CryptoNick is a scam artist! He probably was told about the exploit from some of the people in his group who are known for scamming the system/people and he decided to try to exploit it.
People seem to forget quickly that CryptoNick heavily promoted EcoinPlus and was paid 5 BTC for doing so. He deposited 4 BTC on camera into ecoinplus as a promo video to get people to sign up under his referral, and ecoinplus paid him another BTC for doing the video. After getting over 75 people in his downline
he pulled all the videos as issues started arising and cut off contact with all who used his referal... essentially burying his involvement into the ground.

PonziNick or AffiliateNick should be what his handle is, not CryptoNick.