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200849 minPG-13documentary

Web Warriors

200849 minPG-13documentary

$500 billion is the estimated annual cost of cybercrime to the global economy, as revealed in a documentary about digital warfare.

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$500 billion is the estimated annual cost of cybercrime to the global economy, as revealed in a documentary about digital warfare.

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Jay Dahldirector

Ann-Marie MacDonald

Ann-Marie MacDonaldcast

Dax Ravina

Donnie Wernercast

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Michael Calce, known as Mafia Boy, was just 15 when he launched attacks that shut down major websites like Yahoo and Amazon from his bedroom. In Web Warriors, Calce recounts his experiences alongside grey hat hacker Donnie Werner, also known as Morning Wood. Werner confronts the Russian cyber mafia while investigating a new computer virus. The film outlines the escalating conflict in cyberspace, where cybercrime costs the global economy over $500 billion annually.

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