This isn't the first time "tunneling" has appeared on HN, nor the first that it intersected with the techy/hacker community. There was the case where a hacker

This isn't the first time "tunneling" has appeared on HN, nor the first that it intersected with the techy/hacker community. There was the case where a hacker who gave talks at Defcon built a tunnel, and paid someone to continue the work. The worker died and he went to prison [1]. There was some discussion about this case on HN in 2019 [2], and a Darknet Diaries episode about the whole multi-year scenario [3]. Note: The DD Episode link contains pictures [1] https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/bs-md-nuclear-bunker-fire-20190617-story.html https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/bs-md-nuclear-bunker... [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20219228 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20219228 (2019) [3] https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/39/ https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/39/