Teen GTA VI hacker sentenced to life in a secure hospital - eviltoast
The hack cost Rockstar Games $5 million.

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.

    • ExcursionInversion@lemmy.worldEnglish
      102·
      11 months ago

      No. But you also can’t say I’m going to go straight back to commitmenting the exact same crime asap

      A mental health assessment also found that Kurtaj “continued to express the intent to return to cybercrime as soon as possible.”

      • kick_out_the_jams@kbin.social
        6·
        11 months ago

        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.

        He already did it again, didn’t realize this was the one who did it again while on bail.

    • FaceDeer@kbin.social
      114·
      11 months ago

      He’s required to stay in the hospital prison for life unless doctors determine that he’s no longer a danger.

      These sorts of sentences aren’t really “life”, they’re “life until you’re cured.”

      • ULS@lemmy.ml
        35·
        11 months ago

        The hard part of it is that the system is so lame that they are probably going to do more damage to him in turn making him have to stay longer.

        • FaceDeer@kbin.social
          51·
          11 months ago

          Indeed, but if we wait for everything to be perfect nothing will ever get done. Reforms of the system can continue alongside treatment.

          • stephan262@lemmy.world
            33·
            11 months ago

            I guess we’ll have to just lock him up while we figure out some way of stopping him committing cybercrime. If only there were some way of preventing him from committing this crime that requires access to a computer to commit. I guess he’ll just have to stay trapped in a phyche ward until society can figure this one out.

            Sorry for being snarky and sarcastic, I know what you mean and agree with you. My sarcasm is directed more at the judges ruling and your comment is just what sparked me to write it.

            • FaceDeer@kbin.social
              71·
              11 months ago

              It’s not the cybercrime that he’s in the mental hospital over. He’s been physically violent as well.

        • FaceDeer@kbin.social
          105·
          11 months ago

          You think he’s been charged with autism? Most autistic people aren’t a danger to the people around them. That’s the problem here.

          • Deceptichum@kbin.social
            58·
            11 months ago

            Hacks private companies

            Danger to the public

            Get off it mate, it’s not like he’s a cop. There’s no danger to you or I.

            He was no danger to anyone before being locked up and deprived of liberty, in which case he started acting out as anyone would.

            • FaceDeer@kbin.social
              101·
              11 months ago

              Hacks private companies and threatens to release their users’ data.

              Smashes physical stuff and beats up physical people after he’s taken into custody. Note that he hasn’t actually gone to trial yet, so this is what he’s currently in the mental hospital for. You really think “anyone” would start beating people up when taken into custody? Why isn’t everyone doing that?

              • assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world
                1·
                11 months ago

                Yeah I’m not so much concerned for the property he’s damaging, but moreso the act of damaging. That points to instability, violence, and poor impulse control.

            • AnonTwo@kbin.social
              6·
              11 months ago

              Get off it mate, it’s not like he’s a cop. There’s no danger to you or I.

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              During Thursday’s hearing, the court heard Kurtaj “had been violent while in custody with dozens of reports of injury or property damage,”

              Uhh no he was a danger to people. Actually how did you get down to this comment without reading the top of the branch that already quoted this part of the article?

                • FaceDeer@kbin.social
                  2·
                  11 months ago

                  Most people are able to restrain themselves from physically attacking people in those circumstances. Why is it okay to try to beat up people when you’re being lawfully detained? Even the countries that recognize prisoners having a “right to attempt escape” still charge them with whatever crimes they did in the course of attempting to escape, such as assaulting guards.

                • redfellow@sopuli.xyz
                  1·
                  11 months ago

                  He was detained by public servants for breaking the laws of the community, and then attempted to injure them because he doesn’t handle “no” well.

                  It doesn’t matter if you are autistic or a rich entitled kid, or druggie, you play by the rules or you suffer the consequences of your choices.

    • AnonTwo@kbin.social
      82·
      11 months ago

      Your wording is wrong. It’s a medical life sentence. It would be cleared immediately on doctor approval.