Zeroing out home, the boot sector, and everything else would cause no harm by the same ethics logic that a DDOS causes not harm. It is just information. This se

Zeroing out home, the boot sector, and everything else would cause no harm by the same ethics logic that a DDOS causes not harm. It is just information. This seems like the poster is a hero, because he prevented wrongdoers from causing harm to potentially innocent people. There's not an ethical way to execute a DDOS. It targets someone, and the botnet is compromising and stealing compute from someone. It taught them a valuable life lesson about trust and humility, and maybe even ethics and the risks of criminal activity in very mild fashion. Recovering from being hacked might stir feelings of empathy for their victims and lead them to learn valuable forensics skills. Stories like this are part of the personal evolution of a lot of white hats. I think aaza did a real service to the world.