Web Warriors

Description: Web Warriors offers an unprecedented glimpse into the world’s newest and most vulnerable frontier: cyberspace. The film takes us into the world of hackers like Mafia Boy – a 15-year-old high school student who rose to infamy in 2000 by causing millions of dollars in damage after single-handedly shutting down internet giants – including Yahoo, Amazon, eBay, Dell, eTrade, and CNN. We meet Donnie who goes on a journey into the Russian cyber underground searching for the creators of a computer virus with the hopes of collecting the $250,000 reward being offered by Microsoft. Computer viruses now have the ability to control millions of computers unbeknownst to their owners, creating massive illegal computer networks known as ’Botnets’. These ’Botnets’ are being put to illicit uses including identity theft and cyber extortion. A massive cyber attack against Estonia in 2007 virtually shut down the country. Web Warriors offers rare interviews with cyber sleuths from the FBI, the Pentagon, NATO, and the American Department of Homeland Security who explain how cyberspace has become the latest battle ground between nation states, and how terrorist groups are already plotting their next move.