Two open source security product developers (for Wireguard and Veracrypt) had their Microsoft accounts suspended and cannot update the clients on that OS (I believe they both need drivers which must be signed).
This does not seem random.
https://www.404media.co/microsoft-abruptly-terminates-veracrypt-account-halting-windows-updates/
Doug Binks
npub1th…5wmja
2026-04-08 14:22:12 UTC
Author Public Key
npub1th46rew0fz9nwjq7l2esvp7xd0zkmmz8kg9xgrp03kwsm9lx8a0qj5wmjaSeen on
wss://relay.ditto.pubPublished at
2026-04-08 14:22:12 UTCEvent JSON
{
"id": "39c9569ec0af8ae3c793997951a1499e933ca0cc0124a19f5a6932ae7055cbc6",
"pubkey": "5deba1e5cf488b37481efab30607c66bc56dec47b20a640c2f8d9d0d97e63f5e",
"created_at": 1775658132,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"proxy",
"https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/dougbinks/statuses/116369531401280244",
"activitypub"
],
[
"client",
"Mostr",
"31990:6be38f8c63df7dbf84db7ec4a6e6fbbd8d19dca3b980efad18585c46f04b26f9:mostr",
"wss://relay.ditto.pub"
]
],
"content": "Two open source security product developers (for Wireguard and Veracrypt) had their Microsoft accounts suspended and cannot update the clients on that OS (I believe they both need drivers which must be signed).\n\nThis does not seem random. \n\nhttps://www.404media.co/microsoft-abruptly-terminates-veracrypt-account-halting-windows-updates/",
"sig": "1561af1eee1be9444922ab610da136b0db74d15dea09551a8412275ffd9fccdc5c60e19a660c4878294277512c6e4985337a0b58ff1912dbb336692708debff8"
}