Summary: Kate used one of SciresM's bugs to demo a fault in the Pixel C, reporting it straight up with no bug bounty involved. The bug she used, she had already theorized about before SciresM discovered it, so he can't take all the credit.
She apologized to SciresM in a DM, but he ignored her and decided to issue the ban and the public announcement. He encouraged people in a slightly more out-of-sight announcement not to harass her. From what I can surmise, these issues could've been worked out between Kate and
SciresM in DMs, but he refused to take that direction, and instead of issuing an apology for a rash action, SciresM doubled down. This, in itself is not unforgivable. People on the internet make decisions and fuck up. What's really upsetting to me is what came after.
The ReSwitched Discord has become a fucking battleground between mods (ie. stuckpixel and a few others) and literal confused people, as well as people who disagree with both the ban and their moderation decisions. ALL channels got locked following the announcement and confusion,
and were not unlocked until a warning was given: Talk about drama; get banned. Zero Tolerance. Question a mute, kick, or ban of a user who just said something about ktemkin, one of the most known and discussed members of RS? You're banned as well. After every ban, a new wave of channel locks and warnings. It's worse to talk about this censorship/drama than it is to talk about Team Xecuter (which is a bannable rule as well btw).
Qyriad summed it up pretty damn well in a post that was promptly deleted by mods, and was then kicked from the discord. This post has been copy-pasted by some users, who were henceforth muted or banned for it. Here's a screenshot I got right before someone was muted:
(This^ was in #off-topic, a channel locked to all members except people vetted by mods after a long period. However, users outside the channel can still add reactions, hence the reactions.)
Suffice to say, RS mods are at maximum toxicity, and will tolerate no discussion, provide no answers, and will ban on sight for even the slightest thing.