Released: 22 Jun 2016
Rated: PG-13
Genre(s): Documentary
Director(s): Alex Gibney
Actors: Ronald Reagan, Barack Obama, Joanne Tucker, Michelle Obama
IMDB: 7.8 (1,488 Votes)
Documentary detailing claims of American/Israeli jointly developed malware Stuxnet being deployed not only to destroy Iranian enrichment centrifuges but also threaten attacks against Iranian civilian infrastructure. Adresses obvious potential blowback of this possibly being deployed against the US by Iran in retaliation.
Alex Gibney explores the phenomenon of Stuxnet, a self-replicating computer virus discovered in 2010 by international IT experts. Evidently commissioned by the US and Israeli governments, this malware was designed to specifically sabotage Iran’s nuclear programme. However, the complex computer worm ended up not only infecting its intended target but also spreading uncontrollably.