Tag: Unit 8200
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Digital Crosshairs: Iran-Linked “Handala” Group Offers $30K Bounties for Israeli Engineers
A new wave of pressure targeting Israeli professionals linked to the defense sector has moved beyond conventional cyberattacks and into the realm of personal intimidation. A group allegedly connected to Iran has shifted its tactics toward public doxxing and cash bounties for information about specific individuals. According to The Jerusalem Post, the hacker collective known…
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Microsoft Severs Partnership with Israel’s Unit 8200 After Azure Was Used for Mass Surveillance in Gaza
Microsoft has severed its partnership with Israel’s military intelligence unit Unit 8200, cutting off its access to the company’s cloud infrastructure and artificial intelligence services. The decision followed revelations that Microsoft’s technologies had been used for the mass interception of Palestinian phone calls in Gaza and the West Bank, in direct violation of Azure’s usage…
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Microsoft Azure Used to Store Vast Trove of Palestinian Surveillance Data, Investigation Reveals
Israel’s military intelligence unit, Unit 8200—specializing in cyber-espionage and electronic surveillance—has been using Microsoft’s cloud servers to store a vast archive of data on residents of Gaza and the West Bank. This trove, leveraged in planning airstrikes and other military operations, includes audio recordings of millions of intercepted phone calls gathered through continuous monitoring of…