"Kurtaj is part of a hacking group named Lapsus$, which has cost companies including Nvidia, Rockstar and Uber nearly $10 million through its hacks, the BBC reported."
"A British judge said the hacker’s skill in carrying out cyberattacks made him a high risk to the public, a statement backed by a mental health assessment used in the sentencing that stated the hacker was “highly motivated” and “continued to express the intent to return to cybercrime as soon as possible,” according to the
BBC."
"The hacker, Arion Kurtaj, was
found guilty of the hack in August and was previously deemed unfit to stand trial because of an autistic-spectrum disorder,
Bloomberg reported, adding that the judge said in her ruling that there was also a risk of online hackers persuading him to commit further cyber crimes."
"Kurtaj was on bail for hacking chip making behemoth Nvidia and British internet service provider EE when he managed to breach GTA VI maker Rockstar using an Amazon Firestick, his hotel TV and a mobile phone, breaking into the company’s internal Slack server and saying he would start releasing source code if Rockstar didn’t pay a multi-million dollar ransom."
My question to you is, if that's too far, what would you do with a Defendant that has been determined to be incompetent to stand trial criminally for a multi-million crime that during that evaluation made it very clear that he was going to return to doing the same thing as soon as he can?
You can't prosecute and punish him for the crimes he's already committed because of his mental condition, AND he's telling you quite clearly that if you don't do something he's going to go right back out and start committing the same crimes as soon as he possibly can.
Also, keep in mind the following:
"...will be sent to a secure hospital in the U.K. for life until he’s no longer deemed a danger to the public". He's going to be getting treatment. If that treatment leads to a conclusion that it's unlikely that he is going to go right back out and start committing the same crimes as soon as he is released, he'll be released.
This is essentially what happens in many felony cases where the individual claiming incompetency is deemed to be a danger to society if released from treatment in his present state.
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