"He was taking a technical examination for potential employment at NSA; he used his system administrator privileges to go into the account of the NSA employee who was administering that test, and he took both questions and the answers, and used them to pass the test."
WHAT? He was a potential employee at the NSA but was already a system administrator, guys. That's the only reason this all happened - because he's a liar, cheater and thief! Down with Snowden!
I had something similar happen to one of my Windows Live accounts. Someone somehow broke into it and, although I did not have any credit card information, they decided to continue to use it. They added a stolen credit card to the account. I received an email in japanese from Xbox Live (! I have never owned an Xbox, someone converted my account, nor do I speak japanese) at one point which prompted me to call their support and figure all of this out.
But the point I'm trying to get across is, if I were unlucky that could have turned into a HUGE mess where I was accused of stealing said credit card. Luckily that did not occur (probably because they could trace it to a separate IP address.. and I don't own an Xbox). I no longer use passwords as insecure as I did for that account - I had to deal with this headache while at my family's Christmas party as well (because that is when I received the email), which made it even more irritating.
But wouldn't this be teaching developers? They upload the file and Github explains to them that it should be kept secret, and the developer has the opportunity to revoke the file. That sounds like the ultimate way of 'spreading the word', and if Github does disappear, they will have made people more aware. Not to mention it won't affect people who have been doing this all along.
WHAT? He was a potential employee at the NSA but was already a system administrator, guys. That's the only reason this all happened - because he's a liar, cheater and thief! Down with Snowden!