“Only after 404 Media contacted Microsoft for comment did the company say it would patch the issue in an upcoming update.”
Send a link over the Skype mobile app and the target leaks their IP address the moment they open the message, no click required. The researcher reported it and Microsoft said it needed no immediate servicing. Activists and journalists are exactly the people who can’t afford to have their location revealed. Microsoft’s security queue moves at the speed of press inquiries.