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.

  • djsoren19@yiffit.net
    666·
    11 months ago

    I don’t think the kid will actually serve it out in prison though. The primary issue here seems to be that the kid is actively saying they will commit more crimes. No matter the crime, you can’t really give a light sentence to someone telling you, in a court of law, that they will do it again.

    The ideal would be that they rehabilitate him until he’s able to be safely released with no fear of repeat offense, or at the very least, until the kid is smart enough to lie.

    • GlitzyArmrest@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      4313·
      11 months ago

      It’s not prison, it’s some sort of prison hospital. But still, life is the exact opposite end of the spectrum compared to a light sentence. Like you said, rehabilitation should be the goal, and imposing life sentences on 18 year olds is not how you make that happen.

      He only got a life sentence because he made corporations look bad IMO. Not because of him saying he’d do it again.

    • chitak166@lemmy.world
      103·
      11 months ago

      No matter the crime, you can’t really give a light sentence to someone telling you, in a court of law, that they will do it again.

      Dude’s unfit to stand trial.

      • deweydecibel@lemmy.worldEnglish
        81·
        11 months ago

        He’s unfit to stand trial, but he’s not unfit enough to continue to commit the crimes he’s been committing.

        Again, just because nobody else seems to be bringing it up, *he was already out on bail for cybercrimes when he hacked Rockstar. *

        • chitak166@lemmy.world
          813·
          11 months ago

          I dunno, he’s seem to do pretty good things thus far.

          But that’s just my independent viewpoint.

          • assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world
            3·
            11 months ago

            I couldn’t care less about the stuff he’s breaking (so far at least), it’s moreso the breaking part that concerns me. Like, this doesn’t sound like someone following a deeply held belief and breaking property as a way to fight corporations. It’s someone having a temper tantrum.

    • deweydecibel@lemmy.worldEnglish
      83·
      11 months ago

      Let’s also remember he hacked Rockstar while out on bail for hacking other companies. He was already given a chance, and he committed another fucking crime.