This just leaps off the page...

...well, the screen at any rate. Saw this on the Sunbelt Blog. 180 Solutions found and shut down the rogue affiliate who was the subject of Ben Edelman's latest writeup. Notable quotable:

Despite an unprecedented effort by some industry critics to keep secret the critical information that would have led to a quicker shutdown of the fraudulent behavior, the company, through its own policing mechanisms, was able to track down the nefarious actor responsible and shut him down.

Well, apart from the fact that the press release wisely neglects to say why this information was witheld, it also begs the question:

Why the Hell have 180 always demanded this info from the security researchers, when they can (clearly) do this themselves?

And, more importantly - the question remains:

If Ben Edelman had not found that site, and had not written about the install, thus not notifying 180 of this taking place....would this rogue install still be going on at this moment? I guess this can be answered by taking into account the probable number of rogue elements still active - expect them to be shut down after they've been discovered by a security researcher, too.

Saucer of milk, table 3, please.