UK police arrest 17 year old over recent Rockstar Games hacks

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City of London police, supported by the National Crime Agency's cyber crime unit, have detained a 17 year old male from Oxfordshire, United Kingdom over what appears to be an investigation regarding the recent and monumental Rockstar Games leaks of last week as well as other hacking attempts possibly related to Uber Technologies.

Rumours circulating on Twitter suggest he was operating as part of the hacking group Lapsus$. He remains in police custody at this time.

More details are expected to be released by the police or possibly FBI later today.


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Everybody fucking knows Rockstar is a multibillion dollar corporation, JFC.

How is it relevant to "The majority of the blame falls on Rockstar for failing to secure their shit"? Please explain how it should be obvious to whom this rationale does apply, and who it shouldn't apply to--based on what you said.

If your advice is that I speak to down everybody as though they have the intelligence of a sea sponge, it's bad advice.

My advice is to own your shit, sea sponge. Not everyone understands you and what you believe--and instead, takes your words for what they say. That's not a fault of theirs.
 

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Please explain how it should be obvious to whom this rationale does apply, and who it shouldn't apply to--based on what you said.
It's obvious based on context clues, which again, everybody understands except you. I'm not going to dumb down my speech and typing patterns across the board to accommodate those with less than room temperature IQ, so just try to keep up best you can kiddo. Maybe read a book every now and then to make things easier on yourself. End of discussion.
 
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It's obvious based on context clues, which again, everybody understands except you.

I didn't make the comment, though.

What context clues lets us know that blame wouldn't fall on anybody "for failing to secure their shit"?

It sounds like you'd rob anybody and rationalize it after the fact with "context clues".
 
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Another political battle..... lets watch

This thread is about Rockstar chasing down a 17 year old for leaking their shit.

But I just want to say only one thing about Rockstar. They committed the crime of getting hacked.

I can always find some pearls to clutch snatch if someone disagrees.

Context: I'm @Xzi

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we're talking about an individual teenager versus a conglomerate comprised of thousands of people, lawyers and cybersecurity experts included.
Yeah, and I was talking about an individual teenager versus a school full of Texans.

If you're in Texas and you don't carry a gun, bullet proof your kids or enjoy Nascar, that's just pure negligence.
 
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Yeah, and I was talking about an individual teenager versus a school full of Texans.
You're also talking about mass murder versus early alpha footage of a video game being leaked. There are actual lasting consequences of one, the other will be forgotten after the first trailer drops. It's both a bad analogy and in poor taste, but I'm not the morality police. If you wanna be trashier than an episode of Jerry Springer, you do you.
 

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You're also talking about mass murder versus early alpha footage of a video game being leaked. There are actual consequences of one, the other will be forgotten after the first trailer drops. It's both a bad analogy and in poor taste, but I'm not the morality police. If you wanna be trashier than an episode of Jerry Springer, you do you.

But you are policing morality. You are suggesting that it's okay to hurt others in one situation, but not another--explaining your beliefs after the fact. You just don't like they hyperbole because it reveals that you are willing to blame the victim if you envy their position.
 

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Good, should be at least 20 years for this stupid kid, thinking he’s hot shit even going as far as blackmailing.

Good riddance 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
 

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You're also talking about mass murder versus early alpha footage of a video game being leaked. There are actual lasting consequences of one, the other will be forgotten after the first trailer drops. It's both a bad analogy and in poor taste, but I'm not the morality police. If you wanna be trashier than an episode of Jerry Springer, you do you.
You're talking about people deserving a crime against them because they failed to protect themselves against an attack.
 

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I'm waiting on @Xzi's Metroid Prime 4 leaks. I'll watch them. Him going to jail for it will just embellish the value of the experience. :rofl2:
 

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You're talking about people deserving a crime against them because they failed to protect themselves against an attack.
A corporation is not a person. They have more than enough resources to keep themselves secure, and they know that there's a high degree of interest in their products. So yes, the majority of the blame falls on them for this "crime," which I liken more to a prank. Nothing of value was stolen, nobody was physically harmed. So I'll say it again: context matters. I'd be interested to hear what punishment you think would be appropriate in this scenario, because you already know my opinion.
 
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A corporation is not a person. They have more than enough resources to keep themselves secure, and they know that there's a high degree of interest in their products. So yes, the majority of the blame falls on them for this "crime," which I liken more to a prank. Nothing of value was stolen, nobody was physically harmed. I'd be interested to hear what punishment you think would be appropriate in this scenario, because you already know my opinion.

So for you, in game development the source code is nothing of value?

no this is not a prank, he’s blackmailing and trying to extort money from rockstar and holding their source code ransom.

He doesn’t care about the community, nor he does this for clout/attention, all he care about is cold hard cash

the appropriate punishment is not our problem, its the courts problem to decide that. If he gets 1 or 10 or 20 years then I couldn’t care less
 
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no this is not a prank, he’s blackmailing and trying to extort money from rockstar and holding their source code ransom.
Do you have a source for that? If true it's something I was unaware of, and definitely a more severe crime. I had heard rumors that GTA V's source code was also obtained in the hacks, but nothing confirmed.
 

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Do you have a source for that? If true it's something I was unaware of, and definitely a more severe crime. I had heard rumors that GTA V's source code was also obtained in the hacks, but nothing confirmed.

He literally said it on gtaforums before it got removed by the mods, here’s a screenshot of his blackmail

imagine trying to blackmail one of the biggest video game company on earth, does he think this is some kind of H4cK3rman movie or something? really naive
 
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"corporate bootlicker" lmao meanwhile I never paid for any GTA game and don't intend to but alright, guess you are the actual clown here putting me on your ignore list over something so minor (which isn't even true in the end), cringe.
yeah down with the pussys who pay for their games!

also how is this a rumor post if its fucking confirmed

also im still looking for the leak videos
 

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He literally said it on gtaforums before it got removed by the mods, here’s a screenshot of his blackmail

imagine trying to blackmail one of the biggest video game company on earth, does he think this is some kind of H4cK3rman movie or something? really naive

Thanks, I'm not Twitter or those forums so I wouldn't have otherwise seen this. Agree with your assessment, naive or just outright stupid to think he'd come out on top with such a scheme. I still don't believe they should take his entire future away from him, but given that information it wouldn't surprise me if he gets five to ten years in jail at least.
 

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Thanks, I'm not Twitter or those forums so I wouldn't have otherwise seen this. Agree with your assessment, naive or just outright stupid to think he'd come out on top with such a scheme. I still don't believe they should take his entire future away from him, but given that information it wouldn't surprise me if he gets five to ten years in jail at least.
Always have to serve you everything on a silver plate eh? "How about you do some research before you speak your opinion" as you did say so often or in a similar fashion. Also very much doubt someone like you ain't on Twitter, legitemately made me laugh.
 
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