A researcher found critical Windows zero-days.
Reported them to Microsoft.
Microsoft denied the bug bounty.
Deleted their account.
Banned them from GitHub.
Then threatened criminal charges.
The researcher dropped six zero-days in six weeks.
Three got used in real attacks within days.
Other researchers are now handing them free vulnerabilities as a gift.
Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit is considering legal action.
Against the person whose bugs they refused to pay for.
This is Microsoft’s bug bounty program.
NEVER USE GEMINI FOR CODING
NEVER USE GEMINI FOR CODING
NEVER USE GEMINI FOR CODING
NEVER USE GEMINI FOR CODING
NEVER USE GEMINI FOR CODING
NEVER USE GEMINI FOR CODING
NEVER USE GEMINI FOR CODING
“Ex-Microsoft exec says the company blew it with Al, as it did with mobile”
"Not even 3% of paying Copilot users use it even when it's pre-deployed right in their faces”
The Microsoft 3% problem. See Word and Excel features.