The article establishing his identity was only published a month ago[1] and the security expert seems to be impressed with how fast it took to bring him in.

”Between when we, and an anonymous colleague, found his opsec mistake on November 10th to his last Telegram activity on December 6, law enforcement set the speed record for the fastest turnaround time for an American federal cyber case that I have witnessed in my career,” she said.

[1] https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/11/hacker-in-snowflake-exto...