2017
WE HACK GERMANY
WIR HACKEN DEUTSCHLAND
Germany, Austria, Ukraine
60 min. tv documentary
author, director: Marcel Kolvenbach, Michael Richter
camera: Peter Groene, Christian Eichenauer
editor: Lars Billert
production: Filmtank Berlin
Investigates hacking threats to critical infrastructure, with insights from Ukraine’s cyberwarfare experience and vulnerabilities in German systems.
Investigative TV documentary follows hackers across Germany and Austria as they search for vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure. The film shows how power outages caused by cyber attacks are part of hybrid warfare in Ukraine, leading to widespread uncertainty and destabilization of the state. However, officials at the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) are convinced that blackouts like those in Ukraine are unlikely in Germany. The film challenges this attitude: whether cable modems or wind turbine controls, smart homes or smart meters—the new, intelligent control systems that connect our lives are alarmingly easy to hack. With dramatic consequences.
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