The 18 year old hacker responsible for the theft and publication of dozens of clips from Grand Theft Auto 6 was sentenced to life in hospital last year. He can only be released in the future if doctors decide he no longer poses a danger to others. The BBC Reports.
Arion Kurtaj you arrested by London Police in Oxford in September 2022 Shortly after a hacker attack ended, tons of in-development footage from Rockstar Games was leaked online. He pleaded not guilty at the time and later stood trial on cybercrime charges related to the hacking firm Lapsus$, which included breaches of Uber and Nvidia and leaking the previously unreleased blockbuster. GTA 6.
Health experts deemed Kurtaj unfit to stand trial due to his acute autism. However, a jury later ruled that he was responsible for the hacks, even though they found no criminal intent. The count revealed that Kurtaj managed to hack into Rockstar’s systems from his hotel room Only use an Amazon Firestick. At the time, he brazenly posted on the company’s Slack that he was a hacker and later threatened to publish it GTA 6 Source code, unless Rockstar negotiated with him via Telegram.
During the sentencing, the BBC reported that a mental health assessment found that Kurtaj “continued to express an intention to return to cybercrime as quickly as possible,” calling him “highly motivated.” According to court testimony, he was violent while in custody. As a result, he will now be held in a secure hospital for the rest of his life.
The GTA 6 chop was part of a wave of recent cyberattacks on major game studios and publishers, including CD Projekt Red, Capcom and most recently Sleepless games. While other hacks have exposed personal employee information, this one GTA 6 The security breach was limited to gameplay clips. Despite revealing aspects of the highly anticipated game while it was still in the works, Kurtaj’s lawyers recently argued that the success of GTA 6‘s official reveal trailer, Now the most viewed film of all time on YouTubeshowed that his attack did not hurt the game’s sales prospects as much as some, including Rockstar Games, had originally suspected.
