This is typical writing from people who aren't familiar with technology. Could this kid be a genius? Maybe. It's more likely he found exploits like the ones we're seeing on the front page today[0]. It's not super impressive or surprising, to me at least.

[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38720544

A lot of "exploits" are simply a certain level of trust that normal people have in each other

I'd rather have him out than live in an absolute zero trust environment