Article also states civil claims were dismissed - and criminal charges are unlikely to hold.

I hope they weren't debilitated by the legal fees incurred.

nmap's "Legal Issues" section states that the guy went on to start a successful digital forensics company, after spending years crushed under 6-figure legal fees.

https://nmap.org/book/legal-issues.html

Edit: Link to the company http://www.forensicstrategy.com/ He also has a data recovery company now http://www.myharddrivedied.com/