first off, the guy lived in plain sight. with his name intact.
gavin and satoshi's family helped out him - possibly inadvertently.
and, if the freelance reporter who who found him didn't - someone else would have eventually.
he admitted "I am no longer involved in that and I cannot discuss it. It's been turned over to other people. They are in charge of it now. I no longer have any connection."
it's not like he tried hard to hide.
i can't help to think that he may actually have wanted to be found -
just not this soon.
I doubt he actually wanted to be found, he hasn't used his real name in a long time... the article mentions he's been fighting cancer and had a stroke, so maybe he just slipped up... he's not very young anymore