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A Japanese court sentenced a man to death after finding him guilty of murder and other crimes Thursday for carrying out a shocking arson attack on an anime studio in Kyoto, Japan, that killed 36 people. The Kyoto District Court said it found the defendant, Shinji Aoba, mentally capable of facing punishment for the crimes and announced his capital punishment after a recess in a two-part session Thursday. Aoba stormed into Kyoto Animation’s No. 1 studio July 18, 2019 and set it on fire. Many of the…

G Herbo will avoid prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud charges stemming from an alleged scheme that used stolen credit card info to pay for private jet excursions, vacations, car rentals, and even “designer puppies.” The rapper, real name Herbert Wright, was sentenced to three years probation in Massachusetts District Court on Thursday. He will also have to pay $139,968 in restitution for purchases tied to the alleged scheme, and forfeit the same amount, plus a $5,500 fine. The sentencing was a massive…

Earlier this month, Rockstar Games released the first trailer of Grand Theft Auto VI (GTA 6). Unfortunately for the developer, people had gotten a look at the sequel of GTA 5 well before the trailer came out. In 2022, a hacker group called Lapsus$ leaked around 90 videos of the GTA 6’s gameplay. Well, the person who played a critical role in leaking those videos, Arion Kurtaj, has now been sentenced to life in a hospital prison (via BBC). Lapsus$ is notorious for carrying out cyberattacks against some of the largest…

A British judge has sentenced the 18-year-old hacker who leaked footage of the unreleased video game Grand Theft Auto VI to indefinite detention in a secure hospital, according to a BBC report. The hacker, Arion Kurtaj, leaked 90 clips from Rockstar Games' forthcoming Grand Theft Auto VI and also launched cyberattacks on Uber, Nvidia and other corporations. A British jury in August convicted Kurtaj and another teen, who were members of the international hacking group Lapsus$, for hacking, fraud and extortion.Rockstar…

Arion Kurtaj, an 18-year-old hacker behind the massive GTA 6 leak last year, has been given an indefinite hospital order. Kurtaj is a member of the international gang Lapsus$, which was behind various high-profile cybersecurity attacks over the past year. It is estimated that attacks on Uber, Nvidia, and Rockstar have cost the companies up to $10 million. Per the BBC, Kurtaj expressed apparent unwillingness to stop conducting similar attacks. It turns out that by the time he committed the GTA 6 hack, Kurtaj was already…

A London judge has sentenced the teenage hacker who infiltrated Rockstar Games, leaking Grand Theft Auto VI footage, to an indefinite hospitalization, as reported by The BBC. The 18-year-old, Arion Kurtaj, breached Rockstar’s servers from a Travelodge hotel while under police custody, using only an Amazon Fire TV Stick, smartphone, keyboard and mouse. (He was promptly re-arrested.) Kurtaj was a central member of the Lasus$ international hacking group.Doctors declared Kurtaj unfit to stand trial because he has acute…

The 18-year-old Lapsus$ hacker who played a critical role in leaking Grand Theft Auto VI footage has been sentenced to life inside a hospital prison, according to a report from the BBC. A British judge ruled on Thursday that Arion Kurtaj is a high risk to the public because he still wants to commit cybercrimes.In August, a London jury found that Kurtaj carried out cyberattacks against GTA VI developer Rockstar Games and other companies, including Uber and Nvidia. However, since Kurtaj has autism and was deemed unfit to…

The Rockstar Games hacker responsible for the September 2022 leaks of Grand Theft Auto VI has been sentenced in the U.K. Arion Kurtaj, the 18-year-old Lapsus$ member behind the hacks of Rockstar Games, Uber, and Nvidia, was just sentenced to an indefinite hospital order, according to the BBC. Kurtaj’s sentence is based on a number of factors. The young hacker has autism, said that he wanted to continue committing cybercrimes, and has reportedly been violent while in custody. The court ultimately decided that he would…

Trevor Milton, founder and former CEO of Nikola Corporation, has been sentenced to four years in prison for defrauding investors with false statements about the company’s electric trucks. Milton was found guilty last year of three out of four counts of securities and wire fraud, but sentencing did not happen until today. His sentence includes four years in prison, seizure of property and a $1 million fine, and three years of supervised release after serving the sentence. The verdict and…

Trevor Milton, the disgraced founder of Nikola, was just sentenced to four years in prison on three counts of fraud.In October 2022, a jury found Milton guilty of one count of securities fraud and two counts of wire fraud. Milton faced up to 60 years in prison. Prosecutors asked the judge for an 11-year prison sentence and a $5 million fine, according to The New York Times, while the defense argued for probation.After announcing the sentence at a federal court hearing in New York City, U.S. District Judge Edgar Ramos…