[davidw]

> These kids prove that his reputation is somewhat less than he presents it to be and he's pissed off about that.

I think you're right that he wasn't all that great - IIRC, he mostly got into stuff by getting information out of people.

However, the kids aren't proving anything - they're hacking other people's systems, not his.

[jacquesm]

Listing his passwords and showing them to be insecure certainly does prove something.