Whenever I read news like these, I just think that this is such a waste of talent (assuming Twitter's security isn't analogous to Swiss cheese). This kid could

Whenever I read news like these, I just think that this is such a waste of talent (assuming Twitter's security isn't analogous to Swiss cheese). This kid could have gone into ethical hacking and general security. Now not only he's getting thrown in prison (over something he probably wasn't even convinced he could do, if the subpart attempt at capitalizing on it is any indication) for years, he's lost any potential career on the field.