That is a funny post. You know computer expert kids are not rare. Kids are the ones that enter Government secured platforms to play pranks.
Kristoffer Wilhelm von Hassel At the age of five, Hassel exposed security lapses in the Microsoft Live Xbox system, prompting wide media coverage, with some journalists highlighting the dropping age of hackers and their technology mastery
Jonathan James, age 15, from Pinecrest, Florida, managed to install a backdoor in US military servers and access the source code of the International Space Station (ISS).
THE average age of cyber attack suspects has fallen from 24 to 17 in the past year, the National Crime Agency revealed today.
One 12-year-old bought the Blackshades virus that lets hackers take control of another computer secretly.
Experts believe youngsters are lured by the “kudos” of criminal activity.
They warn gamers may hack an opponent but the attack can then escalate and take out a website, costing firms huge sums.
The NCA today launched a campaign aimed at parents of 12 to 15-year-olds, to steer them away from crime.
Yep and everything you posted shows they just learn fast. They are not born with an innate knowledge of computers.
I was playing with IRC bot attacks and the likes back in the early 90s and was already ~40 yr old, does not take a kid to learn, they just learn quicker and generally have more time to do so.
Regardless you did not make the point it is some mass generational thing, your examples are still the exception, not the rule.