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Microsoft suspends dev accounts for high-profile open source projects

"Microsoft has suspended developer accounts used to maintain multiple high-profile open-source projects without proper notification and no way to quickly reinstate them, effectively blocking them from publishing new software builds and security patches for Windows users..."
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-suspends-dev-accounts-for-high-profile-open-source-projects/

Microsoft suspends dev accounts for high-profile open source projects

Microsoft has suspended developer accounts used to maintain multiple high-profile open-source projects without proper notification and no way to quickly reinstate them, effectively blocking them from publishing new software builds and security patches for Windows users.

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Manuel 'HonkHase' Atug 21h ago

"The list of affected projects includes, but is not limited to, Virtual Private Network (VPN) software WireGuard, on-the-fly encryption (OTFE) utility VeraCrypt, the MemTest86 Random Access Memory (RAM) testing and diagnosis tool, and the Windscribe VPN software.

"Microsoft terminated the account I have used for years to sign Windows drivers and the bootloader. [..] Microsoft did not send me any emails or prior warnings..."

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vampirdaddy

@HonkHase
Competitors to MS Bitlocker or MS Entra Application Proxy.

+ifdef sarcasm
Unfortunate coincident, of course. No monopoly bullying, we always play fair. The computer decided, we cannot do anything about that. Sorry, goodbye.
+endif