<i>I told Jay that we couldn&#x27;t allow Wes to set a precedent that anybody can exfiltrate unnecessary amounts of data and call it a part of legitimate bug research, and that I wanted to keep this out of the hands of the lawyers on both sides. I did not threaten legal action against Synack or Wes....</i><p>In case it isn&#x27;t clear, most people will interpret &quot;I want to keep this out of the hands of lawyers&quot; exactly as a threat to start legal action. To be honest I&#x27;m not really sure how else it should be interpreted?