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Nightmare Eclipse incident shows the researcher-vendor fights may never fully go away
Microsoft threatened criminal legal action against security researcher 'Nightmare Eclipse' for publicly disclosing zero-day vulnerabilities without prior coordination. The researcher claimed Microsoft refused to communicate, deleted their security response account, and flagged their GitHub account, escalating a public dispute over vulnerability disclosure practices.
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