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So it seems the real bug here is that a site that is hosting malware is doing so because its actually vulnerable to being hacked, was hacked, and malware was installed. So posting the site name identifies a vulnerable site (which is wrong) and stops informing people that those sites have malware on them (which is an issue as well).

That is quite the catch 22. And of course many of the sites owners are clueless and don't even know how to patch or fix their systems.

My isn't that that a mess?




It's not wrong to expose negligence which endangers others.




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