The branch will be headed by former FlipKick CEO Nuno Tavares
"We have made the decision to significantly scale down our operations in Russia," a Microsoft spokesperson said.
Lebanon-based POLONIUM group targeted over 20 Israeli companies using Microsoft's OneDrive cloud storage platform.
After two years of the pandemic, 2022 has been a record year in the last decade so far in the arrival of Jewish youth groups from all over the world.
Tech giants' interest in Israel reflects the broader state of the global tech industry.
The reported attacks - some of which have not been previously disclosed - suggest that hacking has played a bigger role in the conflict than what has been publicly known.
WhatsApp head Will Cathcart said the feature would bring together groups, which are capped at 256 users, under bigger umbrellas where administrators could send alerts to a community of thousands.
The tech firm said a group it nicknamed "Strontium" was trying to spy on government bodies and think tanks in the EU and the United States, as well as Ukrainian institutions.
Speakers, including women from Microsoft and Amdocs, discussed how to overcome one of the world’s largest gender wage gaps.
Microsoft said it received a complaint in 2019, while Gates was on the board, that he attempted to start a romantic relationship with an employee in 2000.