Microsoft wins "lamest vendor response" award at this year's Pwnie Awards, for publishing a blog post earlier this year threatening security researchers with legal action if they published zero-days.
Also: Meta wins "epic fail" award after its Meta AI hijack bug.
By me: https://this.weekinsecurity.com/microsoft-wins-lamest-vendor-at-pwnie-awards-2026-for-threatening-security-researchers-with-legal-action/
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