I mean, they have it publishing blog posts about its actions -- one would think they'd read its own blog at the very least? (Unless.. scary thought.. this person unleashed so many bots that they're not even bothering to look)
I guess, but the "for the lolz" crowd seems unlikely to target.. scientific computing. My conspiracy theory (I have no proof of this) is that this seems like it might be an (attempt) at an academic paper. It reminds me of the professor that tried to sneak security vulnerabilities into the Linux kernel.