Microsoft-Funded Lawsuits Against Critics of UEFI 'Secure Boot'

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 09, 2025,
updated Sep 09, 2025

Two more days (ET) till "UEFI 9/11"^*

One day I plan to publish a very detailed timeline of the abuse I've received for criticising UEFI 'secure boot' (now isn't the best time because I submitted the matter to the Court, so we'll wait for the case to finish [1, 2]). In a couple of days from now (it's now 9/9/2025 in the US eastern coast) we'll gradually see reports of people who cannot access their GNU/Linux systems, basically obstructed by Microsoft through an expired certificate (an artificial barrier).

Last year we published "Comparing U.E.F.I. to B.I.O.S. (Bloat and Insecurity to K.I.S.S.)". One month later we got SLAPPed and 6 months later Microsoft money emerged in the SLAPP - not something that the law firm ever denied (instead it resorted to name-calling) and now it's confirmed by the perpetrators [1, 2] that a third party is paying the law firm to attack my wife and I.

If this sounds like a terrible tactic that is assured to backfire, then we cannot disagree. Over time the backfiring will become more apparent, especially once the case is closed. In light of recent developments the matter was again escalated in the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). That was yesterday afternoon. It's possible that a law firm will be struck off or made insolvent, for reasons we'll explain in the future. Remember that no company (or law firm) ever survives collaborations with Microsoft. █

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^* Literally 9/11/2025.

Series index:

1. The UEFI 9/11 - Part I - Introduction to Impending Catastrophe (Microsoft Preventing People From Booting Non-Windows Systems)
2. The UEFI 9/11 - Part II - Campaign of Censorship and Defamation Against Critics
3. The UEFI 9/11 - Part III - Chaos is Scheduled to Happen Second Thursday of September (No Matter What the Microsofters Tell You)
4. The UEFI 9/11 - Part IV - External Interference
5. The UEFI 9/11 - Part V - This is Not a Drill (Disable "SecureBoot" Now)
6. The UEFI 9/11 - Part VI - This Serious Harm Was Planned for Over a Decade, Not an Accident or Merely Some Misfortune
7. The UEFI 9/11 - Part VII - This Coming Week Many PCs Will Refuse to Boot "Linux" (Because of Microsoft's Expired Certificate)
8. The UEFI 9/11 - Part VIII - Denial of Service and Selling Us WSL (Windows) Instead of "Risky" (Prone by Breakage by Microsoft) GNU/Linux
9. The UEFI 9/11 - Part IX - Shunning Old Computers (in 2023 the Certificate Was Updated/Overridden, Underlying Aim May Be Herding/Forcing People to Get TPM and Other 'Novel' Restrictions)