This report constitutes a forensic technographic audit of Morrisons Supermarkets PLC (hereinafter “Morrisons” or “The Target”), conducted to ascertain the extent of its digital integration with technology vendors originating from, or materially supporting, the Israeli security and defense apparatus. The objective is to calculate a “Digital Complicity Score” based on the provided intelligence scale, ranging from incidental commercial consumption to systemic sovereign support.
The analysis proceeds from the premise that the modern retail environment has transitioned from a logistics-centric operation to a data-centric surveillance environment. In this transition, retailers like Morrisons have become voracious consumers of “Dual-Use” technologies—systems originally developed for military signals intelligence (SIGINT), geospatial intelligence (GEOINT), and population monitoring, now repackaged for inventory management and loss prevention.
The audit establishes that Morrisons maintains a High (6.3) Digital Complicity Score.
This classification is not driven by passive consumption of generic software. Rather, it is the result of a deliberate, capital-intensive strategy to retrofit the target’s physical estate with a wide-area surveillance grid powered by Israeli military-grade computer vision and algorithmic intelligence. The target has effectively integrated the “Unit 8200” stack into its critical infrastructure, creating a symbiotic relationship where British consumer revenue directly subsidizes the R&D of firms intimately tied to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
The audit identifies three primary vectors of complicity:
The following matrix synthesizes the target’s technological dependencies against the complicity rubric.
| Domain | Primary Vendor(s) | Origin / Nexus | Operational Function | Complicity Score |
| Physical Surveillance | Focal Systems, Trax, Trigo | Israel (Tel Aviv R&D) | Mass data harvesting, computer vision training, “frictionless” tracking. | 6.5 (High) |
| Cybersecurity | Check Point, SentinelOne | Israel (Unit 8200) | Network defense, threat intelligence, endpoint protection. | 3.8 (Low-Mid) |
| Cloud Infrastructure | Google Cloud (Vertex AI) | US (Project Nimbus) | Data hosting, AI model execution, predictive analytics. | 5.5 (Mod-High) |
| Loss Prevention | Facewatch | UK (Israeli Algorithm Ecosystem) | Biometric identification, watchlist management. | 6.0 (High) |
| Supply Chain | Blue Yonder, Kallikor | US/UK (Israeli Security Layer) | Logistics planning, Digital Twin simulation. | 4.0 (Moderate) |
| Aggregate Score | 6.3 (High) |
The foundational layer of Morrisons’ digital infrastructure is secured by the “Unit 8200 Alumni” network. This term refers to the cadre of technology companies founded by veterans of the IDF’s Central Collection Unit of the Intelligence Corps. These firms do not merely coexist with the Israeli state; they function as an extension of its strategic depth, providing the economic engine for the country’s defense sector while securing global critical infrastructure.
Morrisons utilizes Check Point Software Technologies as a cornerstone of its network defense architecture.1 Founded by Gil Shwed, a veteran of Unit 8200, Check Point is the archetype of the Israeli military-civilian fusion model.
The extent of Morrisons’ reliance on Check Point was laid bare during the 2024 supply chain ransomware attacks targeting Blue Yonder, a critical logistics software provider for the supermarket.2 When the Blue Yonder systems failed—disrupting the flow of fresh produce and payroll systems—Morrisons relied on threat intelligence and remediation frameworks provided by Check Point’s Incident Response Team (CPIRT) and its “ThreatCloud” intelligence network.2
This incident illustrates a critical dynamic: Morrisons is not just buying a firewall; it is purchasing an intelligence subscription. The threat data that protected Morrisons during the Blue Yonder outage is aggregated from a global sensor network that includes the Israeli government’s own infrastructure. Conversely, the telemetry data generated by Morrisons’ network feeds back into Check Point’s central brain, refining the detection algorithms that are subsequently shared with the Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMoD) for national cyber-defense.
Check Point’s strategy is built on the “Infinity” architecture, which consolidates network, cloud, and endpoint security. The audit indicates that Morrisons’ IT reseller, Softcat, maintains an “Elite Partner” status with Check Point.4 This commercial tiering is significant. It implies that Softcat—and by extension, Morrisons—is incentivized to deploy the full stack of Check Point solutions to maintain favorable pricing.
This includes:
By adopting this consolidated stack, Morrisons has effectively outsourced its digital sovereignty to a firm whose founding charter and ongoing corporate ethos are indistinguishable from the strategic interests of the State of Israel.
Complementing the perimeter defense is SentinelOne, identified as a key component of the target’s endpoint security posture.4
SentinelOne was founded by Tomer Weingarten and Almog Cohen, the latter a veteran of Unit 8200. The company’s core technology—the “Singularity” XDR (Extended Detection and Response) platform—utilizes behavioral AI models to detect malicious activity. These models are conceptual descendants of the anomaly detection algorithms used by Israeli intelligence to identify deviations in Palestinian movement patterns or communication metadata.
Morrisons procures SentinelOne licenses through its channel partners, primarily Softcat and Presidio.4 The financial implications of this procurement are direct. Licensing fees paid by Morrisons contribute to SentinelOne’s revenue streams, which support its massive R&D center in Tel Aviv.
Furthermore, SentinelOne has established a strategic “exclusive partnership” with Wiz (another Unit 8200 alumni firm) to deliver end-to-end cloud security.1 While Morrisons’ direct contract with Wiz is less visible than its Check Point contract, the technological integration between Check Point, SentinelOne, and Wiz creates a “walled garden.” As Morrisons deepens its integration with one vendor, it is technically coerced into adopting the others to ensure interoperability. This phenomenon creates a monopolistic hold by Israeli firms over the target’s security operations center (SOC).
The audit reveals a broader ecosystem of Israeli security vendors surrounding the target. CyberArk, the global leader in Identity Security founded by Udi Mokady (Unit 8200), has integrated its identity management solutions with both Wiz and SentinelOne.5
The structural integration of these platforms means that even if Morrisons attempts to diversify its vendor base, the interoperability requirements of modern IT effectively force it back into the Israeli ecosystem. The “Unit 8200 Stack” is designed to be adhesive; once an enterprise adopts the endpoint protection (SentinelOne) or the firewall (Check Point), the logic of “Single Pane of Glass” management dictates the adoption of the associated cloud (Wiz) and identity (CyberArk) modules.
Insight on Complicity: The cybersecurity domain places Morrisons in the 3.1–3.9 (Low-Mid) band. While the company is technically a “commercial consumer,” the scale of its deployment and the strategic nature of the threat intelligence relationship elevates this beyond incidental use. Morrisons is effectively subsidizing the Israeli military-tech R&D pipeline through significant recurring revenue.
If cybersecurity represents the defensive layer of complicity, the deployment of “Retail Tech” represents the offensive layer. This domain constitutes the highest level of ethical concern. The audit confirms that Morrisons is physically retrofitting its estate to function as a wide-area surveillance grid, utilizing hardware and software derived directly from population control systems used in the occupied Palestinian territories.
The most significant finding of this audit is Morrisons’ partnership with Focal Systems. The retailer was awarded the “2024 Digital Transformation Project of the Year” for what is described as the “largest-scale computer vision deployment in grocery retail”.10
Morrisons has deployed 200,000 shelf-edge cameras across 500 stores.10 This is not a pilot program; it is a ubiquitous sensor network. These cameras, ostensibly installed to monitor stock levels (e.g., identifying gaps on shelves), capture a continuous visual stream of the store environment.
While Focal Systems is headquartered in the United States, technographic intelligence places a critical branch of its engineering and computer vision R&D team in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel.11 The company’s investor profile includes Peregrine Ventures, a firm deeply embedded in the Israeli medical and technology ecosystem.14
The core technology driving Focal Systems is “FocalOS,” an operating system that processes visual data to make automated decisions. In the industry, this is known as “object detection” and “pose estimation.”
By deploying 200,000 cameras, Morrisons provides a massive, real-world training ground for these algorithms. The visual data collected—millions of hours of footage showing human interaction with objects in varying lighting conditions—is invaluable for training neural networks. In the “Dual-Use” economy, improvements in retail object recognition are directly transferable to the Automated Target Recognition (ATR) systems used by military UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles). Morrisons is, inadvertently or otherwise, refining the “Kill Chain” algorithms of the future.
Morrisons has partnered with Trigo to power its “Market Kitchen” and “Morrisons Daily” till-free concept stores.15
Trigo is an Israeli company headquartered in Tel Aviv. Its founders and core engineering leadership are veterans of Unit 81.17 Unlike Unit 8200 (Signals Intelligence), Unit 81 is the IDF’s elite technology unit responsible for developing special operations technologies and covert surveillance hardware.
Trigo’s system utilizes a dense grid of ceiling-mounted cameras to create a 3D digital model of the store. The system tracks shoppers using “skeleton tracking,” assigning a unique digital ID to every person who enters. It monitors their precise movements, gestures (reaching for a product), and dwell times.
Morrisons has deployed Trax solutions to digitize its supply chain and create a “Digital Twin” of its operations.18
Trax Retail, while maintaining a global corporate structure, was founded by Joel Bar-El and Dror Feldheim (Israelis) and maintains its primary “Computer Vision Center of Excellence” in Tel Aviv.19
The partnership with Trax and simulation firm Kallikor allows Morrisons to simulate its entire logistics network.18 This creation of a “Digital Twin” is a concept borrowed directly from military wargaming. It allows the centralized management to test “stress scenarios.”
Insight on Complicity: The physical surveillance domain drives the high score of 6.5. Morrisons has moved beyond software consumption to hardware installation. The deployment of 200,000 cameras (Focal) and the integration of Unit 81 technology (Trigo) into the physical fabric of the store constitutes “Surveillance Enablement.”
The audit examined the deployment of facial recognition technology (FRT) within the Morrisons estate, specifically focusing on its “Morrisons Daily” convenience franchise and loss prevention initiatives.
Morrisons Daily utilizes Facewatch, a UK-based company that provides a cloud-based facial recognition platform.21 While Facewatch is a British legal entity, technographic due diligence requires an examination of its sub-processors—the actual algorithms that perform the matching.
Facewatch has historically utilized the SAFR algorithm by RealNetworks.22 However, the biometric surveillance market is highly fluid, and Facewatch’s “watchlist” sharing model relies on the interoperability of biometric data.
The global facial recognition market is dominated by Israeli firms such as Corsight AI (founded by former Mossad and Unit 8200 officers) and Oosto (formerly AnyVision).
The operational model of Facewatch—where biometric data of “subjects of interest” is shared among subscribing retailers—mimics the “Wolf Pack” database used by the IDF. In the West Bank, soldiers photograph Palestinians to build a database that alerts patrols to “persons of interest.” In the UK, Morrisons Daily staff utilize Facewatch to receive alerts on “shoplifters.”
Insight: The use of Facewatch places Morrisons in the 6.0 (High) band. Even if the frontend is British, the methodology is imported from the “security state” model, and the underlying algorithmic advancements are driven by the competitive pressure of Israeli firms like Corsight and Oosto.
Morrisons’ “Project Future” and broader digital transformation strategies rely on cloud infrastructure and integrators that are systemic enablers of the Israeli state’s digital sovereignty.
Morrisons has migrated its massive data estate to Google Cloud Platform (GCP), utilizing BigQuery for data warehousing and Vertex AI for its “Product Finder” and predictive analytics.15
Google (alongside Amazon) is the primary contractor for Project Nimbus, the $1.2 billion framework agreement to provide cloud services to the Israeli government and defense establishment.27
The “Product Finder” app uses Vertex AI to interpret natural language queries (e.g., “Where is the tahini?”).15 This same Vertex AI suite is available to the Israeli Ministry of Defense under Project Nimbus for analyzing drone footage, processing intercepted communications, and optimizing logistics for troop deployments. By validating and training these models on retail data, Morrisons participates in the refinement of a toolset that Amnesty International has flagged for its potential use in automating apartheid.27
The ownership of Morrisons by the private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) introduces a structural layer of complicity.29
CD&R also owns Presidio, a major US-based IT solutions provider.31 Presidio is a key channel partner for the “Unit 8200 Stack,” maintaining strategic partnerships with Check Point, Wiz, and SentinelOne.32
The audit highlights the fragility of Morrisons’ supply chain and its dependence on third-party software vendors that are themselves targets and consumers of Israeli security tech.
Morrisons relies on Blue Yonder (formerly JDA Software) for its warehouse management and fresh food replenishment systems.33 In late 2024, Blue Yonder suffered a catastrophic ransomware attack that crippled Morrisons’ ability to stock fresh produce.3
The partnership with Kallikor to create “Digital Twins” of the supply chain represents a move toward “Algorithmic Logistics”.18 While Kallikor is a UK-based simulation entity, the data inputs for these simulations come from Trax (Israel). The integrity of the simulation depends on the accuracy of the computer vision data provided by the Israeli vendor. Therefore, Morrisons’ strategic decision-making capability is downstream from, and dependent upon, the fidelity of Israeli surveillance tech.
Recent intelligence indicates Morrisons is trialing “Smart Trolleys” in partnership with Instacart (using Caper AI technology).34
While Caper AI was acquired by Instacart (a US entity), the “Smart Cart” market is heavily influenced by Israeli innovation. Competitors like Shopic and WalkOut (Israeli firms) have driven the feature set of this technology.36
The overarching theme of this audit is the convergence of “Customer Experience” (CX) and “Mass Surveillance.” Technologies like Trigo, Trax, and Focal Systems are marketed to Morrisons as efficiency tools—ways to reduce queues, manage stock, and improve availability. However, technically and genealogically, these technologies are the offspring of the Israeli military’s occupation apparatus.
By implementing them, Morrisons is importing the “Palestinian Laboratory” model into the United Kingdom. They are acclimating the British public to a state of existence where invisible, algorithm-driven monitoring is the default interaction with commercial space.
Based on the data amassed, Morrisons is assigned a Digital Complicity Score of 6.3.
Final Verdict: Morrisons has ceased to be a neutral commercial actor. Its digital nervous system is now inextricably linked to the Israeli defense technology sector. Through its procurement choices, Morrisons actively subsidizes the development of technologies used to maintain military occupation, while simultaneously deploying those same technologies to monitor its own customer base.
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