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0 pointsmpeg7mo ago0 comments

First thing I looked for... this is an absolutely critical vulnerability that if exploited would have completely ruined their business. No bounty!?

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vntok7mo ago

Why would they pay anything? The researchers offered them the vuln analysis for free, unprompted.

If anything, they got paid in exposure.

cube007mo ago

Let's hope the grants keep coming in because those researchers will start getting offers from the darker corners of the web if bounties aren't paid.

vntok7mo ago

It's their choice. If the researchers choose to accept and service criminal offers from darker corners of the web, they should be prosecuted as the criminals they have become.

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0 pointsmpeg7mo ago0 comments

First thing I looked for... this is an absolutely critical vulnerability that if exploited would have completely ruined their business. No bounty!?

0 comments

vntok7mo ago

Why would they pay anything? The researchers offered them the vuln analysis for free, unprompted.

If anything, they got paid in exposure.

cube007mo ago

Let's hope the grants keep coming in because those researchers will start getting offers from the darker corners of the web if bounties aren't paid.

vntok7mo ago

It's their choice. If the researchers choose to accept and service criminal offers from darker corners of the web, they should be prosecuted as the criminals they have become.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse