Why does it matter that what she did was a "simple" hack that didn't require exploiting fifteen CVEs at once?
It's akin to pulling away the seat of a teacher who wants to sit down.
Everybody is technically capable of pulling the seat away, it does not require any special skills.
You still get in trouble if you do it.
You dont usually go to jail for something that is immediately recoverable. (albeit embarrassing) .
Detention might be in order though. Maybe we need a computer hacker equivalent of the drunk tank https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drunk_tank
As a completely aside rant, we should levee a fee to alcohol companies to fund these drunk tanks, it makes no sense for that to be taxpayer/police budget funded.
What you said might work where you are though.
Fun fact, if you are arrested while in possession of any kind of narcotics, most departments will place you in the drunk tank as well until you are arraigned.
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No fun allowed I guess.
0: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/03/japanese-police-...
You're right, it is. You don't get arrested for pulling away the seat of a teacher who wants to sit down. You might get detention, but if that's the only bad thing you've ever done, you'll probably get let off with a warning.