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The 18-year-old Lapsus$ hacker who played a critical role in leaking Grand Theft Auto VI footage has been sentenced to life inside a hospital prison, according to a report from the BBC. A British judge ruled on Thursday that Arion Kurtaj is a high risk to the public because he still wants to commit cybercrimes.

In August, a London jury found that Kurtaj carried out cyberattacks against GTA VI developer Rockstar Games and other companies, including Uber and Nvidia. However, since Kurtaj has autism and was deemed unfit to stand trial, the jury was asked to determine whether he committed the acts in question, not whether he did so with criminal intent.

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[–] SuddenDownpour@sh.itjust.works 24 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Although he stayed at a hotel under police protection during this time, Kurtaj still managed to carry out an attack on Rockstar Games by using the room’s included Amazon Fire Stick and a “newly purchased smart phone, keyboard and mouse,” according to a separate BBC report. Kurtaj was arrested for the final time following the incident.

I say let him out, unconditionally. When you reach this mix of genius and shamelessness, you breach into the territory of art. Rockstar having to pay $5.000.000 in "damages" is a sacrifice I'm willing to have them make.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)

When you have a kid like this you fucking recruit them to work for the government and let him hack their enemies to his hearts content.

[–] go_go_gadget@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago (1 children)

And you tell the public they're in prison for life.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

hahah fair point. Maybe we'll never know

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

If North Korea collapses, then we have our answer.

[–] abracaDavid@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, like what the fuck? He got Rockstar with a goddamn phone and a Firestick? Dude must be a genius.

Sounds like the origin story of a comic book character.

[–] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 10 months ago

Not sure what's hard about that.

If you can convince someone inside a company to give you the credentials, a phone and Firestick is more than enough.

People seem to assume he did some movie magic hack. People are generally the weakest factor for companies, I assume that's what he "attacked"