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Microsoft's GitHub bans security researcher who posted zero-day Windows exploits because company 'ruined their life' — expert claims action is vindictive and promises further retaliation

Latest from Tom's Hardware ·Bruno Ferreira·3 days ago
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(Image credit: Getty Images) There's been some drama unfolding lately in the Windows security world, and today's episode comes from yet another apparent run-in of researcher Nightmare-Eclipse (aka Chaotic Eclipse) against Microsoft . The company saw fit to ban Eclipse's GitHub account for as-of-yet unspecified reasons, forcing them to pack up and move shop to GitLab instead . Additionally, the Redmond firm had allegedly already deleted the Microsoft account Eclipse used for reporting the bugs. In a blog post , Eclipse claims this action was vindictive, stating once again that Microsoft refused communication attempts and that they "got zero pennies from doing so", a likely allusion to unpaid bug bounties from the MSRC program. The initiative pays out up to $30,000 to $100,000 for per end-point zero-day depending on conditions, and a cool $250,000 if you can crack open Hyper-V.…

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