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> the poor 18 year old 'hacker' who was stupid enough to email them

s/stupid/trusting/. There's no reason to think this guy isn't bright, and he's faced enough trouble without piling on.

I believe the author meant it to sound sarcastic

It's definitely a jab at the company, but seems to cast a little shade too on the bug-finder. Cf the lede "The amount of stupidity in this story warrants that this is going to be somewhat long". That might not be the author's intent! I hope they'll see this as helpful.

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