> During this time, two hackers contacted Sullivan by email and demanded a six-figure payment in exchange for silence. [...] The criminal complaint alleges that Sullivan took deliberate steps to conceal, deflect, and mislead the Federal Trade Commission about the breach.
Doesn't seem like a bug bounty when you're being demanded to pay something, and when you're later asked about it you conceal, deflect and mislead about it.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/former-chief-security-o...
Doesn't seem like a bug bounty when you're being demanded to pay something, and when you're later asked about it you conceal, deflect and mislead about it.