While the behavior of Atrient and specifically Jessie Gill is absurd in terms of working with the researchers to address the issues and pay the bounty, I am always skeptical of these captured videos. We don't have any context of what was said before and what the communication between the researchers and Atrient was like other than their accounts. Maybe I am just being cynical, but I've personally had interactions with security researchers who are extremely arrogant and on a vendetta to show how smart they are, and drift from white hat to grey or in some cases black hat territory.
Is there _any_ circumstance under which that's appropriate or even justifiable behaviour for a CxO, no matter what had happened in the preceding few moments? If your CxO isn't capable of maintaining professional behaviour in front of arrogant researchers or blackhats boasting in public, I'd suggest it's well past time to be polishing up your resume and moving on...
I personally (and unfortunately) know Jessie Gill of Atrient. I have to, for work purposes. The way his interactions and comments/quotes were described in that article were exactly things that he would say and do. He's a pretty violent guy actually. And the way he's acting in that video, only saying, "I don't know you" and sitting down, he knows he needs to watch what he says because there are a lot of things that that video could tie to later. Anyway, I wasn't there so I can't be 100% sure of anything, but I have known Jessie for years, hell I've been to his house several times, and the behavior is spot on.
hello! thanks for this comment would you be able to contact me on twitter @me9187 (this account is mentioned in the secjuice article for verification) and tell us a little bit more about your experiences?
Unfortunately I can't risk being caught in Jessie's sights right now. He has a way of twisting things into his favor and always seems to get himself out of trouble by turning it on someone else. I have been following this story though and I may contact you in the future. Thanks, and sorry.
I also know jessie gill personally and he don't deserve to be COO of the copy. I don't have any clue why Atrient CEO Sam don't take of this things well. Moreover he knows what jessie behavior is but he still won't bother to take action against him. And just to add it Jessie is pervert he has sexual harassment case going in case.
