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.
I had something similar happen to me. In high school I was a tinkerer and installed quake 2 on all the pcs which ended up infecting the entire school network with some viruses. I did a bunch more… slightly more nefarious stuff too… It was all out of curiosity, not malice.
I got caught eventually but instead of my school punishing me they put me to work and I’ve been in development / IT / Netsec now for 30 years.