Microsoft cuts off Israeli military unit's access to Azure cloud over mass surveillance of Palestinians
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Microsoft has terminated Israeli military Unit 8200's access to its Azure cloud platform after the unit used the technology to operate a mass surveillance system that collected millions of Palestinian civilian phone calls daily in Gaza and the West Bank. The decision came after the Guardian revealed the secret spy project, and Microsoft determined the military unit had violated its terms of service by storing the surveillance data in its cloud infrastructure.
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Microsoft told Israeli officials late last week that Unit 8200, the military's elite spy agency, had violated the company's terms of service by storing the vast trove of surveillance data in its Azure cloud platform
The decision to cut off Unit 8200's ability to use some of its technology results directly from an exclusive Guardian report
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