Unit 8200

IDF Unit 8200 Alumni Association uses network to drive Israeli innovation, start-ups

The event comes as artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies are reshaping the technology sector and forcing companies and professionals to adapt to new realities.

Alumni from Unit 8200 attend annual conference in 2025.
A man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture.

Mars Security attempts to close the growing gap between hackers and defenders

 UNIT 8200 soldiers in action – working with data.

Tax Authority wants army tech veterans tied to Israel

An illustration of ChatGPT over a backdrop of the Iranian flag.

Two Israeli brothers indicted after selling fake AI-generated information to Iranian agent


How a new Israeli friend showed me the power of language - opinion

The truth is that “hate” is unsustainable, in any language.

 THE WRITER conducts a Zoom session with ‘Sophie.’

IDF elite intel officer warned about Hamas attacks, ignored - report

This is the response they received from him: "I don't want to hear about this nonsense again. If you bother me with these things again, you will stand trial."

 Soldiers of the operational Unit 8200 training in an undated photo.

8200 Impact program to focus on accessibility, inclusion 

The program has supported 'impact-tech' for almost a decade

 A man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017.

Israel received critical Iran intel from IDF soldier's 15-year side project

SWO (res.) E. began monitoring Iranian communications in the 1960s, back when they were still an ally.

 IDF SWO (res.) E. is seen meeting with senior military officials to discuss Iran in this undated photo.

If key IDF reservists not ready for war – how bad could striking be? - analysis

There is no question that at least some of the nightmare scenarios of reservists striking due to judicial reform could be catastrophic for the IDF.

Reservists train during a battalion wide exercise in the Golan Heights.

Ex-IDF intel. officials break new cybersecurity ground in bid to transform the cloud

A new company led by an ex-chief of IDF intelligence Unit 8200 aims to make the cloud defendable against cyberattacks.

Keep your head in the cloud

PM Netanyahu: IDF cyber intel. experts training 20,000 students

IDF cyber warfare experts are training the next generation to boost the country's defense capabilities

 Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly government conference at the PM's office in Jerusalem on January 22, 2023.

Israel holds cyber event at UN, Erdan calls for cyber 'iron dome'

Cyber experts must go against the grain of de-globalization, Nadav Zafrir warned, “Otherwise, none of us will be secure."

 Team8 cyber-security event at the UN.

Grapevine December 4, 2022: The French connection

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 ISRAELI-IRANIAN singer Liraz Charhi performs at the Tempel Synagogue in Krakow at the 31st Culture Festival this past summer.

IDF stopped hackers from hitting US power plants - Unit 8200 official

This is the first time a current Unit 8200 official, deputy chief of IDF Unit 8200, “Col. U.,” discussed such sensitive cyber intelligence sharing in public.

 IDF Unit 8200 deputy chief Col. U. is seen speaking at Tel Aviv University's annual Cyber Week, on June 29, 2022.