"It was anticipated. Fix set for 2nd fork (as planned):"
that wasnt the plan for the 2nd fork - misinformation.....
https://blog.ethereum.org/2016/10/18/faq-upcoming-ethereum-hard-fork/"second hard fork is expected to address a number of less urgent matters such as removing empty accounts which the attacker used to flood the Ethereum network, and which caused the size of the blockchain to inflate."