I agree, it sounds as though they are "reeducating" him into a white hat and not necessarily hiring him on as a employee. It would surprise me if they actually hired him right now because he had set up a phishing scam. It is good though that they are working with him vs throwing the book at him especially for one so young.
A friend of mine from high school bragged that he achieved some measure of infamy in middle school by hacking Diablo in such a manner that it was possible to duplicate items. He then claimed Blizzard offered him an internship -- again, in high school -- for showing them how he did it. I knew about the incident (oh, the wages of a misspent youth -- Diablo, not hacking), but always figured he was embellishing most of it.
Some years later, sure enough, guess who was in the Diablo II credits.
Hired a phisher? Thought they were hiring someone who was making wallhacks or aimbots or anything like that. That would've made much more sense. Put a guy like that into security!
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[ 20.0 ms ] story [ 1429 ms ] threadSome years later, sure enough, guess who was in the Diablo II credits.