Thu Mar 25 2021: Slack backs off, return to the office data, and a hacker goes to prison

Three things to know today

• Slack Connect stumbles out and back in

https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/24/22348743/slack-connect-dm-abuse-harassment-disable-message-invite-response?mc_cid=4922be2694&mc_eid=70cbbe1cdc

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-login-37d6872e-712d-4e83-bdd9-096a7765f554.html?chunk=2&utm_term=emshare#story2

• Why the return to the office matters

https://protocol.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6e257ecc70e801f57e3e6a9cd&id=2a2e88dd35&e=4c3f42bb43

https://www.vox.com/recode/22331447/10-ways-office-work-pandemic-future-remote-work

https://www.itnews.com.au/news/atlassian-has-one-quarter-of-workforce-that-have-never-been-in-its-offices-562535

AND

• A hacker gets their sentence.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/resentful-employee-deletes-1-200-microsoft-office-365-accounts-gets-prison/

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