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Microsoft suspends dev accounts for high-profile open source projects

·Source: BleepingComputer

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Executive Summary

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. [...]

Analysis

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. [...]
Source Attribution

Originally published by BleepingComputer on Apr 9, 2026.

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