If you were in his situation you wouldn't admit immediently.
And yes what he did was wrong.
But forget about the past.
He was is almost exactly the same position except he hacked
But, Did he lie to the SSRP Staff Team about it?, No so you did in what was wrong and you'd possibly do it again.
Well actually he did lie to the lead team then admitted then made a post that's exactly what I did but your going against me but you didn't go against him after he lied to staff about it like sure there is something worse about what I did then para but if your being a selective staff member then just grow up seriously