I think the only reason CERN was involved at all is because the student used an illegal version of the software to access their system. By going to CERN, they

I think the only reason CERN was involved at all is because the student used an illegal version of the software to access their system. By going to CERN, they were able to track down the culprit, and that was the student, who essentially was the one who got hit with the bill.