Did anybody look at the reporting CNN did? They linked his email, real name, and a favored username all across his socials. Other details like his age and location further confirm the user on the porn site was him.
Honestly, it’s scary to think if someone did this to me. Even if you had good opsec, with the help of AI, you might be able to correlate online accounts through writing style alone.
At the bottom of the article it’s speculated that he was mistaken for a spy which is the obvious likely answer. But maybe he fucked the wrong commander’s girlfriend, we’ll never know.