Edwin's actions were illegal and wrong, and his punishment was justified. Having said that, it seems to me that once he had served his time in prison, it would

Edwin's actions were illegal and wrong, and his punishment was justified. Having said that, it seems to me that once he had served his time in prison, it would have been in KPN's interests to hire him and pay him a large salary to lead what was a clearly necessary internal effort to fix the security flaws that left them so vulnerable in the first place. Directed in the right way, Edwin's skills could have brought substantial benefit to KPN and any other companies he might have consulted with in the future. But instead he's dead now, and KPN has lost an opportunity to hire someone that was likely more capable than anyone on their security team.