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The "terrible" hacker who made a name for himself in the network is an Albanian teenager

Politiko 2023-07-16 20:21:32

The "terrible" hacker who made a name for himself in the network is an

Arion Kurtaj, the teenager accused of hacking and blackmailing a number of companies, is Albanian.

Foreign media reports that he was part of the Lapsus$ hacker group when they released footage of the still-in-production video game Grand Theft Auto 6.

The young man is on trial for 12 offences, including three counts of extortion, two counts of fraud and six counts under the Computer Misuse Act, he may escape in peace.

According to the media agency Reuters, Kurtaj has undergone examinations by psychiatrists, and according to them, he is unfit to stand trial. So a jury will only decide whether he committed the crimes, not whether he is guilty or not.

In addition to GTA 6, Kurtaj is accused of hacking the companies Uber and Nvidia, as well as threatening them to publish the source codes on the Internet.

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