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Israeli cyber firm’s $1 billion exit endangers nation’s security, intel experts
David Isaac
June 11, 2025

The sale of a cyber technology firm co-founded by an ex-chief of Unit 8200, the Israeli military’s vaunted signals intelligence unit, and former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak has enraged the country’s intelligence elite, who say it endangers state security. Founded in 2019, Paragon Solutions was the brainchild of IDF Brig. Gen. (ret.) Ehud Schneorson, who commanded Unit 8200 until retiring from military service in 2017. Paragon’s principal product, spyware dubbed “Graphite,” is inserted into cell phones through messaging applications, such as WhatsApp and Telegram, with a “zero-click” technology so that the phone’s owner is unaware of the breach. READ MORE