Congratulations to all the researchers recognized in this quarter’s Microsoft Researcher Recognition Program leaderboard! Thank you to everyone for your hard work and continued partnership to secure customers.

The top three researchers of the 2023 Q1 Security Researcher Leaderboard are: Kai Lu (@K3vinLuSec), Yuki Chen, and wh1tc & Edwardzpeng! Check out the full list of researchers recognized this quarter here.  

Congratulations to the top Azure researchers this quarter: Terry Zhang @ping0s, goodbyeselene, and HAO LI!

Congratulations to the top Office researchers this quarter: Kai Lu (@K3vinLuSec), Jordan Hopkins, and ramzes!

Congratulations to the top Windows researchers this quarter: wh1tc & Edwardzpeng, Jarvis_1oop, and Yuki Chen!

This 2023 Q1 leaderboard reflects point values for cases that are:

• Submitted and assessed by the MSRC team between January 1, 2023, and March 31, 2023

• Submitted October 1, 2022, and December 31, 2022 (last program period), but assessed after January 1, 2023

Past MSRC Quarterly Leaderboards:

• 2023-01: MSRC 2022 Q4 Security Researcher Leaderboard

• 2022-10: MSRC 2022 Q3 Security Researcher Leaderboard

• 2022-07: MSRC 2022 Q2 Security Researcher Leaderboard

• 2022-04: MSRC 2022 Q1 Security Researcher Leaderboard

• 2022-02: MSRC 2021 Q4 Security Researcher Leaderboard

• 2021-10: MSRC 2021 Q3 Security Researcher Leaderboard

Keep up the awesome work and we look forward to seeing you next quarter!

cheers, Madeline Eckert, Senior Program Manager