Unit 8200

Unit 8200 base on Mount Avital Unit 8200 (read as eight two-hundred , or יחידה 8200 ( shmone matayim ) in Hebrew ) is an IDF Intelligence Corps unit, responsible for collecting signal intelligence and code decryption. It is also known in military publications as the Central Collection Unit of the Intelligence Corps , and was formerly known as Unit 515 , and later, Unit 848 . It is the largest unit in the IDF, comparable in its function to the United States ' National Security Agency , except that it is not a separate civilian (i.e. Ministry of Defense ) body. In March 2004, The Commission to investigate the intelligence network following the War in Iraq recommended turning the unit into a civilian National SIGINT Agency, as is largely the case in other Western countries, but this proposal has yet to be implemented. Unit 8200 is led by a Brigadier-General whose identity remains classified . Ronen Bergman revealed in a 2009 book that a Hezbollah bomb, disguised as a cell phone , exploded at Unit 8200's headquarters in February 1999. Two officers were injured.

Unit 8200 ( , Yehida Shmoneh-Matayim ) is an Israeli Intelligence Corps unit responsible for collecting signal intelligence (SIGINT) and code decryption. It also appears in military publications as the Central Collection Unit of the Intelligence Corps and is sometimes referred to as Israeli SIGINT National Unit (ISNU). חשיפה: ארה"ב העבירה ל-8200 מידע סודי (in Hebrew).

Unit 8200 ( , Yehida shmonae -Matayim - "Unit eight - two hundred") is an Israeli Intelligence Corps unit responsible for collecting signal intelligence (SIGINT) and code decryption. Military publications include references to Unit 8200 as the Central Collection Unit of the Intelligence Corps , and it is sometimes referred to as Israeli SIGINT National Unit (ISNU). It is subordinate to Aman , the military intelligence directorate. The unit is composed primarily of 18–21 year olds. As a result of the youth of the soldiers in the unit, and the shortness of their service period, the unit relies on selecting recruits with the ability for rapid adaptation and speedy learning. Afterschool programs for 16–18 year olds, teaching computer coding and hacking skills, also serve as a feeder programs for the unit. Former Unit 8200 soldiers have, after completing their military service, gone on to founding and occupying top positions in many international IT companies and in Silicon Valley . According to the Director of Military Sciences at the Royal United Services Institute , "Unit 8200 is probably the foremost technical intelligence agency in the world and stands on a par with the NSA in everything except scale." חשיפה: ארה"ב העבירה ל-8200 מידע סודי (in Hebrew).

Intelligence unit of the Israel Defense Forces Military unit Unit 8200 ( , Yehida shmone matayim "Unit eight two-hundred") is an Israeli Intelligence Corps unit of the Israel Defense Forces responsible for clandestine operation, collecting signal intelligence (SIGINT) and code decryption, counterintelligence, cyberwarfare, military intelligence, and surveillance. Military publications include references to Unit 8200 as the Central Collection Unit of the Intelligence Corps , and it is sometimes referred to as Israeli SIGINT National Unit (ISNU). It is subordinate to Aman , the military intelligence directorate. The unit is composed primarily of 18–21 year olds. As a result of the youth of the soldiers in the unit, and the shortness of their service period, the unit relies on selecting recruits with the ability for rapid adaptation and speedy learning. Afterschool programs for 16–18 year olds, teaching computer coding and hacking skills, also serve as feeder programs for the unit. Former Unit 8200 soldiers have, after completing their military service, gone on to founding and occupying top positions in many international IT companies and in Silicon Valley . According to the Director of Military Sciences at the Royal United Services Institute , "Unit 8200 is probably the foremost technical intelligence agency in the world and stands on a par with the NSA in everything except scale." בן-חורין, יצחק (11 September 2013). חשיפה: ארה"ב העבירה ל-8200 מידע סודי .