{"id":2963,"date":"2026-05-30T19:19:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T15:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/microsoft-is-threatening-legal-action-for-disclosing-exploits\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T19:19:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T15:19:50","slug":"microsoft-is-threatening-legal-action-for-disclosing-exploits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/microsoft-is-threatening-legal-action-for-disclosing-exploits\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft is threatening legal action for disclosing exploits"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Microsoft logo on black and blue background.\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: The Verge\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/STK095_Microsoft_04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Microsoft is facing criticism for its handling of zero-day exploits. Someone going by the name Nightmare Eclipse has been publicly feuding with the company, posting proof-of-concept exploit code. Some of their posts suggest that they&rsquo;re a disgruntled former employee. But what caught cyber security researcher <a href=\"https:\/\/doublepulsar.com\/microsofts-stance-on-zero-day-exploits-is-a-dumpster-fire-of-their-own-making-0946117940a4?postPublishedType=repub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kevin Beaumont&rsquo;s<\/a> eye was how Microsoft has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/msrc\/blog\/2026\/05\/a-shared-responsibility-protecting-customers-through-coordinated-vulnerability-disclosure?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">responded<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Microsoft suggests it plans to bring a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/news\/microsoft-threatens-researcher-over-bug-reports-triggers-cybersecurity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">criminal case<\/a> against Nightmare Eclipse for failing to follow \u00ab\u00a0proper coordination\u00a0\u00bb in disclosing vulnerabilities. They also disabled Nightmare Eclipse&rsquo;s GitHub, GitLab, and Microsoft Security Response Center <a href=\"https:\/\/thehackernews.com\/2026\/05\/microsoft-slams-public-zero-day.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accounts disabled<\/a>. As Beaumont point \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/940416\/microsoft-nightmare-eclipse-zero-day-vulnerability\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft is facing criticism for its handling of zero-day exploits. 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