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.

    • FaceDeer
      5•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
        -3•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
          9•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
            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
          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
              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
              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.