Nth Man, he wasn't trying to help the county, he was trying to further his career by calling a press conference and showing how good he was. Problem was, he broke into it ten days earlier to be sure that he could, probably using knowledge he gained while working their. He must have thought he was to good to be found out.

5k dollars is not hard to figure out, after a break in I imaging some high priced security specialists were called in, spent hours auditing every file to see if they’ve been accessed and altered in some way, people had to stop working while the were checking the files. These people who had to stop working still get paid. So that’s counted as a loss, which it is.

This guy isn’t a white-hat, hes just some self serving ass-hole who got caught.