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> 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.

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.



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