Person 1 finds an exploit the old fashioned way. Keeps it secret because they’re doing some PS5 Linux work and want to keep it unpatched until GTA6 releases in 2 weeks. I don’t have a PS5 but I assume new games might require a firmware update to play?

Person 2 uses an LLM and finds the same exploit.

Person 1 asks Person 2 not to report it and collect the bounty until GTA6 is released. Person 2 agrees.

Person 3 also finds the same exploit independently.

Person 2 discovers that Person 3 has found the exploit. Person 2 decides the cat is out of the bag and submits it to Sony while they still have a chance.

Now the community is angry that Person 2 didn’t sacrifice the bounty. PS5 Linux effort seemingly falls apart in response? Departing developer directs community to be angry at Person 2, who is taking time away to be with their critically ill mother.

Honestly I can’t blame Person 2. They earned the bounty and played by the rules of the bounty program. The PS5 Linux dev who abandoned the project and started deleting things is entitled to do so, but blaming Person 2 for the crash out is too much.

GTA6 is still 8 weeks away.

> earned the bounty

Yeah, nothing like the hard work of typing "look at this binary and find a bug" The sweat, the tears it must have taken!