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This is an 18 year old kid.
We were all 18 year olds, but we (hopefully) never stalked and harassed women, as is noted in TFA. And don't use autism as an excuse - my mother teaches autistic teenagers and none of them have committed amoral stuff such as violence and harassment. Also, an 18 year old is an adult.
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We were all 18 year olds, but we (hopefully) never stalked and harassed women, as is noted in TFA. And don't use autism as an excuse - my mother teaches autistic teenagers and none of them have committed amoral stuff such as violence and harassment. Also, an 18 year old is an adult.
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The guy harassed and stalked women and has attacked staff. This is literally stated in the article. Being neurodiverse doesn't mean you get a free pass on sexual harassment or violent behavior. Plenty of neurodiverse people don't harass women or violently attack people.
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We were all 18 year olds, but we (hopefully) never stalked and harassed women, as is noted in TFA. And don't use autism as an excuse - my mother teaches autistic teenagers and none of them have committed amoral stuff such as violence and harassment. Also, an 18 year old is an adult.
Only just an adult. A few years, the hormones might calm down and, well, if we gave up on all 18 year old adults there wouldn't be too many of us left. Don't judge the future, create the future.
Boys will be boys /s
I cannot believe I saw someone give this kind of a statement on HN.
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And has no empathy, which makes him a lot more dangerous.
autism doesn't mean he doesn't have emotions
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Ok. Ignore the dollar amount. His actions have physically injured people, destroyed property, and caused hundreds or thousands of people to spend otherwise productive time on fixing things. This wasn’t some hacker poking around because he could. He was stealing assets and then trying to ransom them back. He also just straight up stole crypto.
> This wasn’t some hacker poking around because he could. He was stealing assets and then trying to ransom them back. If he managed to do that using nothing more than a TV and an Android device , I have absolutely zero sympathy with his victims. In the end, I'd even classify that as a public service, getting these companies to up their security game at least to some standard. > He also just straight up stole crypto.…
What does it matter what form your wealth takes? Whether it's in a bank, in cash, in gold, or in cryptocurrency is an unimportant detail. What matters is that you have every right to keep possession of it.
Perpetrating the trope of the "Idiot Savant" or "Helpless Amorality" undercuts the millions of neurodiverse people who haven't harassed, assaulted, or threatened people.
Absolutely monumental waste of talent. Reminds me of how I got expelled from high school for "hacking" into their terrible infrastructure (without causing any damage whatsoever, other than to their pride). They threw the book at me. Threatened felonies. Were going on and on about how I will never vote, never be able to work as a postal worker etc. Get this kid into the right environment and he would probably be able…
Now imagine you found leverage with your hack and you demanded $4M or else.
> Kurtaj managed to breach Rockstar, the company behind GTA, using an Amazon Firestick, his hotel TV and a mobile phone. That's quite a feat. > Rockstar Games alone told the court that the hack cost it $5m to recover from plus thousands of hours of staff time. Either the kid is a genius or Rockstar really don't value their security much. Or maybe a bit of both?
From TFA, and given prior hacks, he's very skilled.