Wed Mar 17 2021: Lawmakers sound like customers, SMS hackers, and data and analytics go mainstream

Three things to know today

• When lawmakers… sound like customers.

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/weekly-cybersecurity/2021/03/15/capitol-hill-angry-over-microsofts-security-upcharge-793983

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cyber-microsoft-exclusive-idUSKBN2B713L

https://www.crn.com/news/security/crowdstrike-ceo-we-re-seeing-a-crisis-of-trust-within-the-microsoft-customer-base-?itc=refresh

• How easy it is to hack SMS

https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3g8wb/hacker-got-my-texts-16-dollars-sakari-netnumber

AND

• Data and analytics go mainstream

https://www.ciodive.com/news/data-and-analytics-gartner-trends-2021/596829/

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