Keren Elazari

Early life and education Elazari was born in Her father is Ami Elazari, the CEO of an electric company and a former member of the Israel Defense Forces intelligence group, Unit 8200. Her mother works for an airline. Internet became available in Tel Aviv when Elazari was eleven or twelve years old, and she says she learned English and learned about hacking in online chat rooms.

Elazari was drafted into the Israel Defense Forces, where she asked to be placed in a role relating to information security. She ultimately served in the army for a total of ten years, both in the standing army and later in the reserve, and was a cybersecurity officer in the intelligence arm. which she earned in 2007.

Career Elazari is a senior researcher at the Tel Aviv University's Cyber Research Center. She was also a teaching fellow at Singularity University in California from 2012 until at least 2018. and as an adviser to the cryptocurrency technology company Epiphyte. She was the first Israeli woman to give a TED Talk. Elazari has written articles in publications including Scientific American and Wired.

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