By CTech
Publication Date: 2026-11-08 08:20:00
Cisco rushed senior executives and engineering teams to Israeli military facilities after repeated technical failures threatened a military intelligence business that generated approximately $67 million over three years. Internal documents reveal how the networking giant worked to preserve and expand its relationship with Israel’s defense establishment during the Gaza war, even as the disruptions undermined customer confidence and employees challenged the company’s involvement.
The problems included outages lasting several hours, repeated system crashes and failures in built-in diagnostic mechanisms. They emerged as Israeli intelligence agencies were upgrading their digital infrastructure and became serious enough that intelligence leaders threatened to cancel the business, according to documents obtained by The Guardian.
“This series of events happened during the period of war, deeply impacting customer sentiment,” warned a confidential Cisco memo drafted in September 2025….
