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by kjaftaedi 2171 days ago
This attack could have been used to gain access to any Azure account.

If you knew that Microsoft would pay you a couple thousand for this and the black market would offer hundreds of thousands of dollars. It could influence a decision to not report the vulnerability to the developer.

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I don't see how your explanation shows Microsoft creating the incentive. Your argument seems to amount to "Microsoft is not creating a sufficient disincentive." The problem with creating a sufficient disincentive is that you draw a lot of attention and still run the risk of being outbid when a vulnerability is discovered.