18-year-old hacker, Arion Kurtaj, has been sentenced to life in a hospital prison for his role in leaking footage from the highly anticipated game, Grand Theft Auto VI.

Kurtaj, a member of the international hacking group Lapsus$, was arrested in Oxford in September 2022, following one of the more infamous cyberattacks in recent history that saw him breach major companies such as Nvidia, Microsoft, Samsung, and Uber. His most notable act was the leak of in-development footage from Rockstar Games' upcoming title, Grand Theft Auto 6, which had remained one of the most closely guarded secrets in the gaming industry.

Despite suffering from acute autism, which made him unfit to stand trial, a jury found Kurtaj responsible for the attacks. The court heard that he managed to hack into Rockstar's systems using simple tools such as an Amazon Firestick, a TV in a hotel, and a mobile phone, even while under police protection at a Travelodge hotel. He then threatened to release the GTA 6 source code unless Rockstar negotiated with him.

The GTA 6 leak is one of the few scenarios where such an incident helped the victim more than damaging them.

The aforementioned leak was massive, involving the game's source code and 90 clips of unfinished assets and other in-development elements. The videos quickly spread across the internet, revealing many mysterious details while still a work in progress. Rockstar confirmed the hack and took swift action to remove the leaked videos, emphasizing the breach's seriousness.