The hacker is the f..... prick. I hate hackers, im waiting for the day that one of these fools brags in front of me (cant wait). I am going to lay him out.
What did they hack?
Nothing, technically.
They stole a password and successfully lied to another person in order to gain authorized access to change a DNS record.
All it takes to accomplish that is some charm and half a clue.
The hacker acts like he has the right to mess with other peoples server. "OH, im going to teach them a lesson, big bad company not listening to me". Thats the same mentality a criminal has, they think they are above it because they can get away with it. I admit i have thought about taking down a server I dont like because I can. But then I would be that guy that thinks he so kool because i can do something that is quite simple. They think they are teaching someone a lesson. Basically, they are sooooo full of themselves, thinking that they are righteous in there hacking. I love the part about, if he was not a prick i would not hack. Good way to justify your bullshit.
Cry some more? I will not say what they did was wrong..sometimes you have to be extreme to get something done. This is what happens to people in ivory towers.