Or maybe this kid simply blackmailed someone for access...
That is absolutely 100% possible. This guy has a sexual affair with someone above them who to all external appearances is completely straight, a career military person and a family who has no idea.
Blackmail? That is an absolute possibility, and it is yet another reason why homosexuals should not be allowed to serve openly. I know that there are many who would say that if they were allowed to serve openly, that type of thing would not happen.
That is a pipe dream, because it assumes that because people are allowed to serve openly as homosexuals, it will matter if someone is a known homosexual or not. And that is far from the case.
If this stuff was stored at the "SECRET/NOFORN" level...and he was an intel weenie...then he most likely had a TS clearance...and it would be a piece of cake for him to get it.
So...two things need to happen: 1) Hang him and 2) Figure out what idiot stored info that could be an epic blow to the US if released...at the SECRET level.