Ep 28: Unit 8200

Darknet Diaries

Jack Rhysider

True Crime, Technology

4.9 • 8.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2018

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Israel has their own version of the NSA called Unit 8200. I was curious what this unit does and tried to take a peek inside. Hear what I found by listening along to this episode. This episode was sponsored by Nord VPN. Visit https://nordvpn.com/darknet and use promo code “darknet”. This episode is also sponsored by Mack Weldon. Visit mackweldon.com to shop for premium men's casual wear and get a 20% off discount with your first order by using promo code “diaries”. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Governments are hacking into other governments.
0:04.4	They do it to steal secrets or find how many weapons they have.
0:07.4	If they're planning a strike or if there's anything else that might be a threat,
0:11.0	some nations are much more advanced at security than others.
0:14.8	One country with advanced cybersecurity capabilities is Israel.
0:19.0	Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
0:21.2	Eight years ago, my goal was to make Israel one of the five leading cyber powers in the world.
0:27.2	I think we've reached that. I think we're actually maybe even further ahead on that list.
0:32.6	This is incredible. Israel isn't even as big as the state of New Jersey.
0:36.6	So for such a small country to achieve this is no small task.
0:40.4	It means we're punching about 200 times above our weight.
0:44.6	Not two times, not 10 times, and not even 100 times.
0:49.4	200 times above our weight, which means there's something here
0:53.8	that defies numerical size.
0:57.8	So how did such a small country become one of the leaders in the cyber security space?
1:02.8	That's what we're going to find out.
1:08.8	These are true stories from the dark side of the Internet.
1:15.6	I'm Jack Recyder.
1:18.2	This is Darknet Diaries.
1:23.8	This episode is brought to you by IT Pro from ACI Learning.
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