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GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE, AUG 6 – Unit 8200 uses Microsoft Azure to store over 11,500 terabytes of intercepted Palestinian calls, supporting military operations including lethal airstrikes and arrests, sources say.
- Unit 8200 reportedly stored Palestinian calls on Microsoft’s Azure in 2024, revealed by a joint investigation by The Guardian, +972 Magazine and Local Call.
- After finding its servers inadequate, Yossi Sariel met Satya Nadella in late 2021 at Microsoft’s Seattle headquarters to support cloud migration of sensitive workloads.
- By July of this year, Azure servers in the Netherlands stored nearly unlimited data for Unit 8200, with calls generally kept for about one month but extendable.
- Sources said the Azure-based repository was used by Unit 8200 for operations, but an internal review concluded no evidence showed Azure or its AI tools caused harm.
- Amid rising scrutiny, Microsoft faces mounting pressure from employees and shareholders over its Gaza war role, prompting calls for stricter limits on cloud technology in armed conflicts.
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Israel Using Cloud Platform to Surveil Palestinians
Israeli military intelligence has reportedly been using Microsoft's Azure cloud platform to run a wide-ranging surveillance program of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank that has helped shape military operations.
·Washington, United States
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The Israeli army, with Microsoft's collaboration, launched an ambitious project to store millions of intercepted phone calls to Palestinians on the company's servers in Europe
·Spain
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Leaning Left6Leaning Right7Center1Last UpdatedBias Distribution50% Right
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