[mr_luc]

He’s 20, right?

[chmod775]

Likely 18 and 19 when most of this happened, but him barely not being legally considered a minor doesn't make the ethics of this much better.

[simoncion]

I guess you're just unaccustomed to America's loooooooooooooooooooongstanding free speech regs.

Many people in more restrictive countries (like Germany and the UK) are pretty shocked by what USians are permitted to say. Similarly, many USians are shocked by what folks in more restrictive countries are NOT permitted to say.

Krebs is an American journalist, living in America, writing for an American publication. The standard to use here is an American one, not any others.

[simoncion]

The article claims that this is true, yeah:

> Federal authorities have arrested and indicted a 20-year-old U.S. Army soldier on suspicion of being Kiberphant0m...

The article also claims to have spoken on the record with the accused's mother, so I have no reason to doubt the article's claim about the fellow's age.