Unit 8200
Cyber startup Mave steps out of the shadows with $34 million fundraising
The company has developed an AI platform that analyzes security incidents in real time, and is already signing massive deals with Fortune 50 companies while planning to double its workforce.
Ex-unit 8200 alumni sell Elementary Data for Some $45 million
IDF Unit 8200 Alumni Association uses network to drive Israeli innovation, start-ups
Mars Security attempts to close the growing gap between hackers and defenders
Tax Authority wants army tech veterans tied to Israel
Tax Authority wants that in return for the prestigious training that the state provides to these employees, they will undertake to keep their economic activity and tax base in Israel for a decade.
Two Israeli brothers indicted after selling fake AI-generated information to Iranian agent
The defendants' lawyer asserted that they acted to "harm and deceive the Iranian enemy and should be awarded the Israel Prize for their contribution to the nation's security."
Clandestine IDF units 8200, 9900 gave key intel. to take out underground Khamenei bunker
The IDF said that 50 aircraft targeted the secret underground lair spread over several blocks in the heart of Tehran, with over 100 munitions.
Ex-intel official discusses the risks and opportunities presented by revolutions in AI
"You can defend well hundreds of times, but they only have to get through once," the former official noted. "It is always harder to protect than it is to attack."
Mother of Tomer Eiges 'ashamed' to have served in Unit 8200, appalled at son's treatment in prison
"There was a huge mess and oversight with the medications that nobody noticed," Eiges said. "He had a million pills, and everyone kept giving him more and more."
Capt. Tomer Eiges named as intelligence officer who died in military prison in 2021
Eiges, who was originally from Haifa, was an intelligence officer in Unit 8200 of the IDF when he died in military prison in 2021.
Former IDF officer says key to AI is still 'person behind the algorithm' at Cybertech conference
Speaking at Cybertech in Tel Aviv, Kogan Ehrlich debated with other former Unit 8200 officials about what people should focus on learning, such as "knowing a lot or knowing how to learn fast."
How Israel's defense-tech ecosystem reshapes the battlefield - and the Start-Up Nation
TECH AFFAIRS: What was once a pipeline of veterans from elite units like 8200 founding cybersecurity start-ups has evolved into a full-scale defense-tech ecosystem.
'The hunt has begun': Iran-linked hackers put bounties for info on Israeli air defense developers
The release of information is part of a broader series of bounties, threats, and doxing.
From the NSA to Israeli defense tech, Mike Rogers isn’t slowing down
DEFENSE AFFAIRS: Former NSA director Mike Rogers discusses why Israel’s security challenges are redefining the next era of defense technology.