The teenage hacker who leaked clips of the brand new Grand Theft Auto VI (GTA VI) has been sentenced to a hospital keep of indefinite size.
Arion Kurtaj, an 18-year-old from Oxford in England, might stay in a safe hospital for all times except medical doctors decide he’s not a hazard to the general public, the BBC reported this week. The outlet reported that Kurtaj, who’s autistic, was a key a part of the hacker group Lapsus$ that value main firms Uber, Nvidia, and Rockstar Video games — which makes GTA — some $10 million in damages.
Kurtaj leaked 90 clips, totaling greater than 50 hours of gameplay footage, to GTA boards in 2022, when he was simply 17 years outdated. He was arrested in September of final yr.
The Guardian reported that, throughout trial, it was famous that Kurtaj had confirmed violent and harmful to property whereas in custody. Docs decided that he was unfit to face trial as a result of his acute autism, the Guardian reported, and {that a} psychological well being evaluation decided he “continued to specific the intent to return to cyber-crime as quickly as potential.”
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One other Lapsus$ member, who’s 17 years outdated and thus unnamed, was discovered responsible of fraud, blackmail, and Laptop Misuse Act crimes and sentenced to a youth rehabilitation program. Police warned mother and father to control their youngsters’ on-line actions within the wake of the sentences.
“This case serves for example of the hazards that younger folks will be drawn in the direction of while on-line and the intense penalties it might have for somebody’s broader future,” Detective Chief Superintendent Amanda Horsburgh, from the Metropolis of London Police, stated in a press release. “Many younger folks want to discover how expertise works and what vulnerabilities exist. This could embrace studying to code, interacting with like-minded people on-line, and experimenting with instruments. Sadly, the digital world can be tempting to younger folks for the mistaken causes.”
In the meantime, Rockstar launched an official trailer for GTA VI early this month — forward of schedule — after struggling yet one more leak.