Microsoft Suspends Accounts of Major Open-Source Project Developers

·2026.04.12 07:32

Key point

Microsoft suspended accounts of major open-source developers without prior notice.

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Microsoft suspended without prior notice the developer accounts of major open-source projects including WireGuard, VeraCrypt, MemTest86, and Windscribe VPN.

The suspended accounts were Windows Hardware Program partner accounts, and following this action, Windows builds and security patch distribution are reported to have been halted.

The key impacts are as follows.

The distribution, signing, and patching flow for major projects has been cut off
Procedures for developer account recovery and resumption are not immediately visible
The open-source projects' dependence on the Windows ecosystem has been exposed

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