Hacker sectioned to indefinite hospitalisation

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We had a similar case in NZ, the autistic teenager went by the name "Akill" and created a huge bonnet, IMHO he did far more damage but largely had most charges dropped and if I'm not mistaken works as a security expert  now.
What this kid did was wrong, but what he achieved should in theory be impossible, we need more people like him to ensure systems can't be broken into.
It's a bit like how Apple ended up employing the person who developed the first jailbreak to make their devices harder to be jailbreaked, not that there is anything legally wrong with jailbreaking your own device

He's got his own Wikipedia page with all the details now: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Walker