[antonzabirko]

What a mess.. He didn't even do anything malicious to the provider by the looks of it.

> Finally, the hacker made a mistake. He skipped the VPN and entered a hacked KPN computer server directly from his home connection. With that, he exposed his home address.

Also this part seems like a lie.

[iso1210]

I don't trust a lot of this reporting, it's quite clearly written from an anti-computer anti-nerd slant, with no empathy for the kid involved

[MarcScott]

I agree. I found this painful to read.

> They let him do whatever he wanted. If he felt like gaming, he’d boot up Windows. But more often he chose Linux, his go-to operating system.

Why is this important? This is exactly what I do. I also frequently use a VPN, yet it's treated in the article as if the use of such technologies automatically labels you as some sort of nefarious hacker.

[saberdancer]

It seems that they didn't need that mistake if they were checking connections to the VPN from KPN users.

They could do a cross reference by checking his connections to the outside and then times when the hacker was "attacking". They could also drop his internet connection for a bit to see if the hacker gets disconnected.

And looking at how it was portrayed, it's doubtful his PC was "clean", especially if they catch him in the act.