In motion pictures, a hacker usually sits at a big desk with a slew of cutting-edge know-how in entrance of them. In actual life, it seems all you want is an Amazon Fireplace TV stick, smartphone, keyboard and mouse to steal and leak clips from an unreleased game like the much-anticipated Grand Theft Auto IV. That is precisely what Arion Kurtaj, a member of hacking group Lapsus$, did whereas already on bail for allegedly hacking NVIDIA, BBC News reports.
The 18-year-old infiltrated Rockstar Video games, which created GTA VI, going as far as to announce himself as an “attacker” within the firm’s Slack channel. The scene of the crime? A UK Travelodge lodge officers had positioned him in.
Kurtaj was moved to the lodge after hackers “doxxed” him, releasing detailed details about him and his household on-line, and compromising his security. Whereas there he was allowed no web entry — one thing he used the Fireplace TV Stick with get round.
Additional particulars of Kurtaj’s unlawful stunt grew to become public following a seven-week trial and his being discovered responsible of hacking Rockstar, neobank Revolut and Uber. A 17-year-old was additionally convicted however, in contrast to Kurtaj, continues to be out on bail. The 2 people are autistic, and psychiatrists deemed them ineligible to face trial. This meant that the jury solely weighed in on in the event that they believed the crimes had been dedicated, not in the event that they had been executed with prison intent.
Lapsus$, referred to in court docket as a bunch of “digital bandits,” is believed to be comprised principally of youngsters from Brazil and the UK — Kurtaj and the unnamed 17-year-old are two of seven members arrested within the UK. Between 2021 and 2022, Lapsus$ additionally allegedly hacked Samsung, T-Cellular and Microsoft. Although the group requested ransoms, it is unclear how a lot it created from these exploits, if a lot in any respect.
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