He messaged Omniscient / "the admin" on a HackForums / another HF clone site, asking about a PII dump with his own personal Gmail being specified, inquiring about GREP help.
When the entire DB leaked, his personal message was the most obvious one.
You all think these people are cyber geniuses, but really, just sufficiently advanced scum bags in socioeconomically-disadvantaged, politically convenient areas to operate these neo-scams.
I went poring through international news while looking for old friends recently, and the utter fear and revulsion the world had against "hackers" 20 years ago is wild to contemplate.
Federal prosecutors were using CFAA against people submitting bug reports against Microsoft products, the news was amplifying things out of control, and the FBI was extraditing foreign citizens over practices that are commonplace to SV business models today.
It's astounding that what amounts to a "hacker mindset" is mere curiosity and reason, and how well it has been stamped out of the general populace.
When the entire DB leaked, his personal message was the most obvious one.
You all think these people are cyber geniuses, but really, just sufficiently advanced scum bags in socioeconomically-disadvantaged, politically convenient areas to operate these neo-scams.