{"id":54917,"date":"2023-12-22T14:20:45","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T14:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packetstormsecurity.com\/news\/view\/35332\/GTA-6-Hacker-Sentenced-To-Life-In-Hospital-Prison.html"},"modified":"2023-12-22T14:20:45","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T14:20:45","slug":"gta-6-hacker-sentenced-to-life-in-hospital-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/gta-6-hacker-sentenced-to-life-in-hospital-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"GTA 6 Hacker Sentenced To Life In Hospital Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><noscript><\/noscript><!--$!--><!--\/$--><\/p>\n<header class=\"sc-16256727-0 kJWTrz\"><\/header>\n<nav data-testid=\"level1-navigation-container\" class=\"sc-ba4a1d3a-9 iiUkzy\">\n<section class=\"sc-ba4a1d3a-0 fXIgdM\">\n<nav class=\"sc-ba4a1d3a-1 hJNhsM\"><\/nav>\n<\/section>\n<\/nav>\n<p><noscript><\/p>\n<details class=\"sc-985b930d-0 kUgcPG\">\n<summary class=\"sc-985b930d-2 htpxyI\"><!--$--><svg 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src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a898728c-0 haCQWq\"><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/939B\/production\/_130878773_lapsus-blur.jpg.webp 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/939B\/production\/_130878773_lapsus-blur.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/939B\/production\/_130878773_lapsus-blur.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/939B\/production\/_130878773_lapsus-blur.jpg.webp 640w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/939B\/production\/_130878773_lapsus-blur.jpg.webp 800w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/939B\/production\/_130878773_lapsus-blur.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/939B\/production\/_130878773_lapsus-blur.jpg.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/$recipe\/cpsprodpb\/939B\/production\/_130878773_lapsus-blur.jpg.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"BBC Arion Kurtaj\" class=\"sc-a898728c-0 kbvxap\"><span class=\"sc-a898728c-2 gnKCKH\">BBC<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section data-component=\"caption-block\" class=\"sc-4e574cd-0 dIyQzT\"><span class=\"sc-cdeb84b0-0 jzQflC\">18-year-old Arion Kurtaj was a key member of the notorious Lapsus$ cyber-crime gang<!-- --><\/span><\/section>\n<section data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-4e574cd-0 bhtqwj\" readability=\"3\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 gDEGTg\"><b class=\"sc-7dcfb11b-0 kVRnKf\">An 18-year-old hacker who leaked clips of a forthcoming Grand Theft Auto (GTA) game has been sentenced to an indefinite hospital order.<!-- --><\/b><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-4e574cd-0 bhtqwj\" readability=\"4\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 gDEGTg\">Arion Kurtaj from Oxford, who is autistic, was a key member of international gang Lapsus$.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-4e574cd-0 bhtqwj\" readability=\"4\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 gDEGTg\">The gang&#8217;s attacks on tech giants including Uber, Nvidia and Rockstar Games cost the firms nearly $10m.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-4e574cd-0 bhtqwj\" readability=\"3\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 gDEGTg\">The judge said Kurtaj&#8217;s skills and desire to commit cyber-crime meant he remained a high risk to the public.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-4e574cd-0 bhtqwj\" readability=\"2\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 gDEGTg\">He will remain at a secure hospital for life unless doctors deem him no longer a danger.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--$!--><!--\/$--><\/p>\n<section data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-4e574cd-0 bhtqwj\" readability=\"3\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 gDEGTg\">The court heard that Kurtaj had been violent while in custody with dozens of reports of injury or property damage.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-4e574cd-0 bhtqwj\" readability=\"3\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 gDEGTg\">Doctors deemed Kurtaj unfit to stand trial due to his severe autism so the jury was asked to determine whether or not he committed the alleged acts &#8211; not if he did so with criminal intent.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-4e574cd-0 bhtqwj\" readability=\"3\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 gDEGTg\">A mental health assessment used as part of the sentencing hearing said he &#8220;continued to express the intent to return to cyber-crime as soon as possible. He is highly motivated.&#8221;<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-4e574cd-0 bhtqwj\" readability=\"4\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 gDEGTg\">The jury was told that while he was on bail for hacking Nvidia and BT\/EE and in police protection at a Travelodge hotel, he continued hacking and carried out his most infamous hack.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-4e574cd-0 bhtqwj\" readability=\"7\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 gDEGTg\">Despite having his laptop confiscated, Kurtaj managed to breach Rockstar, the company behind GTA, using an Amazon Firestick, his hotel TV and a mobile phone.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--$!--><!--\/$--><\/p>\n<section data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-4e574cd-0 bhtqwj\" readability=\"2\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 gDEGTg\">Kurtaj stole 90 clips of the unreleased and hugely anticipated Grand Theft Auto 6.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-4e574cd-0 bhtqwj\" readability=\"3\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 gDEGTg\">He broke into the company&#8217;s internal Slack messaging system to declare &#8220;if Rockstar does not contact me on Telegram within 24 hours I will start releasing the source code&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-4e574cd-0 bhtqwj\" readability=\"2\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 gDEGTg\">He then posted the clips and source code on a forum under the username TeaPotUberHacker.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-4e574cd-0 bhtqwj\" readability=\"2\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 gDEGTg\">He was rearrested and detained until his trial.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-component=\"video-block\" data-testid=\"fabl-video-container\" class=\"sc-4e574cd-0 dMVnbQ\"><!--$!--><!--\/$--><\/section>\n<section data-component=\"caption-block\" class=\"sc-4e574cd-0 dIyQzT\"><span class=\"sc-cdeb84b0-0 jzQflC\">Watch: What have we learnt from the GTA VI trailer?<!-- --><\/span><\/section>\n<p><!--$!--><!--\/$--><\/p>\n<section data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-4e574cd-0 bhtqwj\" readability=\"4\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 gDEGTg\">Earlier this month, the trailer for GTA 6 was released clocking up 128m views on YouTube in just 4 days.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-4e574cd-0 bhtqwj\" readability=\"5\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 gDEGTg\">In sentencing hearings, Kurtaj&#8217;s defence team argued that the success of the game&#8217;s trailer indicated that Kurtaj&#8217;s hack had not caused serious harm to the game developer and asked that this be factored into the sentencing.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-4e574cd-0 bhtqwj\" readability=\"3\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 gDEGTg\">But Her Honour Judge Lees said that there were real victims and real harm caused from his other multiple hacks on individuals and the companies he attacked with Lapsus$. <!-- --><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-4e574cd-0 bhtqwj\" readability=\"3\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 gDEGTg\">Rockstar Games alone told the court that the hack cost it $5m to recover from plus thousands of hours of staff time.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-4e574cd-0 dMVnbQ\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"sc-a898728c-1 jWZsJP\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a898728c-0 haCQWq\"><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/00D6\/production\/_130841200_c3fb2a11-47e7-4a4b-a48b-b5ff5834515c.jpg.webp 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/00D6\/production\/_130841200_c3fb2a11-47e7-4a4b-a48b-b5ff5834515c.jpg.webp 320w, 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data-component=\"caption-block\" class=\"sc-4e574cd-0 dIyQzT\"><span class=\"sc-cdeb84b0-0 jzQflC\">The hackers sent out threatening text messages to 26,000 EE customers<!-- --><\/span><\/section>\n<p><!--$!--><!--\/$--><\/p>\n<section data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-4e574cd-0 bhtqwj\" readability=\"6\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 gDEGTg\">Another Lapsus$ member, who is 17 and cannot be named because of his age, was found guilty in the same trial, which lasted six weeks at Southwark Crown Court. <!-- --><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-4e574cd-0 bhtqwj\" readability=\"4\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 gDEGTg\">He worked with Kurtaj and other members of Lapsus$ to hack tech giant Nvidia and phone company BT\/EE and steal data before demanding a four million dollar ransom, which was not paid. <!-- --><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-4e574cd-0 bhtqwj\" readability=\"2\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 gDEGTg\">They also stole directly from individuals through their cryptocurrency wallets.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-4e574cd-0 bhtqwj\" readability=\"4\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 gDEGTg\">The 17-year-old was sentenced to an 18 month long Youth Rehabilitation Order, including intense supervision and a ban on using VPNs online.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-4e574cd-0 bhtqwj\" readability=\"3\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 gDEGTg\">As well as hacking offences the boy was sentenced for what the judge described as &#8220;unpleasant and frightening pattern of stalking and harassment&#8221; of two young women. <!-- --><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--$!--><!--\/$--><\/p>\n<section data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-4e574cd-0 bhtqwj\" readability=\"3\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 gDEGTg\">Kurtaj and the 17-year-old are the first members of the Lapsus$ group to be convicted but it is thought others are still at large.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-4e574cd-0 bhtqwj\" readability=\"4.0532544378698\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 gDEGTg\">The gang&#8217;s audacious attacks in 2021 and 2022 <!-- --><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cisa.gov\/resources-tools\/resources\/review-attacks-associated-lapsus-and-related-threat-groups-report\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 kUFdej\" rel=\"noopener\">shocked the cyber-security world<!-- --><\/a>. The group from the UK, and allegedly Brazil, was described in court as &#8220;digital bandits&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-4e574cd-0 bhtqwj\" readability=\"5\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 gDEGTg\">The gang &#8211; thought to mostly be teenagers &#8211; used con-man like tricks as well as computer hacking to gain access to multinational corporations such as Microsoft, the technology giant and digital banking group Revolut.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-4e574cd-0 bhtqwj\" readability=\"4\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 gDEGTg\">During their spree, the hackers regularly celebrated their crimes publicly and taunted victims on the social network app Telegram in English and Portuguese.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-4e574cd-0 bhtqwj\" readability=\"3\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 gDEGTg\">It prompted US cyber-authorities to issue a lengthy report into Lapsus$ and other teen hacker gangs.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--$!--><!--\/$--><\/p>\n<section data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-4e574cd-0 bhtqwj\" readability=\"4\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 gDEGTg\">It concluded that Lapsus$ &#8220;made clear just how easy it was for its members (juveniles, in some instances) to infiltrate well-defended organisations&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-4e574cd-0 bhtqwj\" readability=\"4\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 gDEGTg\">It is not clear how much money Lapsus$ has made from its cyber-crimes. 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