[bitontheslide]

An 18-year-old hacker who leaked clips of a forthcoming Grand Theft Auto (GTA) game has been sentenced to an indefinite hospital order.

Arion Kurtaj from Oxford, who is autistic, was a key member of international gang Lapsus$.

The gang's attacks on tech giants including Uber, Nvidia and Rockstar Games cost the firms nearly $10m.

The judge said Kurtaj's skills and desire to commit cyber-crime meant he remained a high risk to the public.

He will remain at a secure hospital for life unless doctors deem him no longer a danger.

The court heard that Kurtaj had been violent while in custody with dozens of reports of injury or property damage.

Doctors deemed Kurtaj unfit to stand trial due to his severe autism so the jury was asked to determine whether or not he committed the alleged acts - not if he did so with criminal intent.

A mental health assessment used as part of the sentencing hearing said he "continued to express the intent to return to cyber-crime as soon as possible. He is highly motivated."

The jury was told that while he was on bail for hacking Nvidia and BT/EE and in police protection at a Travelodge hotel, he continued hacking and carried out his most infamous hack.

Despite having his laptop confiscated, Kurtaj managed to breach Rockstar, the company behind GTA, using an Amazon Firestick, his hotel TV and a mobile phone.

Kurtaj stole 90 clips of the unreleased and hugely anticipated Grand Theft Auto 6.

He broke into the company's internal Slack messaging system to declare "if Rockstar does not contact me on Telegram within 24 hours I will start releasing the source code".

He then posted the clips and source code on a forum under the username TeaPotUberHacker.

He was rearrested and detained until his trial.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-67663128


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and yet actual murderers are let out after a few years

[arista]

[He will remain at a secure hospital for life
unless doctors deem him no longer a danger.]

Yes it's a sad case.

[The gang's attacks on tech giants including
Uber, Nvidia and Rockstar Games
cost the firms nearly $10m.]


Amazing to think the world viewed an
official clip GTA6, Early due to this lad
and the nasty gang

[thesheriff443]

It seems unfair at first but imagine if he could hack air traffic control systems or weapons systems

It’s amazing how autism can stop humans doing simple things but also give them incredible abilities of memory mathematics andproblem solving

[Josiah.]

And you’ve got some people on the spectrum (like myself) who are able to live ordinary lives without issues.

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by Josiah.

And you’ve got some people on the spectrum (like myself) who are able to live ordinary lives without issues.

Ditto

I’ve spent the last 3 decades helping autistic teenagers get through the trauma of high school !!


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[Dogeatdog]

It’s a shame he didn’t use his intelligence in a more positive manner.

[Oliver_W]

He's been declared essentially criminally insane for causing some problems for the fatcats? That stinks.

[Ammi]

…‘indefinite hospital order’ feels like something out of a dystopian novel….is this real life…?…no, GTA fantasy….

[arista]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…‘indefinite hospital order’ feels like something out of a dystopian novel….is this real life…?…no, GTA fantasy….

Until the group of Doctors
can find he is of sound mind.

The Mega Companies were broken
into online.


He choose the wrong route

[Ammi]

…I’m not familiar with the storylines of the GTA’s but I would say that this/his story could probably be a storyline to match any from the games…

[arista]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…I’m not familiar with the storylines of the GTA’s but I would say that this/his story could probably be a storyline to match any from the games…

But Ammi
how clever of Rockstar
to have a hot Female lead on GTA6
As well a Male Lead.

So now you can play it,
after a hard days work.

[arista]

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