"I don't know what Google's agenda is, but my agenda is getting credit for my work and getting vulnerabilities documented," countered Ormandy, who in a , accused Adobe of trying to " bury the results" because his tally of 400 was "embarrassingly high." He also promised to issue his own advisory later on Tuesday.

Others chimed in as well with their own observations.

"Google's laissez-faire mentality with regard to @taviso's personal research leads to some hilarious situations. It is fun to watch," said Aaron Portnoy, manager of TippingPoint security research team, in a of his own.

TippingPoint is the largest independent bug broker that pays bounties to researchers who report vulnerabilities.

As Portnoy hinted, Ormandy is no stranger to controversy.