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Teen GTA VI hacker sentenced to life in a secure hospital (www.theverge.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Although he stayed at a hotel under police protection during this time, Kurtaj still managed to carry out an attack on Rockstar Games by using the room’s included Amazon Fire Stick and a “newly purchased smart phone, keyboard and mouse,” according to a separate BBC report.

Looks like they should hire him no?

5 millions loss for rockstar games, like is it even a lot for them?

[–] [email protected] 32 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They basically deemed him too autistic to be held responsible for his own actions. I am all for rehabilitation and channeling skills in good ways but you also need to trust them to act in their own interest which this guy don't seem capable of.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Yeah I think I meant something like supervising him and seeing how he's exploiting breach in order to patch it. But that doesn't look as realistic now as it was in my head, who would hire him actually, you don't know what would be his next target