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#10 The Hacker News general May 28, 2026 at 13:53 UTC

Microsoft Slams Public Zero-Day Disclosures Amid GitHub Researcher Account Removal

By [email protected] (The Hacker News)

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Microsoft publicly condemned uncoordinated zero-day disclosures and removed GitHub accounts belonging to researcher Chaotic Eclipse (aka Nightmare-Eclipse), who published multiple Windows zero-days with working proof-of-concept code and threatened to release more. The dispute reignites the industry debate over responsible disclosure timelines, with the researcher arguing Microsoft's patch cadence leaves users exposed for too long.

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