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Teen GTA VI hacker sentenced to life in a secure hospital

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Re: Teen GTA VI hacker sentenced to life in a secure hospital

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Maybe they should give him something to do and hire him themselves.

If he's actually "crazy", then would you want to work with him?

He's not crazy. He's autistic. That makes him very valuable (as can be seen from his exploits). If you can work out what makes him tick, you have yourself a very powerful weapon.

Re: Teen GTA VI hacker sentenced to life in a secure hospital

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If he's actually "crazy", then would you want to work with him?

This is a bunch of crap. Autistic people are not "crazy", we just don't follow the same asinine logic you "normal" people do. What he did isn't even some great big evil thing, he just hacked some corporations. There are plenty of neurotypical people who do the same thing. Governments too. A decent chunk of the world holds these entities to be pure evil and view attacks against them as totally within reason.

I can actually see the movie now. :)

Re: Teen GTA VI hacker sentenced to life in a secure hospital

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>In August, a London jury found that Kurtaj carried out cyberattacks against GTA VI developer Rockstar Games and other companies, including Uber and Nvidia. However, since Kurtaj has autism and was deemed unfit to stand trial, the jury was asked to determine whether he committed the acts in question, not whether he did so with criminal intent. He's highly autistic and currently doesn't seem to understand (or care, al…

As an autistic person, this is fucking terrifying. Someday I might have something to say and people are going to say "oh poor thing, he doesn't understand" and my life is going to disappear. Fascist bullshit. Reminds me of 300 Million Random Assholes Voting on How You Die [1] - [1]: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/r-foxtale-300-millio...

What he did was illegal. Not just non-neurotypical.

You saying something isn't illegal. You're not going to be put in prison (or a hospital) for life for saying something.

I see in your other post that you think hacking businesses may be completely justified. That's fine; you can think that. But you understand that there are laws against it, right? And you can expect the laws to be enforced, whether or not you personally think the laws are justified (or even right)?

You may think in terms of civil disobedience. That's your choice if you want to go that way. But that's your deliberate choice, not just some random thing you do ruining your life.

Re: Teen GTA VI hacker sentenced to life in a secure hospital

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>In August, a London jury found that Kurtaj carried out cyberattacks against GTA VI developer Rockstar Games and other companies, including Uber and Nvidia. However, since Kurtaj has autism and was deemed unfit to stand trial, the jury was asked to determine whether he committed the acts in question, not whether he did so with criminal intent. He's highly autistic and currently doesn't seem to understand (or care, al…

As an autistic person, this is fucking terrifying. Someday I might have something to say and people are going to say "oh poor thing, he doesn't understand" and my life is going to disappear. Fascist bullshit. Reminds me of 300 Million Random Assholes Voting on How You Die [1] - [1]: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/r-foxtale-300-millio...

I'm not sure how you go from being autistic and having something to say to being disappeared by fascists. Unless the thing you might want to say is "I intend to continue committing crimes"

Re: Teen GTA VI hacker sentenced to life in a secure hospital

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"Kurtaj leaked 90 videos of GTA VI gameplay footage last September while out on bail for hacking Nvidia and British telecom provider BT / EE. 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. Kurt…

> newly purchased smart phone, keyboard and mouse

Why on earth would they allow him these things?

Re: Teen GTA VI hacker sentenced to life in a secure hospital

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As an autistic person, this is fucking terrifying. Someday I might have something to say and people are going to say "oh poor thing, he doesn't understand" and my life is going to disappear. Fascist bullshit. Reminds me of 300 Million Random Assholes Voting on How You Die [1] - [1]: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/r-foxtale-300-millio...

What he did was illegal . Not just non-neurotypical. You saying something isn't illegal. You're not going to be put in prison (or a hospital) for life for saying something. I see in your other post that you think hacking businesses may be completely justified. That's fine; you can think that. But you understand that there are laws against it, right? And you can expect the laws to be enforced, whether or not you perso…

Yes, illegal, but so is parking in a no stopping zone. Not making excuses for him, but I have a strong reaction to the phrase “sentenced to life” seems like the dead end of a life. Because a video got leaked. Rehab isn’t an option? I'm not a cybersecurity guy (“non-computational life sciences” guy) but seems kid the kid is pretty talented at something.

Re: Teen GTA VI hacker sentenced to life in a secure hospital

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>In August, a London jury found that Kurtaj carried out cyberattacks against GTA VI developer Rockstar Games and other companies, including Uber and Nvidia. However, since Kurtaj has autism and was deemed unfit to stand trial, the jury was asked to determine whether he committed the acts in question, not whether he did so with criminal intent. He's highly autistic and currently doesn't seem to understand (or care, al…

As an autistic person, this is fucking terrifying. Someday I might have something to say and people are going to say "oh poor thing, he doesn't understand" and my life is going to disappear. Fascist bullshit. Reminds me of 300 Million Random Assholes Voting on How You Die [1] - [1]: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/r-foxtale-300-millio...

"During Thursday’s hearing, the court heard Kurtaj “had been violent while in custody with dozens of reports of injury or property damage,” "

This is why he was committed, not because he hacked Rockstar. Lesson 1, don't commit ransom; lesson 2, failing lesson 1, don't get caught; lesson 3; failing lesson 2, don't commit dozens of violent acts while in custody

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