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Lapsus$: GTA 6 hacker sentenced to life in hospital prison (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Lapsus$: GTA 6 hacker sentenced to life in hospital prison::Judge says hacker remains a high risk through his skills and motivation to carry out cyber-crime.

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[–] Nacktmull@lemm.ee 41 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Are there any reports of him being violent outside of custody though? If not, he is obviously not a danger to the public and the primary problem is that he was put in custody.

[–] militaryintelligence@lemmy.world 43 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, but people saw a video game before it was released.

[–] Nacktmull@lemm.ee 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The damage this monster did to society is immeasurable!

[–] r00ty@kbin.life 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think the real problem (and not saying I agree, just the motivation of the legal system) is that he keeps saying he intends to keep breaking the laws he's been convicted of.

In most countries, that doesn't go down well.

Having said that, this is a stealth whole life tariff. These should be reserved for the most heinous crimes. The sadistic/multiple murderers and the like. Not compulsive hacking.

[–] ElBarto@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah people like to ignore the part where it says something along the lines of " he will stay in prison hospital for life or until a doctor determines he isn't a danger to himself or society."

[–] r00ty@kbin.life 1 points 2 years ago

I think the problem is that once institutionalised, it can be very hard to get out.

But also it's quite important to remember they've determined he's a danger to society because he won't stop hacking. If that's the bar they're testing for, maybe it's a long wait in store.