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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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[–] AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Life in prison to protect corporate/government profits and secrets.

Humanity makes being a misanthrope mighty appealing.

[–] Tedesche@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

The article has a terrible, misleading, clickbait headline. It says in the article itself:

He’s required to stay in the hospital prison for life unless doctors determine that he’s no longer a danger.

So, he's not being sentenced to life in prison. He was deemed to be unfit to stand trial for psychiatric reasons and so he's being sentenced to an indefinite prison sentence, up to and including life, until his doctors deem him no longer a threat to society. Totally reasonable, given the defendant is severely autistic, was violent, and kept stating his clear intent to continue committing cybercrimes if released.

[–] NoIWontPickaName@kbin.social 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It’s only life if he does not change his ways. If they can help him to learn to cope, and not to want to continue to commit violence and crimes, then he will be set free.

Otherwise, you’re just running loose a violent person who has said that they will continue to do their crime

But I’m curious, what would your ideal solution be?

[–] AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world -2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Ideal solution under this system? I have no faith in or respect for this system. This is what they do.

If humanity got its head out of its ass, stopped playing the "GIMME IT ITS MINE" game against itself, human information belonged to humanity, and the only secrets that need be kept are for truly dangerous technologies held solely by a government accountable to its people, he wouldn't need to be in jail.

But this kid is threatening the intellectual PRIVATE PROPERTY of our owners. And in our dystopic civilization as we've made it, that means he has to go away.

[–] NoIWontPickaName@kbin.social -3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Okay, since you seem intent on just screaming into the void.

It is that way—>