Outlaw Tech: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

State of the art science, thrilling suspense, unforgettable characters. These are the true stories of a new wild west, where biology, physics, chemistry, and technology are tools of the outlaw trade. With complex security systems designed to stop the world's most nefarious criminal masterminds, a new Science Channel series goes inside amazing capers to unpack the high-tech arsenal used on both sides of the law. Each of the six, hour-long episodes, features cat and mouse escapades with science at the center, as it is used to hack our banks, museums, casinos, prisons and more. From the physics of defeating heat sensors, to the complex code that cracked thousands of ATMs, to the epic engineering that allowed El Chapo to escape his maximum security prison, Outlaw Tech takes us step by step through a battle royale of brilliant outlaw science versus cutting-edge security systems and tried and true investigation techniques.

Series details

• Title: Outlaw Tech
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: Crime, History, Espionage
• Premiere date: 2017-04-26
• Final broadcast date listed: 2017-05-31
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Science
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.5/10
• TVMaze ID: 26755
• IMDb ID: tt6846022
• TVDB ID: 327467

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2017-04-26; final listed air date 2017-05-31; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from Outlaw Tech on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.