Normally I'd be inclined to agree with you on this, your bottom-line software engineers shouldn't be outed and publicly shamed. In this case, however, the CTO,

Normally I'd be inclined to agree with you on this, your bottom-line software engineers shouldn't be outed and publicly shamed. In this case, however, the CTO, a person at the top of the org chart, must be cognizant of these sorts of vulnerabilities especially at a company with a growing userbase and a target on its back (mind you I don't support Gab or anything they stand for, it's just the reality of things). More importantly, you have the CEO actually, really trying to scapegoat the incident on 'mentally ill <t-slur> demon hackers' when its their own incompetence in the top ranks to blame. It's an exception to the rule.