That is indeed often the case with young narcissists (I don't know if it applies to this person, don't know him/her).
That said, I remember the shocking arrogance and total disregard (for anything but their own ego) of a few young privileged "hackers", who were involved in DDOS services for hire, and also for some very nasty IoT bot net (if I recall correctly).
Krebs wrote about them quite a bit. I think they even got caught because of that, but not sure. They did loads of real damage, that much is certain. But instead of going to jail, they got community service. Apparently with intervention of the US government, for which they now work. Go figure.
Not per-se, indeed. But if that urge for validation is for something that's fundamentally wrong and/or only supports an person's failure to critically assess their own actions, then it usually is narcissism.
That said, I remember the shocking arrogance and total disregard (for anything but their own ego) of a few young privileged "hackers", who were involved in DDOS services for hire, and also for some very nasty IoT bot net (if I recall correctly).
Krebs wrote about them quite a bit. I think they even got caught because of that, but not sure. They did loads of real damage, that much is certain. But instead of going to jail, they got community service. Apparently with intervention of the US government, for which they now work. Go figure.