So what's the lesson here? Never report a critical security problem and hope a nefarious person or group doesn't find it later? I realize this guy is just at i

So what's the lesson here? Never report a critical security problem and hope a nefarious person or group doesn't find it later? I realize this guy is just at it for political reasons.. but I don't think it can be overstated how much of a negative all of this is on society. Even if this reporter never gets convicted of anything it could leave trauma that will make others second guess 'doing the right thing'.