ID In the wake of attacks on Israel civilians by Palestinians unhappy with 60 years of occupation, an Israeli cyberwarrior says AI is the solution. Nadav Zafrir, the former commander of the elite IDF 8200 intelligence unit and currently the founder and managing partner of the cyber company Team8, says Israel’s best response to recent ...
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Did the U.S. Supply a Million Face Masks to the Israeli Army Instead of New York?
That’s the question raised by a remarkable change in a Jersualem Post story posted Tuesday. The story originally reported that the United States has supplied a million medical masks to the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), along with a photo of a palette of masks. Ali Abunimah picks up the story at Electronic Intifada. Yet a...
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How the IDF’s Unit 8200 Feeds Israeli Cybersecurity Startups
One feature in the growth of “surveillance capitalism” is the boom in private intelligence companies, which offer the services of a secret intelligence agency to paying clients. The United States has spawned numerous private intelligence companies, including a firm called DREAD, run by Richard Clarke, a former top counterterrorism officials. The United Arab Emirates have...