First of all, we're still very thankful for pointing this issue out. The credentials you found were real threat. I agree when you write it was easy to exploit.
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When we created the terms and conditions, we tried hard to add every web app which we have impact on, and where a reported issue is a value for us. At that time we weren't thinking of leaked password or such. In the past we turned down the bounty request of people finding issues in out-of-scope services. We had a lot internal discussions about your request: if we were about to pay, we couldn't justify our out-of-scope decisions for anyone else.
It seems reasonable from that email to assume they were discussing this incident seriously and thinking about how this would affect future bug bounties. I am willing to give them the benefit of the doubt unless you have a strong reason otherwise. When the matter was private between them and Shubham they issued a private apology and explanation. Now that Shubham has made the issue public they have issued a public apology and explanation. This is an appropriate response, not just a PR move.