Center for Cybersecurity – Cybersecurity Film Series
In 2019, the Center for Cybersecurity began highlighting important cybersecurity issues through documentary films as part of its inaugural Cybersecurity Film Series. Films are shown throughout October in conjunction with Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Students, faculty, staff, and members of the community are welcome to attend any showing. After each film, attendees are encouraged to ask questions and discuss topics from the film in our post-film Q&A session.
2025 Cybersecurity Film Series
All films will be shown in the Marty Theatre, located in the Michel Student Center. Attendance is free and popcorn will be provided. This year’s slate of films consists of the following:
October 1, 2025 at 6pm
The Great Hack (2019)
Explore how a data company named Cambridge Analytica came to symbolize the dark side of social media in the wake of the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
October 8, 2025 at 6pm
Global Spyware Scandal: Exposing Pegasus (2023)
FRONTLINE and Forbidden Films, the documentary arm of Forbidden Stories, investigate the powerful spyware Pegasus, sold to governments around the world by the Israeli company NSO Group. This two-part series, part of the Pegasus Project, examines how the hacking tool was used on journalists, activists, the wife and fiancée of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and others.
October 15, 2025 at 6pm
After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News (2020)
This eye-opening documentary examines the rising phenomenon of “fake news” in the US and its impact in the age of social media.
October 22, 2025 at 6pm
Computers v. Crime (2022)
In police departments and courts across the country, artificial intelligence is being used to help decide who is policed, who gets bail, how offenders should be sentenced, and who gets parole. But is it actually making our law enforcement and court systems fairer and more just? This timely investigation digs into the hidden biases, privacy risks, and design flaws of this controversial technology.
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