More likely MS was well aware of what was going on and didn't care until the Guardian forced their hand.

> The disclosures caused alarm among senior Microsoft executives, sparking concerns that some of its Israel-based employees may not have been fully transparent about their knowledge of how Unit 8200 used Azure when questioned as part of the review.

Highly likely, or at least a bit naive -- Completely reasonable to have local staff for a contract this big, but Microsoft should have independently 'double-checked' sooner

The head of that Israeli unit met directly with the CEO of MS. I don't buy a second the execs at MS didn't know what was going on. Blaming the local contractors is just MS throwing people under the bus.

I've worked for big corporations for nearly 20 years, I've seen this more times then I can count. Higher ups always happy to turn a blind eye to a bad situation as long as it's making the company money, and then immediately throwing subordinates under the bus when it bites them in the ass.

If they weren’t intended to be thrown under the bus, they’d be called… superordinates? I guess?

And if they all just took the bus together they'd be coordinates?

Not to sound too much like a reddit comment... but God damnit take my upvote.

A tale as old as time.

‘I’m shocked! shocked! that there is gambling in this establishment! This is unacceptable!’

‘Your winnings sir’