It can get pretty messy. For example, they could wait until they're 21 to try them as an adult, even if it was committed at 17 or younger [0 p. 128]: > a perso

It can get pretty messy. For example, they could wait until they're 21 to try them as an adult, even if it was committed at 17 or younger [0 p. 128]: > a person who committed the offense before his eighteenth birthday, but is over twenty-one on the date formal charges are filed, may be prosecuted as an adult.... This is true even where the government could have charged the juvenile prior to his twenty-first birthday, but did not. However, the statute of limitations for CFAA violations is 2 years [1 p. 2] so this might not apply. If somehow they can still go after him at 21, this post could play a part in evidence for performing the hack (I truly hope not). 0: https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/criminal-ccips/legacy/2015/01/14/ccmanual.pdf#page=128 https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/criminal-ccips/l... 1: https://www.goodwinlaw.com/-/media/files/publications/10_01-aa-key-issues-in-computer-fraud-and-abuse.pdf#page=2 https://www.goodwinlaw.com/-/media/files/publications/10_01-...