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It's probably a parallel construction. They might have found him using other sources or methods which they might not want to reveal. The should already be embar
by rdtsc 4y ago
It's probably a parallel construction. They might have found him using other sources or methods which they might not want to reveal. The should already be embarrassed some 20 year old kid had access to all this stuff, so any further embarrassment would be nice to avoid.
Once they had him, they sifted through the stuff until they found some plausible confirmation and the pattern just looked a fun enough one for the media to report on.
- mind-blight 4y agoIt's actually pretty common for folks in their 20s to have access to this within government work. Getting a clearance isn't particularly hard, so long as you have a job that sponsors you. That would include military work
- rdtsc 4y agoI can see having access to information about some particular technology they may be using in the military. But he was working as a network administrator or tech support of some sort. It's odd they'd have someone who isn't trusted enough to rent a car or buy a drink in most state to get close to that high level of intelligence.
- mind-blight 4y agoYeah, but that's the same disparity that makes it illegal for a soldier to buy alcohol, but perfectly acceptable to hand them an assault weapon and put them in a war zone. Network admins generally require a higher level of clearance since they have lower level access to systems that are harder to apply access controls to