A GTA Hacker Gets Thrown in Psychiatric Hospital for $5 Million Grand Theft

January 12, 2024 E Jazz Reporter

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Arion Kurtaj’s joyride as a Grand Theft Auto (GTA) criminal appears to have crashed and burned.

The 18-year-old hacker from Oxfordshire, UK, played a crucial role in the Lapsus$ group — an international cybercrime syndicate that inflicted nearly $10 million in damages to several high-profile tech companies, including Uber, Nvidia, and Rockstar Games (the company that makes GTA), according to the BBC.

Kurtaj’s most infamous crime was breaching Rockstar while in police custody and releasing 90 clips of unreleased Grand Theft Auto 6 footage.

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