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Personal Facebook, Insta accounts traced to Israeli chief of Unit 8200

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Israeli media
  • 9 Apr 2024 21:37
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Israeli media reports that the once-anonymous top Israeli military official personal accounts across multiple social media platforms.

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  • Personal Facebook, Insta accounts traced to Israeli chief of Unit 8200
    Member of the Israeli United 8200 in a picture first published in March 2020 (Social media)

After his identity was exposed in a recent unintended self-ousting scandal, new revelations showed that the Chief of the Israeli military Unit 8200 has more online accounts further revealing his digital presence and identity.

Israeli media reported that the top official, who is also the architect of their military's Artificial Intelligence (Aman), had accounts on Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Skype under his name.

Yossi Sariel was revealed to be the head of the specialized military intelligence unit after his identity was closely guarded to be kept secret for two decades, delivering a blow to the entity's considerable effort to maintain the secrecy of top commanders in specialized units.

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In what was described as an "embarrassing security lapse," Sariel, previously known as Brigadier General Y, published a book on Amazon, leaving a digital trail to his private Google account created in his name, along with his unique ID and links to the account's maps and calendar profiles. 

According to Israeli media, his LinkedIn account, which showed his rank, could be traced on the professional social network through accounts linked to the intelligence unit. The identity of the commander was also revealed in the schedule of a senior official in the Ministry of Construction and Housing, which was published on the Internet about two years ago.

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The Military Intelligence Directorate's Unit 8200, known for its expertise in signal intelligence (SIGINT) and code decryption, counterintelligence, cyber warfare, military intelligence, and surveillance, plays a pivotal role in Israeli security and is comparable to the United States National Security Agency.

The occupation entity exerts considerable effort to maintain the secrecy of top commanders in specialized units. Thus, the recent revelation signifies a significant setback for these efforts and the broader Israeli intelligence community's operations over time.

The book titled "The Human Machine Team", authored by "Brigadier Y.S", offers a radical vision for how AI can transform the relationship between military personnel and machines. Sariel provided the blueprint for the advanced AI-powered systems that the occupation military has been utilizing in its genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.

Living on borrowed time, Yossi Sariel, like other commanders of Israeli intelligence units, has been scolded for their failure to warn against or predict the Palestinian Resistance's Operation Al-Aqsa Flood on October 7, 2023. The Israeli general was once considered to have revolutionized the work of the Israeli occupation's military, via his vision of incorporating AI into the central activities of the occupation forces. 

Now, Sariel is being lambasted for the grave mistake that led to him doxxing his own identity.

Israeli media outlets described it as an embarrassment for the entire Military Directorate. 

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