The hacker behind the Grand Theft Auto VI leaks has been sentenced to an indefinite hospital order.
Arion Kurtaj was a member of the worldwide hacker group Lapsus$, and preyed on Rockstar Video games, the developer behind the GTA collection, and launched a wide range of particulars in regards to the venture, together with a group of over 90 pictures, movies and code for the title.
The teenager, who’s autistic, was despatched to a safe hospital for all times, the place he and one other 17-year-old Lalsus$ hacker, who can’t be named, may also serve an 18-month-long Youth Rehabilitation Order, with an “intense supervision and a ban on utilizing VPNs [Virtual Private Networks] on-line”.
The leak, which Rockstar claimed value them $5 million in damages, was not Arion’s first offensive, as he had additionally attacked Ube,r Nvidia, BT and EE, for which he was discovered responsible for after a psychological well being evaluation deemed that he “continued to precise the intent to return to cyber-crime as quickly as potential. He’s extremely motivated.”
Regardless of having his laptop confiscated, the teenager hacked into Rockstar Video games utilizing an Amazon Firestick in a Travelodge resort.
Utilizing their inside Slack messaging system, “If Rockstar doesn’t contact me on Telegram inside 24 hours I’ll begin releasing the supply code” He wrote.
