Nir Benita
Not to be confused with Black Cube, the Israeli private intelligence firm, or with BlackCore itself. Person named by Haaretz among the minority partners in Galacticos and SNI
Nir Benita is one of two people Haaretz names as having joined Doron Afik and Guy Geyor in the Israeli companies Galacticos and SNI, whose systems were found on web infrastructure shared with BlackCore. According to Haaretz, citing his LinkedIn profile, he served in Unit 8200.
Galacticos and SNI
Haaretz reports that Afik and Geyor "have been joined by people with a background in intelligence or experience in technology, who together hold less than a 10 percent stake in the two companies". It names Benita and the Galacticos chief technology officer Daniel David Levy. Haaretz says Benita, "according to his LinkedIn profile, served in the famed Unit 8200", Israel's military signals-intelligence unit. It does not give the dates or length of his service, his own shareholding or his role in either company. Neither Benita nor Levy responded to questions from Haaretz and Libération.[1]
France 3's summary of the same investigation refers to an unnamed shareholder of Galacticos and SNI Digital who says he spent ten years in Unit 8200 and did not respond to requests for comment.[2] France 3 does not name him, and no source reviewed for this page confirms that he is Benita.
Haaretz found "no direct connection" between Galacticos and the French operation.[1] No source names Benita as a founder, executive or operator of BlackCore.
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Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Omer Benjakob, Revealed: An Anti-left Influence Operation in France Leads to Tel Aviv, Haaretz, 18 May 2026.
- ↑ Dominique Durand, Ingérence lors des municipales contre des candidats LFI : de BlackCore à Tel-Aviv, ce que les enquêtes de Libération et Haaretz révèlent, France 3 Occitanie, 15 May 2026.