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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.
Sounds like dude has some stuff to work out mentally
Rape doesn’t get you life. Child molestation doesn’t get you life (hell in the UK it’s tradition among the government)
Hacking Rockstar and being violent in custody? Yeah. Sure. Life sentence.
Fucking bootlicker.
It’s a mental health “life”, not a prison life.
It’s only life if doctors do not approve of their release due to potential danger. No sentence has been given to them yet.
They weren’t even tried yet this is all because of how they reacted while being detained
In my state, you damn sure can get a life sentence for child molestation and rape
Well, sure, but does that mean he should get a life sentence?
These sorts of sentences aren’t really “life”, they’re “life until you’re cured.”
The hard part of it is that the system is so lame that they are probably going to do more damage to him in turn making him have to stay longer.
Indeed, but if we wait for everything to be perfect nothing will ever get done. Reforms of the system can continue alongside treatment.
I guess we’ll have to just lock him up while we figure out some way of stopping him committing cybercrime. If only there were some way of preventing him from committing this crime that requires access to a computer to commit. I guess he’ll just have to stay trapped in a phyche ward until society can figure this one out.
Sorry for being snarky and sarcastic, I know what you mean and agree with you. My sarcasm is directed more at the judges ruling and your comment is just what sparked me to write it.
It’s not the cybercrime that he’s in the mental hospital over. He’s been physically violent as well.
And just how does one get cured of autism?
You think he’s been charged with autism? Most autistic people aren’t a danger to the people around them. That’s the problem here.
Hacks private companies
Danger to the public
Get off it mate, it’s not like he’s a cop. There’s no danger to you or I.
He was no danger to anyone before being locked up and deprived of liberty, in which case he started acting out as anyone would.
Hacks private companies and threatens to release their users’ data.
Smashes physical stuff and beats up physical people after he’s taken into custody. Note that he hasn’t actually gone to trial yet, so this is what he’s currently in the mental hospital for. You really think “anyone” would start beating people up when taken into custody? Why isn’t everyone doing that?
Yeah I’m not so much concerned for the property he’s damaging, but moreso the act of damaging. That points to instability, violence, and poor impulse control.
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Uhh no he was a danger to people. Actually how did you get down to this comment without reading the top of the branch that already quoted this part of the article?
To people detaining him against his will, not to the public.
Most people are able to restrain themselves from physically attacking people in those circumstances. Why is it okay to try to beat up people when you’re being lawfully detained? Even the countries that recognize prisoners having a “right to attempt escape” still charge them with whatever crimes they did in the course of attempting to escape, such as assaulting guards.
He was detained by public servants for breaking the laws of the community, and then attempted to injure them because he doesn’t handle “no” well.
It doesn’t matter if you are autistic or a rich entitled kid, or druggie, you play by the rules or you suffer the consequences of your choices.
Being obtuse in no way advances your argument.
He’s not being obtuse when you’re the one making outlandish claims
Your wording is wrong. It’s a medical life sentence. It would be cleared immediately on doctor approval.
Or the people handling him don’t understand autism?