"Microsoft has blocked the Israeli army's access to technology it was using to store data on Palestinian civilians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank after an investigation conducted by the Guardian, +972 Magazine and Local Call exposed the practice. The investigation, published in August, revealed that Unit 8200, the Israeli military's cyberwarfare agency, had been intercepting millions of phone calls made by Palestinians and storing the information on Microsoft's Azure cloud platform."
"Since October, Israel has destroyed Gaza's infrastructure and forcibly displaced about 90 percent of the population. The UN has declared that Israel has "deliberately deprived Palestinians in Gaza of resources indispensable for their survival," and is committing genocide. On Thursday, Microsoft's vice-chair and president, Brad Smith, told staff in an email that the company had "ceased and disabled a set of services to a unit within the Israel ministry of defense (IMOD)." A copy of the email was posted on Microsoft's website."
Microsoft blocked the Israeli army's access to Azure services used to store data on Palestinian civilians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank after media reporting revealed the practice. An investigation found Unit 8200, the Israeli military's cyberwarfare agency, intercepted millions of Palestinian phone calls and stored the data on Microsoft's cloud platform, information allegedly used to plan deadly attacks. Since October, Gaza's infrastructure has been destroyed and about 90 percent of the population forcibly displaced, with the UN saying Israel has deprived Palestinians of essentials and is committing genocide. Microsoft stated it does not provide technology for mass surveillance and disabled services to an IMOD unit.
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