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GTA 6 Hacker Found To Be Teen With Amazon Fire Stick In Small Town Hotel Room (hackaday.com)
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[–] chaorace@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The story is more interesting than the title suggests! This guy was arrested for hacking two telecom companies, got released under investigation, then immediately hacked Nvidia before being put under house arrest. After that, he was relocated to a hotel (due to being doxxed) where all he had to work with was a Fire TV stick, which he promptly then used to hack Rockstar.

All in all, he's believed to have stolen $14 million+. By the way... he's 18, autistic, and enrolled in a special education school.

[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The fact he used a FireTV stick to hack Rockstar is pretty impressive lol

[–] KIM_JONG_JUICEBOX@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I’m guessing those things run Linux. So you would just need a shell.

Though I’m guessing term of his house arrest didn’t allow him to have a keyboard. That part has me curious.

[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They run Android, so not really standard Linux, but yeah.

[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

Install an Android app that lets you ssh into something, bingo bango, you have a full Linux terminal

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

After that, he was relocated to a hotel (due to being doxxed) where all he had to work with was a Fire TV stick, which he promptly then used to hack Rockstar.

Fuckin' bravo. I mean, don't do that, but on a purely technical level - nice.

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