This isn't about a 13 year sentence for "Hacking."

This is a 13 year sentence for credit fraud, credit card theft, and oh yeah, he also stored the credit card numbers on a computer where other people could get to them.

There's no cleverness here that needs awarding. Back doors are easy to install when the FBI has already allowed you to contract there.

How is this the first?

Their first store was in San Francisco at the Metreon in 1997.

It failed miserably.