Teen who leaked ‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ as part of Lapsus$ gang put in secure hospital by UK judge

Kurtaj – together with other unknown members of Lapsus$ – was found to have been responsible for stealing commercially sensitive code and video of the latest installment of the Grand Theft Auto series while he was on bail for the previous hacks. — Image by Racool_studio on Freepik

The teen hacker who leaked footage of Rockstar Games Inc’s upcoming Grand Theft Auto VI installment and hacked into technology firm Nvidia Corp was placed in a secure hospital by a British judge.

Arion Kurtaj, 18, and a 17-year-old male, who can’t be identified, were convicted of being part of the notorious hacking group Lapsus$. They were found guilty of serious computer misuse, blackmail and fraud against BT Group Plc’s EE network and Nvidia in August after a seven-week criminal trial. Kurtaj was also found to have hacked into Uber Technologies Inc, fintech firm Revolut Ltd, and Rockstar Games.