"Russian Hacking" - Since the 2016 election, hacking has become synonymous with one country: Russia. From the DNC, to global ransomware attacks, to attempts to penetrate U.S. nuclear plants, analysts have found Russian fingerprints on some of the biggest digital breaches in the world. While the US is scrambling to defend itself against these cybercrimes, the hacker ecosystem in Russia continues to grow. VICE travels to Moscow to find out why these hackers are so effective.

"Contagion" - The outbreak of an infectious disease sparks worldwide panic nearly every year. And as humans cluster themselves in denser cities and encroach closer to the wildlife harboring disease, the chances of a devastating global pandemic only intensifies. But scientists are finding that diligent surveillance of these threats could help keep the next nightmare disease at bay. VICE founder Suroosh Alvi went to Uganda to see how vulnerable humans are to a new pandemic and the options there are for staving it off.

Vice Season 5 Episodes...

• s05e01 - Assad's Syria & Cost of Climate Change
• s05e02 - Trans Youth
• s05e03 - When the Earth Melts & The Displaced
• s05e04 - Kings of Cannabis & Into the Darkness
• s05e05 - Black and Blue & Our Bionic Future
• s05e06 - End of Amateurism
• s05e07 - Life Under Sharia & Plastic Oceans
• s05e08 - Fast Food of Arabia & Nollywood
• s05e09 - Medical Détente & Bananas
• s05e10 - Taliban Resurgence
• s05e11 - Engineering Immortality & Robot Revolution
• s05e12 - Women Behind Bars & The Business of Making Art
• s05e13 - Taking Back Iraq & Lost Generation
• s05e14 - The Politics of Terror & End of the EU?
• s05e15 - Future of Firearms & Russia 'Wins' Climate Change
• s05e16 - Cyber Supremacy & Japan Rising
• s05e17 - Last Line of Defense & El Rostro
• s05e18 - Power to the President
• s05e19 - Crude Reality & Between Oil and Water
• s05e20 - Autism Under the Lens
• s05e21 - Show of Force & Return to Somalia
• s05e22 - Controlling the Narrative & Power to Congo
• s05e23 - Dawn of a Dictator
• s05e24 - Dirty Oil & Rebuilding Our Reefs
• s05e25 - Dark Web & Future of Appalachia
• s05e26 - Divide and Conquer & Crackdown in Honduras
• s05e27 - Russian Hacking & Contagion
• s05e28 - Post-Truth News & Microbiome
• s05e29 - After ISIS & Cubs of the Caliphate

Vice Show Summary

HBO is partnering with "VICE" on an innovative news magazine show to be hosted by "VICE" founder Shane Smith, it was announced today by Michael Lombardo, president, HBO Programming.

The HBO series will showcase a mix of stories from around the globe. Among the segments in production for possible inclusion in the show are: Taliban child sleeping bombers; North Korean slave labor camps; New York's underground voodoo heroin clinics; Somalian pirates; and Satanic dentists in the Pacific Northwest.