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Stop over-engineering shit, just do everything client-side like McDonald's: https://bobdahacker.com/blog/mcdonalds-security-vulnerabilities
Good old shooting the messenger.
I mean, they were an employee who was exploring security vulnerabilities with a non-employee who has a blog. I would have fired them too.
It is indeed a very risky move without a lot to gain for him personally. But I could guess McDonald's would have forced him to ignore it and shut up about it if he disclosed this to the higher ups himself, in which case I would have gladly left myself instead.