Autistic Lapsus$ Hacker Who Leaked GTA 6 Clips Sentenced to Life in a Hospital

[Dr. Dro]

I'd see this in a movie and yell at the TV calling it unrealistic.

Indeed. What a waste. This guy needed to be hired as a security consultant for an intelligence agency as a white hat, it's clear that he is exceptionally gifted.

 

[Deleted member 229121]

Autism doesn't warrant a mental hospital that is just absurd.
White collar prison would have been a better option (and I don't know about a life sentence either)...

The kid screwed himself over with his statements though, no two-ways about it.
Once you get caught play the game and when the dust settles you can work for gov't or a security firm.

 

[R-T-B]

As a fellow Autistic person, I'm disgusted they've committed him as punishment.

They'll be torturing him with ABT and other pseudo-psychological "treatments".

If they wanted to stop the "behaviour", they should give him a goddamn JOB - paying him Every Dollar his skills are worth doing what he's clearly Extremely good at.
But no, can't possibly help the neurodivergent folk thrive.


a "Mental hospital" for ASD folk, is more often a torture facility than help. ESPECIALLY in the UK.

The guy has made very clear he does not want a job, only to commit cybercrime. He was so obsessed with it he hacked GTA with a fireTV stick and a cellphone at his hotel WHILE awaiting trial for the nvidia hack.

As an Autistic person also, his sentence was appropriate. He has mental health needs and he is absolutely a danger to society in his present state. This was the only answer.

I'd see this in a movie and yell at the TV calling it unrealistic.

It does show how obsessed he was though. He did this on bail, while awaiting trial for the same crime, with officers literally right outside. It also illustrates how dangerous his skills combined with lack of ethics is.

life in a mental hostpital is too much for being autistic and sad.

If he gets better he will be released. That's how institutionalization like that works in "life" cases.

Indeed. What a waste. This guy needed to be hired as a security consultant for an intelligence agency as a white hat, it's clear that he is exceptionally gifted.

To be fair, I can load tails on a fireTV stick. It's more ballsy than impressive, that part, considering the police were right outside.

 

[Minus Infinity]

Scumbag murderers, rapists, child molesters etc get lesser sentences than this kid.

 

[R0H1T]

And corporations, politicians, cops, military get away with it

 

[Steevo]

I'd see this in a movie and yell at the TV calling it unrealistic.

Autistic focus is a sight to behold.

For his hard work he has become the world’s biggest IT asset.

 

[R-T-B]

Scumbag murderers, rapists, child molesters etc get lesser sentences than this kid.

Not really, he's out as soon as he understands the wrong of what he did, essentially. The name of the sentence is misleading. It'd only be life if he never understands.

For his hard work he has become the world’s biggest IT asset.

Only if he ever realizes some ethics. Otherwise he'll never leave the psych ward.

 

[marcomarti]

Autistic boy sentenced for 10M damage to billion dollar company. They should at least hire him or help him. Hard to understand UK these days.

 

[R-T-B]

Autistic boy sentenced for 10M damage to billion dollar company. They should at least hire him or help him. Hard to understand UK these days.

The sentence is literally an attempt to medically help him.

 

[marcomarti]

The sentence is literally an attempt to medically help him.

Do You really think that life sentence for autistic kid is any kind of medical solution for him? What reality do You live? Is it called UK?

 

[R-T-B]

Do You really think that life sentence for autistic kid is any kind of medical solution for him? What reality do You live? Is it called UK?

Read my posts. It's only a "life sentence" if he fails to recover and remains a danger after his hospitalization. The second he recovers and can prove he's not a danger, he's out. OP even states this fact.

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Indeed the dude needs special help.

 

[Minus Infinity]

The sentence is literally an attempt to medically help him.

Those institutions often are barbaric and prefer to just shock the person if not labotomise if the drugs don't work

 

[R-T-B]

Those institutions often are barbaric and prefer to just shock the person if not labotomise if the drugs don't work

Public health hasn't labotimised or electroshocked since like the 60s. And the man is a danger to society so theres not a lot of choices here.

 

[AsRock]

Good, lock them up... Shame we don't do it to more people who commit crimes today.

Hit words without all the facts again.

 

[marcomarti]

Public health hasn't labotimised or electroshocked since like the 60s. And the man is a danger to society so theres not a lot of choices here.

Even if You are not autistic, I hope, after life sentence, You will be fine

 

[zlobby]

is he really a danger ?, hes done rockstar a fav showing them how easy thay are to hack. life in a mental hostpital is too much for being autistic and sad.

Yes, indeed. He is an untrained in the ways of the Jedi young man. Properly weaponized, autism can be more devastating than WMD.

And the man is a danger to society so theres not a lot of choices here.

I'm more afraid of the others who are still freely walking the streets. And I don't mean only the autistic ones.

Hi,
Indeed the dude needs special help.

In all honesty, who doesn't?

 

[R-T-B]

Even if You are not autistic, I hope, after life sentence, You will be fine

I'll still think I'm a frog sorry.

And I am autistic spectrum btw, said so earlier.

And I don't mean only the autistic ones.

It's not his autism getting him institutionalized people, we realize that, right?

 

[zlobby]

It's not his autism getting him institutionalized people, we realize that, right?

Of course it's not autism! It's not enough autism that got him the jacket. Had he a bit more he would've covered his tracks properly, he'd still be wreaking havoc for the lulz of forum autists lile you and me, and for the sheer horror of greedy corpos.

 

[R-T-B]

Autism isn't a superpower anymore than it's a crippling disability. It's just a certain way a brain tends to think. I know you are probably being lighthearted here, but still, bears saying.

 

[OkieDan]

Is he actually a genius hacker or merely a person sending phishing emails and running apps/scripts other people made? That would make him more of a con artist, script kiddie as opposed to some genius hacker.

 

[zlobby]

Is he actually a genius hacker or merely a person sending phishing emails and running apps/scripts other people made? That would make him more of a con artist, script kiddie as opposed to some genius hacker.

Even more humiliating to R☆ if true.

 

[OkieDan]

Even more humiliating to R☆ if true.

Why? Social engineering is among the most successful attack vectors if not the most successful.

 

[zlobby]

Why? Social engineering is among the most successful attack vectors if not the most successful.

Indeed. Only that various prevention and mitigation techniques exist for it. I guess Rookstar prefer to spend the money on other things.

Even the most basic trainings can close that door if done properly and regularly.

 

[OkieDan]

Indeed. Only that various prevention and mitigation techniques exist for it. I guess Rookstar prefer to spend the money on other things.

Even the most basic trainings can close that door if done properly and regularly.

You can never fully prevent becoming compromised via social engineering attacks no matter how much effort you put into preventing it.

Suggesting they would be "more humiliated" if they were compromised by the most successful attack vector shows a bit of bias. It's also biased to state they "prefer to spend the money on other things" when you don't know how much they spent nor if they could have prevented it if they had spent more. In a comment you didn't direct towards me, you lumped them in with "greedy corps". Is that why you're so biased against Rockstar, because they're a for-profit corporation just like the makers of most well-known consumer products?