# How Cyberwarfare Actually Works | Wendover Productions

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Published: 2026-08-01T15:54:00+00:00
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## Resource

How Cyberwarfare Actually Works Sign up for the Nebula/CuriosityStream bundle deal for only $14.79 a year here: http://CuriosityStream.com/WendoverIf you'd like to learn more about this topic, "This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends" by Nicole Perlroth provides an excellent in-depth look at the Cyberweapons arms race: https://www.amazon.com/This-They-Tell-World-Ends/dp/1635576059Watch Extremities at http://youtube.com/extremitiesBuy a Wendover Productions t-shirt: https://standard.tv/collections/wendover-productions/products/wendover-productions-shirtSubscribe to Half as Interesting (The other channel from Wendover Productions): https://www.youtube.com/halfasinterestingYoutube: http://www.YouTube.com/WendoverProductions Instagram: http://Instagram.com/sam.from.wendover Twitter: http://www.Twitter.com/WendoverPro Sponsorship Enquiries: wendover@standard.tv Other emails: sam@wendover.productions Reddit: http://Reddit.com/r/WendoverProductionsWriting by Sam Denby and Tristan Purdy Editing by Alexander Williard Animation led by Josh Sherrington Sound by Graham Haerther Thumbnail by Simon BuckmasterReferences [1] This is How They Tell Me the World Ends - Nicole Perlroth [2] Countdown to Zero Day - Kim Zetter [3] https://www.iaea.org/sites/default/files/gov2010-46.pdf [4] https://courses.cs.duke.edu/spring20/compsci342/netid/readings/cyber/stuxnet-ieee-spectrum.pdf [5] https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/11/evasive-code-signed-malware-flourished-before-stuxnet-and-still-does/ [6] https://verveindustrial.com/resources/blog/what-is-stuxnet/#:~:text=Its%20objective%20was%20to%20stealthily,the%209%2C000%20centrifuges%20in%20Natanz [7] https://mwi.usma.edu/stuxnet-digital-staff-ride/Select footage courtesy Getty and AP; Select imagery courtesy Geolayers; Select m…

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