Microsoft locked developer Jason Donenfeld out of his Microsoft developer account, preventing WireGuard security updates from being signed and shipped to Windows. A similar lockout hit VeraCrypt developer Mounir Idrassi, with both losing account access without warning, blocking critical security patches to hundreds of thousands of users.
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WireGuard VPN developer can’t ship software updates after Microsoft locks account
Microsoft's account lockouts block WireGuard and VeraCrypt developers from shipping critical security patches, leaving hundreds of thousands of Windows users exposed to unpatched vulnerabilities.
Wednesday, April 8, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: TechCrunchBY sys://pipeline
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