Unit 8200 ASSOCIATED_WITH CyberSpark
Unit 8200 headquarters is described as being located in the CyberSpark cyber-park.
Explicit Confidence 97% · Pm EP 28 Details
“First thing is we have the Unit 8200 headquarters, our collection agency.”
Organisation
organisation:unit_8200
Also: 8200, 8200 Unit, Israeli NSA, Israel’s NSA, Unit 8200
Israeli military signals-intelligence and intelligence-collection unit discussed throughout the episode.
Israeli military signals-intelligence and intelligence-collection unit discussed throughout the episode.
“First thing is we have the Unit 8200 headquarters, our collection agency.”
“Unit 8200 is a signals collection unit, or SIGINT for short.”
Israeli government unit that some news organisations attributed with developing or launching Stuxnet, although the episode disputes that attribution.
“Some of my keen listeners may be jumping out of their seats right now saying it was Unit 8200”
“I wouldn’t point fingers at 8200.”
Israeli military intelligence unit mentioned in connection with the founding of Check Point.
“started by a former member of the Unit 8200”
Israeli military division where Amichai Shulman served for eight years.
“he started out in Unit 8200, the secret Israeli military division.”
“I spent eight years in the military.”
Israeli unit mentioned as a possible creator of Duqu together with the NSA.
“Duqu is thought to be created by the NSA and Unit 8200 in Israel”
Israeli military signals-intelligence unit presented as focused on signal intelligence and advanced technology.
“Lior was assigned to work in Unit 8200.”
“This unit is basically focusing on the field of signal intelligence.”
Israeli intelligence organization mentioned as a possible actor that could exploit Microsoft’s trusted update channel.
“the NSA or Unit 8200 in Israel or whoever”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| outgoing | ASSOCIATED_WITH | CyberSpark | Explicit | 28 |
| outgoing | ASSOCIATED_WITH | National Security Agency | Explicit | 28 |
| outgoing | PART_OF | Israel Defense Forces | Explicit | 28 |
| outgoing | OPERATED_BY | Aman | Explicit | 28 |
| outgoing | USES | signals intelligence | Explicit | 28 |
| outgoing | USES | communications interception | Explicit | 28 |
| outgoing | USES | code-breaking | Explicit | 28 |
| outgoing | USES | network intrusion | Explicit | 28 |
| incoming | MEMBER_OF | Shira Shamban | Explicit | 28 |
| incoming | PART_OF | Unit 9900 | Explicit | 28 |
| incoming | PART_OF | Unit 81 | Explicit | 28 |
| incoming | ASSOCIATED_WITH | Operation Orchard | Uncertain | 28 |
| incoming | ASSOCIATED_WITH | Stuxnet | Uncertain | 29 |
| incoming | MEMBER_OF | Amichai Shulman | Explicit | 33 |
| incoming | ATTRIBUTED_TO | Duqu | Uncertain | 48 |
| incoming | MEMBER_OF | Lior Div | Explicit | 89 |
Unit 8200 ASSOCIATED_WITH CyberSpark
Unit 8200 headquarters is described as being located in the CyberSpark cyber-park.
Explicit Confidence 97% · Pm EP 28 Details
“First thing is we have the Unit 8200 headquarters, our collection agency.”
Unit 8200 ASSOCIATED_WITH National Security Agency
Netanyahu compares the Israeli Unit 8200 to the United States National Security Agency.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Pm EP 28 Details
“If you don’t know what NSA is, it’s America’s 8200 Unit.”
Unit 8200 PART_OF Israel Defense Forces
Unit 8200 is described as a top-secret organization within the Israeli military and later as a unit under Israel's military intelligence branch.
Explicit Confidence 96% · Jack Rhysider EP 28 Details
“Then Unit 8200 became a top-secret organization in the military.”
Jack says Unit 8200 falls under the control of Aman, Israel's military intelligence branch.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 28 Details
“Unit 8200 falls under the control of Aman, their military intelligence branch”
Unit 8200 USES signals intelligence
Unit 8200 is characterized as a signals-collection or SIGINT unit.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 28 Details
“Unit 8200 is a signals collection unit, or SIGINT for short.”
Unit 8200 USES communications interception
Jack describes Unit 8200 as listening to enemy communications, including phone calls and radio traffic.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 28 Details
“They’ll read enemy newspapers, listen to enemy radio, look through documents, listen to phone calls”
Unit 8200 USES code-breaking
Unit 8200 is described as performing code-making and breaking encryption on enemy transmissions.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 28 Details
“8200 is also dealing with a lot of code-making and code-breaking.”
Unit 8200 USES network intrusion
Jack says Unit 8200 may hack into an enemy network or computer to gather information.
Explicit Confidence 97% · Jack Rhysider EP 28 Details
“you may need to hack into an enemy network or computer to gather that data”
Shira Shamban MEMBER_OF Unit 8200
Shira says she joined Unit 8200's central production center after her mandatory service and served there for part of her career.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Shira Shamban EP 28 Details
“I went on an interview to become – to join 8200, the central production center”
Unit 9900 is described as one of the specialized sub-units within Unit 8200.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 28 Details
“Within 8200 are a lot of sub units. These sub units are specialized. For instance, there’s Unit 9900.”
Unit 81 is described as another secretive unit within Unit 8200.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 28 Details
“Another secretive Unit within 8200 is Unit 81.”
Operation Orchard ASSOCIATED_WITH Unit 8200
Jack reports a rumor that Unit 8200 was responsible for using electronic warfare to disable Syria's air-defense system; he explicitly says this is only a rumor.
Uncertain Confidence 91% · Jack Rhysider EP 28 Details
“Rumor has it that 8200 was responsible for using that electronic warfare aircraft to disable their air defense system, but that’s just a rumor.”
Stuxnet ASSOCIATED_WITH Unit 8200
Unit 8200 was publicly suspected by news agencies, but Kim Zetter says the attribution is unclear and advises against pointing fingers at it.
Uncertain Confidence 90% · Kim Zetter EP 29 Details
“I wouldn’t point fingers at 8200.”
Amichai Shulman MEMBER_OF Unit 8200
Amichai Shulman says he spent eight years in Unit 8200, the Israeli military division.
Explicit Confidence 96% · Amichai Shulman EP 33 Details
“I spent eight years in the military”
“he started out in Unit 8200, the secret Israeli military division”
Duqu is described as thought to have been created by Unit 8200 and the NSA, not as a confirmed attribution.
Uncertain Confidence 78% · Jack Rhysider EP 48 Details
“Duqu is thought to be created by the NSA and Unit 8200 in Israel”
Lior says he was assigned to and served in Unit 8200 for six years.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 89 Details
“Lior was assigned to work in Unit 8200.”
“After six years in the army, I went to the university.”