After describing Microsoft's cloud security as "a pile of shit", the US government approved it for federal use.
https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-cloud-fedramp-cybersecurity-government
Microsoft used its weight and political connections to overrule expert findings that its systems could not be accepted as fit for purpose.
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