As of June 2025, over 1,400 veterans of Israeli intelligence are now working in U.S. tech—with 900 of those coming from Unit 8200 alone. That number comes from a database of people who publicly identify themselves as being both former Israeli intelligence officers and holding a job in U.S. tech on their LinkedIn profiles.

The database was assembled by an independent researcher, who is remaining anonymous for personal security and has dubbed the database the “Eagle Mission” influence network. The 1,400 people are self-identified veterans or active reserve members of Unit 8200, Israeli military intelligence, and the IDF Cyber Defense Directorate working in senior and mid-level engineering and security roles at major U.S. tech firms with offices in Israel, the U.S., and Europe. Drop Site crosschecked many of the records in the database for accuracy.

“This does not mean that every person who served in Unit 8200 is an Israeli spy looking to send classified data back to Tel Aviv,” the researcher emphasized. “But it does create a serious vulnerability. No other country has this kind of access to the American tech sector. We obsess over Chinese involvement in the tech industry and worry about corporate espionage, but Israeli penetration rarely gets mentioned.”

The global tech giant Microsoft is one of the most prominent employers of Unit 8200 alumni, employing roughly 250 veterans of the unit, alongside other major multinational companies including Nvidia, Meta, Google, Intel, and Apple, many of whom employ dozens of individuals drawn from the unit. Microsoft was recently revealed to have closely collaborated with Unit 8200 leadership on the creation of cloud services intended to store millions of private communications of Palestinians living under military occupation in the West Bank and Gaza. Microsoft declined to comment.

  • @UltraBlack@lemmy.world
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    ??

    Not once have I made any statement favoring any side in this discussion

    I find it funny that yall are just antisemitic now. Anything but hate against israel is no longer allowed.

    Violent protester arrested? Israel bad. Ice cream shop shut down? Israel bad. American shot in America? Israel bad.

    I’m disappointed in all of you.

    • @mrdown@lemmy.world
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      04 hours ago

      Bls bla bla. You are so desperate zioscums. Nobody is going to stop talking about the terrorist state of israel by false accusing other of being antisemite.

      • @UltraBlack@lemmy.world
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        04 hours ago

        I don’t know how a state with democratic and untampered votes can be a terrorist state but you must know better!

        My goal is not to stop people from talking. I just think that hating israel for something that many other countries do without hating these other countries is simply antisemitic because you’re no longer focusing on “Zionism” but rather the people themselves since those are the only aspect that sets the countries apart.

        Maybe you’ll reflect on what you say some day. I’m sure many people will appreciate it.

        • @mrdown@lemmy.world
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          13 hours ago

          I don’t know how a state with democratic and untampered votes can be a terrorist state but you must know better!

          You zioscums are so dumb. Are you also going to deny that the democratic USA committed war crimes and terrorism in Iraq .

          Israel was literally build by terrorists. The bombing of King David hotel by Zionists terrorists who became the idf killed 17 jews , they even directly ordered the killing of a Jewishjournalist Jacob Israël de Haan.

          Settlers terrorists are attacking Palestinians in the west bank recognized as Palestinian land daily with the idf protection.

          So who is the antisemite again? It’s you who try to conflate antizionism with antisemitism and justify crimes that everybody condemn including Israel allies expect you scums

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            It’s funny that you’re framing me for supporting a side that you picked for me, only because I’m not hating Israel over a topic where it makes no sense.

            Also your so emotionally charged mess of an answer doesn’t form the basis of any serious discussion.

            I call antisemitism when the hate has nothing to do with the country and everything to do with what the people are. And this is what is happening.

            Go on, call me scum, but that only shows your lack of self-control, understanding and logical reasoning.