Grand Theft Auto VI responsible for its leaks in September 2022 and is also GTA 6 trailer Rockstar Games hacker who also leaked Arion Kurtaj The punishment has been determined. What punishment did Arion Kurtaj, the 18-year-old Lapsus$ member behind the Rockstar Games, Uber and Nvidia hacks, receive? Here are the details…
What was the punishment for the GTA 6 hacker?
Lapsus$ member Arion Kurtaj was recently sentenced to life imprisonment in hospital in England. Kurtaj’s sentence is based on many factors. The young hacker, who suffers from autism, said that he wanted to continue committing cybercrime and used violence against himself while in custody. The court ultimately ruled that he “shall remain in a secure hospital for the rest of his life, as long as doctors no longer deem him a danger.”
in September 2022 Kurtaj hacked Rockstar Games. He obtained 90 gameplay clips and source code from the then-unannounced GTA 6 and then published them online. Due to the lack of information regarding GTA 6 on the internet at the time, gameplay clips obviously went viral and spread like wildfire through leak-friendly gaming communities.
Rockstar Games recently officially announced GTA 6. Its first trailer, which focused on cinematics rather than gameplay, broke viewing records and has now reached more than 155 million views on YouTube. However, this happened earlier than planned because the hacker in question also managed to leak this trailer. Then Rockstar Games decided to publish the trailer on its official account.
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Regarding the hacker named Arion Kurtaj, the judge declared that his skills and desire to commit cybercrime continue to pose a high risk to the public. Although his laptop was confiscated, he managed to infiltrate the giant company Rockstar Games with the help of a mobile phone, hotel television and Amazon Firestick.
During the criminal hearings, the hacker’s defense team stated that the GTA 6 trailer incident did not harm Rockstar Games as much as it was made out to be. However, the company then announced that the hack cost them $5 million and thousands of hours of staff time.
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