The Guardian reported on November 7, 2026, that leaked Cisco documents described repeated crashes and multi-hour outages during updates to Israeli intelligence networks, followed by months of Cisco troubleshooting and later government deal activity. The account placed the remediation effort between 2024 and summer 2025, and described dozens of deals Cisco was working on in 2026.
Read the reported business activity by stage: the 2026 deals were under work, while the Splunk item was a pitch.
Cisco’s reported response to the outages
The Guardian said the network problems threatened customer confidence and operations, and that Israeli intelligence leaders threatened to cancel the business. Cisco reportedly mobilized senior staff and multiple teams over several months to fix bugs, sent staff to meet the military unit Sapir, and trained the customer. A September 2025 draft memo described the impact of repeated outages during the war.
The reported business figures and 2026 deals
A 2025 document reviewed by The Guardian put Cisco’s Israeli military-intelligence business at about $67 million over three years. The report did not give a contract-by-contract breakdown of that figure.
Leaked documents reportedly described dozens of deals Cisco was working on in 2026 with Israeli government clients, including intelligence, air force and navy bodies. Many were tagged “AI.” The report described deals in progress, not a list of completed awards.
Splunk’s Project Nimbus pitch
The Guardian reported that executives at Splunk, which Cisco owns, pitched participation in Project Nimbus, an Israeli government cloud contract involving Google and Amazon. The reported activity was a pitch to join the project.
Responses to the reported work
Cisco did not respond to The Guardian’s request for comment. An Israeli military spokesperson said the IDF would not comment on contracts or services provided by other entities.
Bridge to Humanity, a group of current and former Cisco workers, criticized the company’s reported military-intelligence business as conflicting with its stated values. That was the group’s position. The Guardian reported no court finding on the group’s allegations.
