Due to a lot of cyberattacks that took place in 2014, the search engine giant Google came up with Project Zero, specifically made to track system software vulnerabilities, and hired a team of best security researchers to make the world of internet a safer place from bugs such Heartbleed, Techradar reported.
Google has tracked that there's system vulnerability in Microsoft's Windows 8.1 and was able to give a 90 day timeframe to fix it, though, it is said that Microsoft neglected to fix the hole and release a patch.
According to Maximum PC, after Google researcher found out that there is a security exploit in its rival's Windows 8.1 that may allow low-level users to have an administrator access, the team coordinated with Microsoft and is given a 90 day window to create a patch but Microsoft never came out with one even after the deadline. This prompt the search giant to disclose the information over the internet, which created backlash questioning if they really did the right thing.
Some say that this move by Google is "incredibly irresponsible." This may not do any good, as cited by some feedback online, because exposing it to public may lead to huge consequences, in which, many people may be harmed.
Google commented, as cited by SMN Weekly, and said that they are giving 90 days deadline, as a part of their policy, for companies to remedy any vulnerability before revealing it to public and Microsoft will not get any special treatment just because they are a huge software company.