Unit 8200

Cyber startup Bay raises $37m., with backing from Assaf Rappaport

The company, which was founded less than a year ago by 8200 alumni, has developed a platform that monitors corporate AI agent activity in real time.

Employees of the Bay startup.
The team of the Israeli cyber startup Mave.

Cyber startup Mave steps out of the shadows with $34 million fundraising

Elementary Data employees.

Ex-unit 8200 alumni sell Elementary Data for Some $45 million

Alumni from Unit 8200 attend annual conference in 2025.

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


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.

SPEAKING TO Defense & Tech, Admiral (ret.) Mike Rogers noted that the adaptability and creativity of Israeli entrepreneurs mirrored the urgency of their national security environment. Here, Rogers speaks onstage during TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco 2019 at Moscone Convention Center, in 2019.

Iran-linked 'Handala' hacktivists claim to leave bouquet in Israeli nuclear scientist's vehicle

Iran-linked hacktivists claimed they broke into an Israeli nuclear scientist’s car and issued threats, earlier publishing what they said were names of Unit 8200 soldiers.

 An illustration of a cyber hacker and the Iranian flag.

Netanyahu honors Maj. (res.) Moshe Leiter: 'A role model for an Israeli'

“It seems to me that our greatest victory, which surprised the whole world, is the victory of the spirit,” said Netanyahu

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu participated in the introduction of a Torah scroll, in memory of the son of the Israeli Ambassador to the US

IDF's Arabic-language spokesperson Col. Avichay Adraee to retire from military service

Adraee joined the IDF Spokesperson's Unit in 2005, following time served in the Intelligence Directorate's Unit 8200.

IDF's Arabic-language spokesperson Avichay Adraee poses for a picture at the Foreign Ministry, in Jerusalem, September 6, 2017

Microsoft president: IDF use of Azure ‘needs to be tested’

The IDF stated in response: “The IDF acts in accordance with international law in order to thwart terrorism and to maintain the security of the state and its residents.” 

Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith addresses a keynote in Brussels, Belgium April 30, 2025.

IDF, Microsoft collaborated on cloud megastorage project for Palestinian surveillance - report

The cloud-based storage system was designed to exist on Microsoft's servers behind enhanced layers of security, and Microsoft engineers developed the security following Unit 8200's instructions.

 UNIT 8200 soldiers in action – working with data.

Inside the IDF's covert 10 km. mission to capture Iran’s Quds Force in Syria - report

Lt.-Col. (res.) Y, commander of the IDF's 7012th Battalion, led troops 10 kilometers into Syrian territory in covert June mission which was carried out without a shot being fired.

 IDF soldiers operating in southern Syria to apprehend terrorists in an Iranian terror cell, June 2, 2025.

It is time for women to run the Israeli government - opinion

Men are really not capable of leading us right now. Let’s just give the reins of leadership over to the women. There are several potential candidates.

 An Israeli women places her vote in a ballot box (illustrative)

Thousands of IDF elite intel program grads call for war's end, return of hostages

The signatories expressed their support for a similar letter recently issued by Air Force reservists.

 A letter signed by graduates of the elite IDF Talpiot program.

IDF 8200 intelligence soldiers call on gov't to stop fighting, bring back hostages

Hundreds of reservists, active-duty soldiers, and retired officers signed the letter.

IDF soldiers engage in operational activities in relation to Israel-Gaza violence.