Total idiots do this and one would have to suspect that they might have had something to do with the demise of the old site.
Maybe if they were 14 years old you might eventually forgive 'em but I bet they are a lot older than that.

Nothing short of a public flogging is fit for that kind of treason. Bastards stuff peoples lives for fun. I hope the archives are brought back to life despite these creeps, but if they are caught, they should be made to pay for the trouble.