Sit-in protest over Israeli cloud contrast leads firing of 28 Google workers

Headline

Google fired 28 employees due to this week’s sit-in protests at two of its offices according to the Verge. The dismissed workers had participated in demonstrations against Google’s participation in Project Nimbus, an Israeli government cloud contract worth $1.2 billion that also…

Context

Google fired 28 employees due to this week’s sit-in protests at two of its offices according to the Verge. The dismissed workers had participated in demonstrations against Google’s participation in Project Nimbus , an Israeli government cloud contract worth $1.2 billion that also involves Amazon. Google halted the employees’ access to our systems and placed them under investigation. Law enforcement removed those who would not leave our offices and placed them under arrest.

Evidence

Pending intelligence enrichment.

Analysis

Google fired the twenty-eight employees who were found to be involved today after conducting an investigation. The company will keep looking into the matter and take further action as necessary. Google’s head of global security, Chris Rackow, issued a warning, saying that if additional action was required, the company would take it: “The overwhelming majority of our employees do the right thing. If you’re one of the few who are tempted to think we’re going to overlook conduct that violates our policies, think again. The company takes this extremely seriously, and we will continue to apply our longstanding policies to take action against disruptive behaviour — up to and including termination.” Also read: How to design a secure network infrastructure? Also read: Google Pixel 9 could gain satellite SOS feature

Key Points

The Project Nimbus, an Israeli government cloud contract has resulted in Google’s employees’ sit-in protests.
Google has fired 28 employees and sent a demo to all workers in Google.
The demo warns all employees who want to participate in protesting Google’s participation in the contract. They will continue to take measures.