![]() ![]() 2 But the unit’s impact goes far beyond state-level cyberwarfare: alumni of Unit 8200 have founded hundreds of cybersecurity companies, including Check Point, CyberArk, and the controversial NSO Group, as well as successful consumer tech startups like Viber and Waze. Although unconfirmed, Unit 8200 is widely speculated to be jointly responsible with the NSA for the famous Stuxnet computer malware that crippled one-fifth of Iran’s nuclear centrifuges in the 2000s. National Security Agency (NSA), 1 which has a budget and personnel that, though classified, is most likely ten times larger than the unit’s. In terms of technical expertise, Unit 8200 has been described by experts as on par with the U.S. It handles open-source intelligence, threat assessment, cryptanalysis, and cyberwarfare. With 5000 active duty soldiers, it is the largest military intelligence unit in the IDF. Unit 8200 is the unit of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) responsible for signals intelligence. Intelligence personnel of the Israel Defense Forces at work.
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