Microsoft faces backlash after threatening security researcher with criminal investigation

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Microsoft is under fire for threatening to take legal action and call the cops on security researcher Nightmare Eclipse after they published unpatched bugs in Microsoft products.

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Microsoft faces backlash after a blog post implied criminal referral and legal action against security researcher Nightmare Eclipse over public bug disclosures

5/30/2026, 11:00:54 AM

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