[backdraw_]

> Even if it fails, a broken server that used to process credit cards is better than a vulnerable one, right?

"I saw that you dropped your wallet on the floor, so I threw it into the river so nobody could steal your credit cards."

[andrewflnr]

If returning the wallet (securing the server) is out of the question, throwing my wallet in the river could easily be preferable to leaving it loose. Of course if someone told me that in meatspace I wouldn't believe them... hm.

[backdraw_]

You should only intentionally kill their server if you're willing to compensate them for the revenue they lost while they try to figure out what the hell happened.

An alternate analogy would be something like: "I saw you forgot to install a lock on door, so I superglued it shut."