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.

  • 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.