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Teen GTA VI hacker sentenced to life in a secure hospital
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Imagine what the MI6 or CIA could make out of him. He hacked Rockstar using a firestick, imagine what he could do when given the right tools. This is a terrible waste of skill.
Yeah but it makes mega corporations look like the complete idiots that they actually are...the rich can't have their stupidity on clear display like that so they need to punish whoever.
This isn't about their shitty game anymore, they want to attempt to stop other smart individuals from again showing the world that this giant companies shouldn't exist and how utterly pathetic they are when it comes to security
We disagree on where his skills would have been wasted.
He was going in the right direction. I'd have loved to see what he could have inflicted on capital markets and banking systems.
A Fire Stick is just a small computer, hacking with a computer is normal.
Ya it's not like he was using the tiny remote and managed to hack extra capabilities into the firestick like that headline made it sound. He bought a Bluetooth keyboard and used a preexisting app to connect to his server. The server is the thing he actually used to do the hacking.
A calculator is also a small computer. Can you hack with that?
I have a computer, Greg. Can you milk me?
Can I have some of these abacus hack tips
Don't count on it.
He has been violent repeatedly, and continues to express desire to commit cyber crimes.
What would your solution be because right now it’s putting him in a hospital to get help?
Maybe just have him there for a few years, not his whole life.
Wow, no one in this thread read the actual article, not surprising.
He's a violent criminal with no regard for privacy, and you want him working for the government?