The article says the e-mail was confirmed, but by wrong person: > the person that actually owned the jon.smith@email.com was a kid that was curious and clicked

The article says the e-mail was confirmed, but by wrong person: > the person that actually owned the jon.smith@email.com was a kid that was curious and clicked the email from TheService asking him to verify his email address. Unfortunately, most comments to this article miss this point and argue about unconfirmed addresses instead.