[csiegert]

It’s GitHub, not HackerHub. That the story is reported on Hacker News is irrelevant.

[aleph_minus_one]

But I would expect a different sentiment of comments on a site called Hacker News.

[ThrowawayR2]

That it's being scoffed at on Hacker News ought to tell you how uncreative and trifling it is. It's a script kiddie stunt not remotely worthy of being considered actual hacking.