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Microsoft under fire for threatening security researcher with criminal investigation | TechCrunch

  • Lorenzo Franceschi-bicchierai--TechCrunch
  • published date: 2026-05-29 17:07:42 UTC

A public spat between Microsoft and an independent security researcher reopens a long-running debate over who is responsible for securing software.

After a security researcher published a series of unpatched bugs in Microsoft products, along with code to exploit them, the company is now threatening to take legal action and call the cops on them.… [+4913 chars]