Before, one collaborator had them in a chat sneering about chattr, checking their Javascript, then getting a GUI pwn tool for firebase.
i.e targeted attack with malice, followed up a blog post wildly exaggerating what happened, with a disclosure policy of 'we emailed them once and they fixed and didn't email us back so we'll just publish'
Only spelling this out because it's important to point out the significant gaps between white hat culture and these actions, not only for the authors, but for people who are inspired and want to practice it