Lapsus$: GTA 6 hacker handed indefinite hospital order
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Judge says hacker remains a high risk through his skills and motivation to carry out cyber-crime.

Lapsus$: GTA 6 hacker sentenced to life in hospital prison::Judge says hacker remains a high risk through his skills and motivation to carry out cyber-crime.

  • Nacktmull@lemm.eeEnglish
    10714·
    1 year ago

    The boy hacked Rockstar using a TV, a fire stick and a phone! I think he deserves a medal, a scholarship and a high payed job as a security consultant, not punishment. Instead they destroy his life for … being too smart and too talented?! Fuck capitalism!

    • Tatters@lemmy.worldEnglish
      381·
      1 year ago

      He sounds like a very troubled kid: “ The court heard that Kurtaj had been violent while in custody with dozens of reports of injury or property damage.”. He is deemed a danger to himself or others so is being placed is a secure hospital for safety, hopefully he will get treatment there. He will be released if the doctors deem he is no longer a danger.

      • Nacktmull@lemm.eeEnglish
        352·
        1 year ago

        Are there any reports of him being violent outside of custody though? If not, he is obviously not a danger to the public and the primary problem is that he was put in custody.

        • r00ty@kbin.life
          11·
          1 year ago

          I think the real problem (and not saying I agree, just the motivation of the legal system) is that he keeps saying he intends to keep breaking the laws he’s been convicted of.

          In most countries, that doesn’t go down well.

          Having said that, this is a stealth whole life tariff. These should be reserved for the most heinous crimes. The sadistic/multiple murderers and the like. Not compulsive hacking.

          • The Barto@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            Yeah people like to ignore the part where it says something along the lines of " he will stay in prison hospital for life or until a doctor determines he isn’t a danger to himself or society."

      • Maggoty@lemmy.worldEnglish
        201·
        1 year ago

        The judge said they confined him because he said he’d do it again. Not because of violent outbursts, which without further information do not rise to the level of involuntary commitment.

    • mannycalaveraEnglish
      266·
      1 year ago

      Sounds like he had serious issues in life and wouldn’t likely be able to hold a job or complete a scholarship. Not to mention he’s ruined any form of trust you would need to be a security consultant.

      A mental health assessment used as part of the sentencing hearing said he “continued to express the intent to return to cyber-crime as soon as possible. He is highly motivated.”

      The jury was told that while he was on bail for hacking Nvidia and BT/EE and in police protection at a Travelodge hotel, he continued hacking

      This doesn’t sound like a kid that accidentally found some loopholes in a website and got lost down a rabbit hole. Instead it sounds like he deliberately knew what he was doing was wrong but didn’t give a shit and was quite happy to blackmail users why threatening to reveal their personal data he had stolen.

      Let’s hope they can reform him over time, poor kid.

      • Mojojojo1993@lemmy.worldEnglish
        625·
        1 year ago

        How do you “reform” mental health. Would you reform van Gogh?

        Would you reform Joan of ark ?

        Pick any genius. It’s called savant. Education

            • StenSaksTapir@feddit.dkEnglish
              11·
              1 year ago

              For me it was the Joan of Arc thing.

              But I think more generally the implied notion that mentally unstable people shouldn’t be helped because of art.

            • mannycalaveraEnglish
              9·
              1 year ago

              The part where you didn’t understand what I said, misinterpreted it so badly, assumed something that wasn’t implied, and went on a rant equating people with dangerous severe mental illness (as in the kid in the article) to people in the creative arts.

              Oh and also the Joan of Arc thing. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • Joker@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      11·
      1 year ago

      I agree with most of what you said, but what the hell does it have to do with capitalism? He committed a crime and this is the justice system at work. Capitalism is irrelevant. I think a diversion program would have been more appropriate. He obviously has talent and needs to be redirected to apply it in more constructive ways that are legal.