Teen GTA VI hacker sentenced to life in a secure hospital
Teen GTA VI hacker sentenced to life in a secure hospital
The hack cost Rockstar Games $5 million.
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We as a society should stop punishing people for insignificant crimes against big corpos. This sentence sounds something out of a dystopia. Really, even if there is supposedly 5 million USD in damages, are there any proof that anyone working at Rockstar games will feel the impact as a person? It is such a huge company I bet they wouldn't even feel it. Maybe there needs to be some cost cutting here and there, or maybe some people will lose some jobs? But neither warrants lifelong confinement - this is something you might get if you ruin someones life forever.
Key word is "victimless crime" which is an oxymoron. Companies are not people and can't be victims.
"Victimless crimes" are not crimes
This isn't really punishment, this is more of a medical intervention
Perhaps for first offenses, in cases where the defendant seems remorseful, and/or they are unlikely to regress, sure. But in this case, the defendant checks none of these boxes. This kid sounds like the archetypical shit bag that plagues gaming communities far and wide. Goodbye and good riddance.
He plagues gaming communities, how terrible. Take away his autonomy!
Listen to yourself. He needs meds and house arrests at most. I do not propose to know how to discourage a compulsive hacking disorder, but why on Earth should a judge sentence him to imprisonment on behalf of Rockstar for a leak?
Did you read the article, though?
- Repeat offender, check.
- History of violence, check.
- No remorse, in fact he actively wants to do it again as soon as he’s able, check.
I sincerely hope he gets the help he needs, but unless and until a qualified medical professional personally guarantees he won’t regress, it would be downright irresponsible to allow this kid to continue doing what he does.
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You quoted the least compelling part of the article. Literally who cares about Rockstar, Nvidia, and BT?
The only part that might require hospitalization/lockup IMO might be this:
During Thursday’s hearing, the court heard Kurtaj “had been violent while in custody with dozens of reports of injury or property damage,” the BBC reports. A mental health assessment also found that Kurtaj “continued to express the intent to return to cybercrime as soon as possible.” He’s required to stay in the hospital prison for life unless doctors determine that he’s no longer a danger.
But it's vague af so who knows.
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Did you think this discussion was about the legality of the sentence?
The prevailing wisdom on lemmy seems that it's fair game apparently as long as the targets are corporations
God knows no fury like a mildly inconvenienced liberal.