I've got to admit to finding a few of the things they do a little amusing in a somewhat childish manner, but this sort of thing ruins what little (debatable) go

I've got to admit to finding a few of the things they do a little amusing in a somewhat childish manner, but this sort of thing ruins what little (debatable) good comes from their politics. If they are going to keep on hitting targets like this just because they can then, they could at least release only the email addresses and not the passwords, which will illustrate the point and allow affected users a chance to know they are at risk from the sites policies whilst reducing the immediate risk to their data. Obviously what the could actually do is just release nothing and work with administrators to correct the errors, but then they wouldn't be garnering the publicity they so obviously crave.