GTA 6 hacker Arion Kurtaj slated for life in hospital prison
Delhi : Arion Kurtaj, the 18-year-old hacker who released Grand Theft Auto 6 footage online, faces life in a medical jail. Kurtaj, a British judge said on Thursday, poses a substantial threat to the public since he has not abandoned his ambition to engage in cybercrime.
Kurtaj was a member of Lapsus$, a hacking gang that attacked GTA 6 producer Rockstar Games as well as other companies including Uber and Nvidia. Kurtaj was found to be responsible for the cyberattacks by a London jury in August, but he was not convicted for criminal intent since he has autism and is unable to stand trial. The jury just had to decide whether he committed the acts charged against him.
Kurtaj has been aggressive in detention, according to the judge, with scores of allegations of harm or property damage. Kurtaj, according to a mental health examination, "continued to express the intent to return to cybercrime as soon as possible." He will be held in the medical jail for the rest of his life until physicians declare him safe to be freed.
Kurtaj was on bail for hacking Nvidia and BT / EE, a British telecom provider, in September when he released 90 GTA 6 gameplay videos. Despite being under police protection at a hotel, he was able to hack Rockstar Games using the Amazon Fire Stick in the room and a "newly purchased smart phone, keyboard, and mouse."
Following this event, he was arrested for the final time.
Another 17-year-old Lapsus$ member was sentenced to an 18-month community term, known as a Youth Rehabilitation Order, as well as a ban on accessing virtual private networks. Despite the leak of the films by Kurtaj and the early distribution of the trailer on X (previously Twitter), the official trailer for GTA 6 received hundreds of millions of views.
According to the publication, the judge rejected Kurtaj's argument that the popularity of the caravan should be weighed in punishment, stating that Lapsus$ damaged actual individuals and companies. Rockstar Games said it spent $5 million to recover from the hack.
