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> NSO (and the smaller, anonymous companies) are famous for bringing in people from Israeli NSA (8200) or Mossad. Literally every tech company in Israel has pe
by golergka 5y ago
> NSO (and the smaller, anonymous companies) are famous for bringing in people from Israeli NSA (8200) or Mossad.
Literally every tech company in Israel has people from 8200. I worked at a few mobile game companies, and each had 22 year old kids straight from the 8200.
- thinkingemote 5y agoalso worth stating that Israel has compulsory military service, so a huge number of computer geeks, like you and me, will get into this service for the mandated time rather than the more physical and distasteful alternatives. It's (i imagine) like an enforced first year MIT cyber security course for the majority of people in that service. In summary, the label of belonging to them means not that much in reality - rather one should look at length of service, age of entry and any subsequent / previous activities when they leave. (basically like any other cybersecurity job, really)
- shmatt 5y agotrue, and 8200 is huge, being there doesn't mean much in terms of ability to remotely take over an iPhone The more accurate description is - these cyber weapon companies bring in the 22 year olds that were building cyber weapons in 8200 Its an elite group of a couple hundred at most. who are then snatched up for their existing knowledge, even if they can't figure out how to find new exploits