The project's security sucked across the board. They didn't care or know how to do it. One hacker here even appeared to hack them in mid-discussion and post dat

The project's security sucked across the board. They didn't care or know how to do it. One hacker here even appeared to hack them in mid-discussion and post database credentials that showed they were using defaults. They then implemented a mitigation after bad press and soul searching. The thing I'm doing isn't smearing the project: it's letting people know not to trust its security without 3rd party verification (esp pen tests). That's because (a) it's a sane default for any project and (b) this one failed hard on the basics at least once. So, I advise caution until I see a 3rd party evaluation showing their security is good now. You apparently followed them carefully. Did any security professionals look at their site/db/whatever after the fixes and give independent confirmation? That's all I'd need to stop reminding people of this.