Unit 8200 is an Israeli Intelligence Corps unit of the Israel Defense Forces responsible for clandestine operation, collecting signal intelligence and code decryption, counterintelligence, cyberwarfar
A Unit 8200 base in the Sinai Peninsula, during the Israeli occupation
On 11 September 2013, The Guardian released a leaked document provided by Edward Snowden which reveals how Unit 8200, referred to as ISNU, receives raw, unfiltered data of U.S. citizens, as part of a secret agreement with the U.S. National Security Agency
The National Security Agency is an intelligence agency of the United States Department of Defense, under the authority of the director of national intelligence. The NSA is responsible for global monit
Unit 8200
…Unit (ISNU). It is subordinate to Aman, the military intelligence directorate. Unit 8200 is considered the Israeli equivalent of the United States' National Security Agency (NSA). 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…
NSA headquarters building in Fort Meade, Maryland, c. 1986
Black Chamber cryptanalytic work sheet for solving Japanese diplomatic cipher, 1919
Protesters against NSA data mining in Berlin wearing Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden masks
Intercepted packages are opened carefully by NSA employees.