive will not remove the hackers’ access. CyberZeist told him, “I’ll go under their radar even if they are 24/7 monitoring it [the vote-counting server].” When reviewing the hack on the Alaska Division of Elections’ servers, Hursti discovered that CyberZeist could read or write any file, including system files: In other words, CyberZeist could have planted vote-stealing software that might still be there, waiting for a command to activate. As Hursti showed in Kill Chain, threat-actors might not even be looking to change results in an election, but to sabotage democracy and bring the process into disrepute.[11]
Reviewsedit
Meanwhile A Deeper Danger Than The Pandemic - Forbes.com review of Kill Chain: The Cyber War on America's Elections
Referencesedit
^Morales, Abel (2020-05-03). "What to make of HBO's 'Kill Chain: The Cyber War on America's Elections'". Fifth Domain. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
^"Review: Kill Chain: The Cyber War on America's Elections". Help Net Security. 2020-05-19. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
^"This Documentary Will Show You Just How Fragile Our Democracy Really Is". Time. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
^"HBO Documentary KILL CHAIN: THE CYBER WAR ON AMERICA'S ELECTIONS Available To Stream For Free". Pressroom. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
^"Review: If coronavirus doesn't end us, electronic voting just might". Los Angeles Times. 2020-03-26. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
^"News 2021 Nominees (Documentaries) – the Emmys".
^"Hackers broke partway into Alaska's election system in 2016. Officials say no damage was done".
kill, chain, cyber, america, elections, american, television, documentary, film, produced, entertainment, blumhouse, productions, films, film, examines, american, election, system, vulnerabilities, foreign, cyberwarfare, operations, 2020, presidential, electio. Kill Chain The Cyber War on America s Elections is an American television documentary film produced by Ish Entertainment Blumhouse Productions and HBO Films The film examines the American election system and its vulnerabilities to foreign cyberwarfare operations and 2020 presidential election interference The film also features hackers at the conference DEF CON in their attempts to test the security of electronic voting machines 1 2 3 4 5 Kill Chain The Cyber War on America s ElectionsFilm posterDirected bySimon ArdizzoneRussell MichaelsSarah TealeNarrated byHarri HurstiCountry of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishProductionProducersSimon ArdizzoneRussell MichaelsSarah TealeMichael HirschornJessica AntoniniCinematographyMatt PorwollEditorsSimon ArdizzonePhillip SchopperRunning time91 minutesProduction companiesBlumhouse ProductionsHBO FilmsIsh EntertainmentOriginal releaseReleaseMarch 26 2020 2020 03 26 The film was released on March 26 2020 by HBO Films In 2021 the film was nominated for an Emmy award for Outstanding Investigative Documentary 6 The film reveals the hacking attack on the presidential election in 2016 through the exclusive on camera interview with the hacker known as CyberZeist CyberZeist penetrated the Alaska Division Of Elections state vote tabulation computer system on 6 and 7 November 2016 and on election day 8 November 2016 7 8 CyberZeist successfully achieved this attack only weeks after the Alaska Division Of Elections admitted that Russian hackers had attempted to carry out a comparable attack 9 10 The film s world famous elections cybersecurity expert Harri Hursti discovered that most hackers install a range of software that will be hidden in multiple components of a computer so that even wiping the hard drive will not remove the hackers access CyberZeist told him I ll go under their radar even if they are 24 7 monitoring it the vote counting server When reviewing the hack on the Alaska Division of Elections servers Hursti discovered that CyberZeist could read or write any file including system files In other words CyberZeist could have planted vote stealing software that might still be there waiting for a command to activate As Hursti showed in Kill Chain threat actors might not even be looking to change results in an election but to sabotage democracy and bring the process into disrepute 11 Reviews editMeanwhile A Deeper Danger Than The Pandemic Forbes com review of Kill Chain The Cyber War on America s ElectionsReferences edit Morales Abel 2020 05 03 What to make of HBO s Kill Chain The Cyber War on America s Elections Fifth Domain Retrieved 2020 08 20 Review Kill Chain The Cyber War on America s Elections Help Net Security 2020 05 19 Retrieved 2020 08 20 This Documentary Will Show You Just How Fragile Our Democracy Really Is Time Retrieved 2020 08 20 HBO Documentary KILL CHAIN THE CYBER WAR ON AMERICA S ELECTIONS Available To Stream For Free Pressroom Retrieved 2020 08 20 Review If coronavirus doesn t end us electronic voting just might Los Angeles Times 2020 03 26 Retrieved 2020 08 20 News 2021 Nominees Documentaries the Emmys Hackers broke partway into Alaska s election system in 2016 Officials say no damage was done https s3 amazonaws com arc wordpress client uploads adn wp content uploads 2018 05 07084653 ADN CyberZeist Records Request Full1 pdf Archived 2021 10 26 at the Wayback Machine bare URL Alaska was unsuccessfully targeted by Russian Cyber Actors in 2016 election Russian hackers unsuccessfully targeted Alaska voter database last year state says What Happened when Our Election Hacking Doc Came Out During Coronavirus External links editOfficial website Trailer https www youtube com watch v AwSVN dgio8 amp t 7s Kill Chain The Cyber War on America s Elections HBO Retrieved 2022 07 30 Kill Chain The Cyber War on America s Elections at IMDb nbsp This 2020s documentary film related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about an American documentary film is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kill Chain The Cyber War on America 27s Elections amp oldid 1177381427, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
