Email: 16,000 Databases Exposed 🔓, Office Update Backfires 💥, Claude Opens Shop 🛍️

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16,000 Databases Exposed 🔓, Office Update Backfires 💥, Claude Opens Shop 🛍️
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                                    UpGuard identified more than 16,000 Supabase databases exposing readable tables. Analysis of their schemas indicated that more than half could expose personal information, with smaller subsets potentially exposing passwords or authentication tokens. The issue is misconfigured access controls rather than a newly discovered platform vulnerability, reinforcing the need for database authorization, exposure testing, and clear ownership of internally built tools.
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                                    Microsoft has paused optional update KB5002907 after reports that it left some Office 2016 and 2019 installations unlicensed or, rarely, removed. Its recovery guidance is to reactivate or reinstall the affected product. Importantly, the update makes no changes where Microsoft 365 Apps updates are managed through Group Policy or Cloud Update. Support teams should check update history before treating unexpected licensing tickets as subscription or account problems.
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                                        &lt;strong&gt;The SaaSpocalypse that wasn't, with Atlassian CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes (40 minute read)&lt;/strong&gt;
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                                    In this Decoder interview, Mike Cannon-Brookes explains why Atlassian combined internal IT and AI enablement under its people leadership: employee adoption and changes to business systems are tightly connected. He also argues that AI will change SaaS workflows without eliminating the need for structured systems and human judgment. For CIOs, the interesting question is who owns the combined work of employee enablement, system integration, and AI cost management, rather than treating each as a separate rollout.
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                                        &lt;strong&gt;Anthropic turns Claude into an AI marketplace with 2,000+ plugins and connectors (3 minute read)&lt;/strong&gt;
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                                    Anthropic's marketplace brings together more than 2,000 plugins and connectors, partner-built agents, and services, with eligible partner software purchasable using a portion of committed Anthropic spending. For an internal AI platform team, the significant change is the growing catalog of connections between assistants and business systems, along with another procurement channel to manage. Marketplace availability should not replace reviewing permissions, data access, integration ownership, and how access will be removed when someone leaves.
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                                        &lt;strong&gt;Workday Launches Total Benefits, Bringing Health, Wealth, and Wellbeing Support Together in One Place (5 minute read)&lt;/strong&gt;
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                                        &lt;strong&gt;Microsoft adds pay-as-you-go pricing for extra OneDrive storage (2 minute read)&lt;/strong&gt;
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                                        &lt;strong&gt;New Google Meet 'Take notes for me' settings for admins and end users take effect September 29th (3 minute read)&lt;/strong&gt;
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