[fulldecent]

You have reached zugzwang in game theory parlance.

The correct solution before this was to make an announcement:

"Here is the announcement I have made disclosing the problem. It is in both our best interest that it get fixed before publication. I have irrevocably given it to a blind drop that will publish it on DATE. And I believe that is a reasonable DATE that you could fix the problem. Let's work together to fix the problem."

What do you think about this type of approach? There is probably a name for it in Art of the Deal. (Whatever you think of the man, the book is worth reading.)

[jupenur]

The thing about setting deadlines like that (blind drop or not) is that it's very easy to look at it as some form of extortion. "This guy has cyberweapons, and unless we do what he tells us, he's going to release them on DATE. Better call the lawyers."