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נעם סולברג ו דוד זיני

Israel’s top election official asks Shin Bet to probe suspected Qatari interference

Supreme Court Deputy Chief Justice Noam Sohlberg has asked the domestic security agency to investigate allegations of foreign funding and election bribery. The request comes as police reject claims of widespread fraud made by Netanyahu’s Likud party against Arab political parties.

Arms found at Mustafa Issa's home

Amdocs server farm was allegedly chosen as target in planned terror attack

Prosecutors say a 20-year-old spent 18 months exploring ways to attack the Ra’anana facility, including with an explosives-carrying drone.

Arms found at Mustafa Issa's home

Arab Israeli teen arrested over alleged plot to carry out terror attack on Amdocs server farm

The 19-year-old Kafr Qasim resident allegedly began planning the attack after visiting the facility through his National Service role, later watching ISIS videos and attempting to manufacture explosive devices, according to the Shin Bet and police.

האקר האקרים סייבר

Shin Bet opens innovation program to recruit defense-tech and dual-use startups

17.06.26|Meir Orbach

The Magen initiative, run with OpenValley, offers growth-stage companies direct access to operational challenges, senior technology officials, and potential deployment opportunities within Israel’s security ecosystem.

TAU Shin Cohort

Inside the Shin Bet’s secret startup factory

30.10.25|James Spiro

As global defense budgets swell, Israel’s internal security service and TAU Ventures nurture startups born in conflict and now adapting to peacetime threats.

אלי שרביט יו"ר קיודיסול ומנכ"ל אלגרי פאואר

Sharvit’s Shin Bet nomination in jeopardy—read the full Trump critique that sparked backlash

The Prime Minister’s office is reconsidering Eli Sharvit’s nomination following backlash over his climate policy article.

רונן בר ו בנימין נתניהו

Security shake-up: Netanyahu seeks dismissal of Shin Bet head

16.03.25|Zvi Zerahia

Prime minister cites ‘lack of trust’ as opposition claims move is tied to Qatar-gate probe.

הקברניט טיל בליסטי טילים איראן 11

Shin Bet exposes Iran’s cyber plot: 200 attacks aimed at assassinating Israeli officials

02.12.24|Omer Kabir

Phishing campaign aims to gather critical personal data for large-scale killings of top figures in Israel.

מצלמות אבטחה באר שבע 2022

Amid security concerns, IDF wants access to stationary cameras

07.11.23|Omer Kabir

Last month, emergency regulations were approved authorizing the IDF and the Shin Bet to penetrate the computers used to operate stationary cameras; Now the Ministry of Defense requests to extend those powers by at least six months

רונן בר ראש השב"כ

Israel Security Agency admits to using generative AI to thwart threats

27.06.23|Reuters

According to the head of the Shin Bet - the Israeli counterpart of the U.S. FBI or Britain's MI5 - the agency has created its own generative AI platform, akin to ChatGPT or Bard

ועידת טוקיו 2023 האלוף במיל׳ עמיקם נורקין מפקד חיל האוויר לשעבר ו נדב ארגמן ראש השבכ לשעבר

“The army is the engine of the startup nation”

30.05.23|Sophie Shulman

The former head of the Shin Bet Nadav Argaman and the former commander of the Israel Air Force Amikam Norkin expressed concerns during the Israel-Japan Conference about the availability of cheap technologies that could fall into the hands of hostile actors

דדי ברנע ראש המוסד

Mossad and Shin Bet eyeing employees from struggling Israeli high-tech sector

11.05.23|Yuval Sade

Security agencies are trying to get legislation passed that will help them offer contracts that can compete with the private sector

מוסף שבועי 22.3.23 יגאל אונא

"Innovation is a synonym for democracy. Freedom in Israel is essential for the success of high-tech"

02.04.23|Sophie Shulman

Yigal Unna was the head of a division in the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), and later the country's top cyber defender as the head of the National Cyber Directorate. He left for the private market a year ago, and since then has been involved in countless ventures and establishing defense systems in foreign countries. Now, for the first time after decades in public service, he has also become a protester against the government and his former boss. But, despite the threats, he remains optimistic

Report: Israeli defense industry executives among 20 detained for illegal trade in suicide drones

The suspects had received instructions from entities related to an Asian country, not considered hostile by Israel, Ynet News reports

פייזר חיסונים קורונה

Survey finds majority of Israelis aren’t worried about sharing vaccine data with drug companies

While Israelis overwhelmingly disagree with sharing their medical data with state security agencies, they are willing to do so with drugmakers in exchange for Covid-19 vaccines

Head of the Privacy Protection Authority: Israeli Security Agency’s Activities harm our privacy

15.10.20|Amir Kurtz

Dr. Shlomit Wagman-Ratner, Head of the Anti-Money Laundering Authority and acting-head of the Privacy Protection Authority says that cybercrimes have almost doubled since the outbreak of the coronavirus

שנה טובה ראש השנה תפוח ודבש

The algorithm behind the Jewish High Holidays is more transparent than Israel’s Covid-19 fighting tech

18.09.20|Dov Greenbaum

While the heavenly judgment in Jewish faith can be appealed through charity, prayer, and repentance, the process of appealing an order to go into quarantine from Israel’s Shin Bet is far less friendly

מימין דרור מור יואב פולי מרדכי ו פיני מידן שני

Desert Storm: Former Israeli defense officials' Persian Gulf entanglement

17.09.20|Tomer Gonen and Hagar Ravet

Court filings in a business dispute expose attempts to sell unauthorized cyber tools to a country Israel has no official ties with

מוסף שבועי 20.8.20 אבנר פז צוק stream

Former IDF cyber chief warns of red-lines being crossed and the erosion of Israel’s democracy

21.08.20|Sophie Shulman

Avenr Paz Tzuk talks to Calcalist about the ethics of surveillance, his faith in education and his fear of a military brain drain

בדיקת קורונה אור יהודה 22.7.20

Israel’s Covid-19 proximity detection app rolls out, with much criticism

29.07.20|Omer Kabir

Experts highlight problems in the app’s security, code, privacy protection and methodology