Teen GTA VI hacker sentenced to life in a secure hospital
Teen GTA VI hacker sentenced to life in a secure hospital
The hack cost Rockstar Games $5 million.
It's not just GTA...
That was while he was already on bail for other offenses, and apparently he's just flat out saying he's going to keep doing it and nothing will stop him...
So, it's not like there's any other options.
I worked at a day program for people with autism and other issues, and there's just some people with the right mix of symptoms and abilities, where they're capable of doing incredibly harmful things, but just literally can't understand why they shouldn't and you just can't explain it in a way they understand.
Which seems to be what's going on here. Dude just refuses to stop and he's going to do it again the second he's able.
He pulled this off while under supervision of police while in a hotel. Nothing short of him being in a controlled environment 24/7 is going to prevent it.
47Hopefully somebody can set up some CTF servers for him in the hospital. Taking away his 'one thing' forever seems inhumane to me.
40Yeah, give him a closed network with obstacles to overcome, whenever he beats the latest one, set them up again.
11I mean he's probably not in a secure hospital and instead off working for the government
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not like there's any other options
other than a life sentence?!?
how about any other sentence, and then see if he changes his mind after that?and he's not some autistic super hacker, he just asked some dumb guy for the password...
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Although he stayed at a hotel under police protection during this time, Kurtaj still managed to carry out an attack on Rockstar Games by using the room’s included Amazon Fire Stick and a “newly purchased smart phone, keyboard and mouse,” according to a separate BBC report.
Looks like they should hire him no?
5 millions loss for rockstar games, like is it even a lot for them?
45They basically deemed him too autistic to be held responsible for his own actions. I am all for rehabilitation and channeling skills in good ways but you also need to trust them to act in their own interest which this guy don't seem capable of.
32Yeah I think I meant something like supervising him and seeing how he's exploiting breach in order to patch it. But that doesn't look as realistic now as it was in my head, who would hire him actually, you don't know what would be his next target
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Maybe someone who understands better can explain, but isn't "lifelong confinement" a bit harsh for what amounts to someone taking the loose change out of my sofa after entering without asking?
I'm aware of their status, I just think we should be past Bedlam by now.
35He did this while out on bail for multiple other hacks and openly refuses to stop saying he'll do it again as soon as he's able...
But maybe 5-10 years from now he's not as obsessed with hacking and is able to be released with conditions.
The article is pretty informative
25To be fair though the article kind of sucks.
He's not being held in a hospital for life, he's being held indefinitely. Which is absolutely the correct decision considering his abilities and record of hacks
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Did you read the article? He's saying he'll do it again as soon as he gets out.
0Oh no. He'll do it again you say? That justifies the possible life imprisonment! He might, idk, leak the next batch of shark card prices.
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It likely will not be life but it is an indefinite severance until doctors believe he no longer is in danger of reoffending. This is actually pretty common in many countries in cases that are deemed to be do to insanity. Sometimes when medicated they can be out in a few years. Other times they may in institutionalized for life. It is not about punishment but about trying to rehabilitate and focusing on the right treatment till they think he is safe to be back in society.
Shit title for this article.
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“He’s required to stay in the hospital prison for life unless doctors determine that he’s no longer a danger.” Imagine taking the Hippocratic Oath and then getting a gig like this..
31We as a society should stop punishing people for insignificant crimes against big corpos. This sentence sounds something out of a dystopia. Really, even if there is supposedly 5 million USD in damages, are there any proof that anyone working at Rockstar games will feel the impact as a person? It is such a huge company I bet they wouldn't even feel it. Maybe there needs to be some cost cutting here and there, or maybe some people will lose some jobs? But neither warrants lifelong confinement - this is something you might get if you ruin someones life forever.
27Key word is "victimless crime" which is an oxymoron. Companies are not people and can't be victims.
"Victimless crimes" are not crimes
10This isn't really punishment, this is more of a medical intervention
4Perhaps for first offenses, in cases where the defendant seems remorseful, and/or they are unlikely to regress, sure. But in this case, the defendant checks none of these boxes. This kid sounds like the archetypical shit bag that plagues gaming communities far and wide. Goodbye and good riddance.
-8He plagues gaming communities, how terrible. Take away his autonomy!
Listen to yourself. He needs meds and house arrests at most. I do not propose to know how to discourage a compulsive hacking disorder, but why on Earth should a judge sentence him to imprisonment on behalf of Rockstar for a leak?
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Between this and Nintendo basically enslaving that one guy by garnishing his wages for the rest of his life, game companies are getting way too comfortable using the law like a cudgel, just because they can. No fucking video game content being leaked justifies a game-shitter-outer to be able to do this. Guess I'll be boycotting.
17what are sentencing guidelines for child molestors?
16However, 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.
If you can't get a conviction based on what happened, simply ignore what happened
14yea throw away all that talent because he aint obedient enough
10Like his character is locked in a hospital in the game, right? Right??
8As I've learned through life experience, there is no sin society will punish disproportionally harder than not conforming. Doesn't matter how well I behave or how many rules I break, none of it ever matters. Everything's always fine up until I make it clear other people can't control me.
The world is run by fascists who get off on having power over others, and punish severely those who resist that oppression.
7Lol wut. Honestly some societies are worse than others, but me, I don't imagine anyone would seriously punish someone simply for wanting to do their own thing
1Because you are 'free'. Stick to values that don't hurt anyone and watch how often it becomes a problem.
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Blaming autism for a lack of regard for big corporations... Because corporations are always rational, reasonable, lawful actors. They're also, of course, basically people.
This is fucked up.
6This is the best summary I could come up with:
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.
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.
A mental health assessment also found that Kurtaj “continued to express the intent to return to cybercrime as soon as possible.” He’s required to stay in the hospital prison for life unless doctors determine that he’s no longer a danger.
Kurtaj leaked 90 videos of GTA VI gameplay footage last September while out on bail for hacking Nvidia and British telecom provider BT / EE.
Although he stayed at a hotel under police protection during this time, Kurtaj still managed to carry out an attack on Rockstar Games by using the room’s included Amazon Fire Stick and a “newly purchased smart phone, keyboard and mouse,” according to a separate BBC report.
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