Cygun
Israeli cyber advisory and start-up incubator run by former National Cyber Directorate head Yigal Unna; linked by VIGINUM to Galacticos
| Cygun
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Private |
| Founder(s) | Yigal Unna |
| Headquarters | 16 Reines Street, Givatayim, Israel (registered address) |
| Industry | Cyber advisory / start-up mentoring |
Cygun (Hebrew: סיגאון בע"מ) is an Israeli private company run by Yigal Unna, the former head of the Israel National Cyber Directorate. Its website lists its activities as start-ups, turnkey projects, consulting, investments and partnerships, and lectures.[1] It is registered as Israeli company no. 516559317, with its registered address at 16 Reines Street, Givatayim, care of Yigal Unna.[2]
Founder and intelligence background
Cygun's website says Yigal Unna's career "began in Unit 8200, Israel’s elite signal-intelligence corps, and continued through 23 years in the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet), where he rose to head the Cyber & Signal Intelligence Division, equivalent in rank to Major General". It describes him as "the former Director General of Israel’s National Cyber Directorate, reporting directly to the Prime Minister".[1]
Links to Galacticos and BlackCore
The French government agency VIGINUM, in its June 2026 technical report on the Rokh Solis influence operation, said that Cygun's website listed Galacticos AI among the start-ups it supported, linking Unna to the BlackCore ecosystem.[3] Writing in The Canary, Joe Glenton reported that Haaretz and Libération had "found links to Israeli intelligence unit 8200 and to Yigal Unna", and that "Unna also denied any link to the operation".[4]
See also
- Yigal Unna
- Galacticos
- BlackCore
- Cyber and tech firms founded by ex Unit 8200 or occupation forces veterans
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cygun, About Yigal Unna, Cygun Ltd (company website).
- ↑ OpenCorporates, סיגאון בע"מ (CYGUN), company no. 516559317 (Israeli Registrar of Companies data).
- ↑ VIGINUM (SGDSN), Rapport technique – Rokh Solis, 11 June 2026, §3.3.2–3.3.3 (archived copy).
- ↑ Joe Glenton, BlackCore: Inside an Israeli foreign influence operation, The Canary, 19 May 2026.