Or a 17 year old steals a couple of cars from random people off the street...
The crime is not breaking into Twitter. The crime is theft. Twitter didn't steal that money, this guy did. Let's not pretend the internet is a magical land without consequences.
I think that's a great comparison. But it's not an armed robbery, it's a break-and-enter where no property gets destroyed.
How many felonies does the robber get after being caught? I don't actually know but I'm guessing 1-3? Certainly stealing $100k is a deserving felony. But 30 felonies seems a bit steep.
That money is very much destroyed for the people whom it was stolen from.
If a robber hacks a computer (a felony), impersonates law enforcement (a felony), uses that to commit fraud (a felony), then transfers stolen money across state lines (a felony), then tries to launder it (a felony).....
You can see how such things can stack up.
Now imagine not only the 17yo stole 100k from the bank, but also entered the houses of people such as Obama and Biden, and potentially stole documents from their desks.
What!
It's more as if he, once in the bank, added a poster:
"mail money to street 123 city Abcde, and we'll mail you twice back"