If Ramos-Lopez used the account details previously provided by a colleague, as so often in the case in many work-forces, I’m not sure that exactly makes Ramos a real hacker, but the lesson of why not to share your work creds with colleagues should not be overlooked here… it’s an age old lesson our species doesn’t seem very keen to pick up on the first few times.
“Ramos-Lopez’s account had been closed when he was terminated from Texas Auto Center in a workforce reduction last month, but he allegedly got in through another employee’s account”