Chuck Darwin<p>Top Israeli spy chief exposes his true identity in online security lapse</p><p>The identity of the commander of Israel’s Unit 8200 is a closely guarded secret. He occupies one of the most sensitive roles in the military, leading one of the world’s most powerful surveillance agencies, comparable to the US National Security Agency.</p><p>Yet after spending more than two decades operating in the shadows, the Guardian can reveal how the controversial spy chief – whose name is <a href="https://c.im/tags/Yossi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yossi</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Sariel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sariel</span></a> – has left his identity exposed online.</p><p>The embarrassing security lapse is linked to a book he published on Amazon, which left a digital trail to a private Google account created in his name, along with his unique ID and links to the account’s maps and calendar profiles.</p><p>The Guardian has confirmed with multiple sources that Sariel is the secret author of 🔸The Human Machine Team, 🔸a book in which he offers a radical vision for how artificial intelligence can transform the relationship between military personnel and machines<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/05/top-israeli-spy-chief-exposes-his-true-identity-in-online-security-lapse?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/2024/apr</span><span class="invisible">/05/top-israeli-spy-chief-exposes-his-true-identity-in-online-security-lapse?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</span></a></p>