Teen GTA VI hacker sentenced to life in a secure hospital
theverge.com
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.
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Sounds like dude has some stuff to work out mentally
He has autism. It affects the brain in very specific ways for each individual, but in general Executive function is the first thing to go when in stressful situations. You know, emotional regulation and self control? And I also guarantee that the cops and guards were treating him like shit. They LOVE picking on disabled people. I have no doubt most of the charges and incidents were exacerbated by the people in charge.
The dude committed crimes while on bail. Autism doesn't excuse that, and even if it did, it's still a problem that needs to be dealt with.
Nothing is being trumped up, here. The kid is just brazen about this.
Ah so he's a Lemmy user.
I get that, have it as well. Been arrested for it as well.
This kid wasn't arrested for having autism. It was for brazenly commiting crimes, and even when he was released on bail, he committed even more crimes in police protection.
This is not some poor autistic kid that's getting picked on by cops, he's a highly capable hacker expressing a explicit intent to continue to break the law and cause harm to both individuals and corporations.
Never said he was getting picked by cops on or arrested for having autism.
He is a hacker and a thief that has a lot of work to do psychologically
Well, sure, but does that mean he should get a life sentence?
No. But you also can't say I'm going to go straight back to commitmenting the exact same crime asap
He already did it again, didn't realize this was the one who did it again while on bail.
These sorts of sentences aren't really "life", they're "life until you're cured."
ez more vaccines
If vaccines can cause autism, then if you use enough vaccines you can reverse it, right? /s
The hard part of it is that the system is so lame that they are probably going to do more damage to him in turn making him have to stay longer.
Indeed, but if we wait for everything to be perfect nothing will ever get done. Reforms of the system can continue alongside treatment.
I guess we'll have to just lock him up while we figure out some way of stopping him committing cybercrime. If only there were some way of preventing him from committing this crime that requires access to a computer to commit. I guess he'll just have to stay trapped in a phyche ward until society can figure this one out.
Sorry for being snarky and sarcastic, I know what you mean and agree with you. My sarcasm is directed more at the judges ruling and your comment is just what sparked me to write it.
It's not the cybercrime that he's in the mental hospital over. He's been physically violent as well.
And just how does one get cured of autism?
You think he's been charged with autism? Most autistic people aren't a danger to the people around them. That's the problem here.
Hacks private companies
Danger to the public
Get off it mate, it’s not like he’s a cop. There’s no danger to you or I.
He was no danger to anyone before being locked up and deprived of liberty, in which case he started acting out as anyone would.
Hacks private companies and threatens to release their users' data.
Smashes physical stuff and beats up physical people after he's taken into custody. Note that he hasn't actually gone to trial yet, so this is what he's currently in the mental hospital for. You really think "anyone" would start beating people up when taken into custody? Why isn't everyone doing that?
Yeah I'm not so much concerned for the property he's damaging, but moreso the act of damaging. That points to instability, violence, and poor impulse control.
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Uhh no he was a danger to people. Actually how did you get down to this comment without reading the top of the branch that already quoted this part of the article?
To people detaining him against his will, not to the public.
Most people are able to restrain themselves from physically attacking people in those circumstances. Why is it okay to try to beat up people when you're being lawfully detained? Even the countries that recognize prisoners having a "right to attempt escape" still charge them with whatever crimes they did in the course of attempting to escape, such as assaulting guards.
He was detained by public servants for breaking the laws of the community, and then attempted to injure them because he doesn't handle "no" well.
It doesn't matter if you are autistic or a rich entitled kid, or druggie, you play by the rules or you suffer the consequences of your choices.
Being obtuse in no way advances your argument.
He's not being obtuse when you're the one making outlandish claims
Your wording is wrong. It's a medical life sentence. It would be cleared immediately on doctor approval.
Or the people handling him don't understand autism?
That's probably true for some of if not most of them