Microsoft has terminated a set of services for the Israeli military after an investigation suggested Israel was using the company’s cloud computing technology for mass surveillance of Palestinians.

In a statement posted the company’s blog, Microsoft President Brad Smith said the company had “ceased and disabled a set of services to a unit within the Israel Ministry of Defense.” The move comes after an investigation by The Guardian and Israel’s +972 Magazine in early-August reported that Israel’s military intelligence unit, known as 8200, relied on Microsoft Azure to store millions of phone calls made by Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.

Microsoft announced on August 15 that it had begun a review of the allegations. Smith said Microsoft does not provide technology “to facilitate mass surveillance of civilians,” a principle it has applied “in every country around the world.” The review, Smith said, focused on business records, financial statements, internal documents and other records without accessing the content of the stored material.

During the investigation, the company says it found evidence that supports elements of the investigation from the news outlets, including Israel’s “consumption of Azure storage capacity in the Netherlands and the use of AI services.” Microsoft informed Israel of the decision “to cease and disable specific [Israel Defense Ministry] subscriptions and their services, including their use of specific cloud storage and AI services and technologies.”

An Israeli security official said, “There is no damage to the operational capabilities of the IDF.”

Microsoft said the review was still ongoing

>>1442485
President Donald Trump on Friday afternoon called for Microsoft to fire its global affairs president and former President Joe Biden's deputy attorney general, calling her "deranged," a "pawn," and a "menace to U.S. National Security."

Lisa Monaco joined the Washington-based company in June and is also the former homeland security advisor for the Obama administration.

Trump wrote the following on his Truth Social platform after attending the Ryder Cup on Long Island earlier in the day:

"Corrupt and Totally Trump Deranged Lisa Monaco (A purported pawn of Legal Lightweight Andrew Weissmann), was a senior National Security aide under Barrack Hussein Obama, and a Lawfare and Weaponization obsessed Deputy Attorney General under Crooked Joe Biden and Lisa’s Puppet 'Boss' Attorney General Merrick Garland, who were all the architects of the worst ever Deep State Conspiracies against our Country (RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA, the January 6th Hoax, the Illegal Raid on Mar-a-Lago, the Biden 'Autopen' Scandal, the Documents Witch Hunt, and more!). Monaco has been shockingly hired as the President of Global Affairs for Microsoft, in a very senior role with access to Highly Sensitive Information. Monaco’s having that kind of access is unacceptable, and cannot be allowed to stand. She is a menace to U.S. National Security, especially given the major contracts that Microsoft has with the United States Government. Because of Monaco’s many wrongful acts, the U.S. Government recently stripped her of all Security Clearances, took away all of her access to National Security Intelligence, and banned her from all Federal Properties. It is my opinion that Microsoft should immediately terminate the employment of Lisa Monaco."

In 2023, Monaco warned that Trump and Republican attacks against Justice Department personnel led to an "unprecedented rise" in violent threats against the agency.

10 years too late

Fuck Zion Don. Israeli leaders are wanted war criminals right now for what they are doing in Gaza.
Good for Microsoft for not doing business with war criminals

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Microsoft has been made aware their tools are being used for illegal behaviour. The fact they have been notified obligates them to act.

They don’t give a fuck. They signed anti BDS contracts. They are obligated to the US and Israeli state by international and federalised obligations relating to doctrine and national interests.

Notification of breach activity, means isolation and assessment is required in any network.

>>1442520
"Do no evil"Google will step in to replace Microsoft.