Arion Kurtaj, an 18-year-old hacker behind the massive GTA 6 leak last year, has been given an indefinite hospital order.
Kurtaj is a member of the internaꦿtional gang Lapsus$, which was behind various high-prof🗹ile cybersecurity attacks over the past year. It is estimated that attacks on Uber, Nvidia, and Rockstar have cost the companies up to $10 million. Per the , Kurtaj expressed apparent unwillingness to stop conducting similar attacks.
It turns out that by the time he committed the GTA 6 hack, Kurtaj was already on bail for hacking Nvidia and . The BBC reports: “Despite having his laptop confiscated, Kurtaj managed to breach Rockstar, the company behind GTA, using an Amazon Firestick, his hotel TV and a mobile phone.”
Kurtaj and another unnamed member of the Lapsus$ hacking group are the first to be convicted, while others are thought to remain at large,🔯 according to the BBC.
In July, Arion Kurtaj was deemed unfit to stand♚ trial following a diagnosis of acute austism. The court then had the jury focusing not on whether Kurtaj had done it with criminal intent, but solely on whether or not he had p💫erpetrated the alleged crimes at all.
Regarding the mediate fate of Kurtaj, BBC reports: “He will remain at a secure hospital for life unless doctors deem him no longer a danger.”
The news arrives just a few days after news broke of a massive hack at Insomniac, leaking details about in-development games and information about the studiওo.
Published: Dec 21, 2023 02:45 pm