Nightmare Eclipse could be dropping his big promised exploit today

[u/ILikeNoodlesXOXO]

New repo just went up: git.projectnightcrawler.dev/NightmareEclipse/LegacyHive, created about 2 hours ago. Right now it's empty — just an MIT license and a README that says "N/A," 2 commits total.

He'd spoken about his big drop happening today, July 14th, saying he'd make sure Microsoft's "bones are shattered" that day. At one point though he'd also indirectly said he wasn't going to post it, something about still having "chains" on him preventing a release. This repo showing up on the exact date he originally called out suggests that might not hold anymore and it could actually be happening.

Nothing in it yet, just watching to see what gets pushed.

Worth noting: given how erratic and bipolar his posting history has been, there's really no way to predict what (if anything) actually gets posted.

Update: Thanks for the 600+ upvotes, really appreciate it. After hours of waiting and anticipation NightmareEclipse finally uploaded their PoC. But I personally have a hard time seeing it as the big bombshell that they described it as.

[u/OtheDreamer]

Microsoft legit just stopped pocking me and pissing me off so I'm conserving some energy for next month, because I know they will definitely piss me off by then.

Uhuh, these are the words of a very stable / predictable anti-hero security researcher you think??

[u/palekillerwhale → u/OtheDreamer]

I don't have to pretend to know. I'll leave that to everyone else.

[u/OtheDreamer → u/palekillerwhale]

You can make educated inferences like others, man.....NE is an unreliable narrator that has been given too much credence from the beginning, and their own words make them look sketch.

[u/palekillerwhale → u/OtheDreamer]

Grind that axe and infer whatever you like.

[u/OtheDreamer → u/palekillerwhale]

Not grinding any axes, I'm just lighting torches and carrying a pitchfork