By submitting this information to BT, he indeed closed a access point to all this data, thus reducing the likelyhood of it being badly used. Isn't this exactly

By submitting this information to BT, he indeed closed a access point to all this data, thus reducing the likelyhood of it being badly used. Isn't this exactly why bounties were created? Because its better to give a few bucks and increase the system's security than to have it compromised for worse costs.