I can't think of any other action that would make sense. They sat on, and used, an exploit for years. When they lost control of it, they made sure it disappear

I can't think of any other action that would make sense. They sat on, and used, an exploit for years. When they lost control of it, they made sure it disappeared. No it doesn't make it OK? They have more exploits no doubt, so I guess we'll see the same thing happen again at some stage.