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British teen sentenced for Grand Theft Auto VI hack

Dec 22, 20236 min
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18-year-old Arion Kurtaj from Oxford was a "key player" in the international gang Lapsus$ - and carried out a hacking spree against major tech firms including Rockstar Games. He’s been sentenced to an indefinite hospital order.


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