The full GTA V source code has been leaked The leak contains GTA V source code and stuff from Bully 2 and GTA VI Leaked in a discord server by a random British guy in the 360 modding community known to get sued by Rockstar multiple times

“Now i am expecting a open source version of gta to arrive soon on linux natively . Tired of playing supertuxcart.”

  • Danny M@lemmy.escapebigtech.info
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    10 months ago

    If you’re not aware the hack was performed by Arion Kurtaj, an 18 year old, who has been put in prison by the uk government. This kid deserves a 7-8 digits salary as a pentester, not prison; plenty of pentesting companies would hire him in a heartbeat

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          Unless his attitude and stance changes, there’s not a single red team that I could see taking him. You can’t just throw someone who wants to be a criminal into pentesting and think it’ll go well

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            No disagreements here, but this is all something that can change easily, he just need to understand the repercussions of his actions

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              Not every black hat, even autistic ones, lack an understanding of their actions. Some know perfectly fucking well what they are doing.

              This guy rigged up hardware to pull off a massive attack while in police custody. Bro knew full well by that point what the consequences were, he pulled off another attack in the middle of dealing with said consequences

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          10 months ago

          Just what the “security” industry needs. It’s all either talentless hacks, or skilled assholes.

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      This kid deserves a 7-8 digits salary as a pentester, not prison; plenty of pentesting companies would hire him in a heartbeat.

      You’re forgetting a vitally important part of being a pentester.

      Namely that they need to be trusted not to leak billions of dollars worth of trade secrets.

      This kid is a prodigy as a black hat, but he’d be an embarrassment as a pentester.

      • Danny M@lemmy.escapebigtech.info
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        I agree with you in principle, you are definitely objectively correct, however people can redeem themselves.

        To name two:

        • Mitnick (RIP) started as a black hat
        • Gollumfun started as a twisted criminal
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          To be fair to those two:

          • Mitnick did much what he did before hacking was even a crime, and almost all of it before offensive cybersecurity was even a viable career option.

          • the damage caused by the entirety of ShadowCrew (4000 odd members) was a drop in the bucket compared to that caused by this single kid

          • neither of them had compulsion issues that would cause them to attempt to hack even while under surveillance.

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          I used to work as a pentester. It’s an open secret that like a good chunk of people in the industry are former criminals. But former is kind of the keyword. Not only is he doing crime after being arrested and still under surveillance, but he can’t even lie and say he won’t do it again. The kid is unhireable, at least not until he can get his compulsions under control.

          • Danny M@lemmy.escapebigtech.info
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            that’s exactly my point tho, he needs to understand why what he did was objectively wrong, and needs to understand that actions have consequences, but he’s still a teenager, and one with autism at that, there is plenty of time for him to change sides

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            My GF works with autistic individuals and for a majority of them they simply cannot lie, at least not big lies. He may not even see it as being that wrong (probably does know to some extent that it is wrong), especially with all the (correct) rhetoric that companies are scum bastards obscuring the truth. The kid is indeed unhireable for the time being but he could be helped to understand the morals, ethics and laws surrounding his interests to integrate him into the capitalistic world he finds himself in.

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              I certainly didn’t mean to make any moral judgments about the kid. I’m not even sure that I think it’s morally wrong (unwise and legally wrong, no doubt, I just don’t think his actions hurt any person and I don’t care if an action hurts a corporation). The kid is clearly talented and I hope he gets the treatment he needs. I sure hope he can eventually make a living with his talents and perhaps eventually use his talents towards positive change.

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                Completely agree, its a waste of useful talents that has through one reason or another has not been influenced in the right direction.

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      10 months ago

      I want to bet this dude is a giant asshole. Not sure why people keep making a hero out of him, he sounds like an awful person.

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        Maybe, I’ve never met him, but that changes nothing.

        Linus Torvalds is a giant asshole and he doesn’t know how to talk to people, he’s still one of the most important people in tech.

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          Linus is not an asshole, he’s just right and tells his opinions straight without playing games. That’s called honesty.

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            That… Sounds exactly like how every smart asshole describes themselves. Don’t know anything about Linus, just basing that off your description.

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          Torvalds isn’t an asshole because of a nonexistent moral compass. He just has strong opinions, and he’s usually right, anyway.

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          Linus Torvalds never extorted anyone. I don’t see the comparison here.

          Yes, you can be a massive dick and have power. You generally need to do something useful first, though, or get born into money.

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      You have to convince him first it is what he wants to do. He seems very fixated on being a cyber criminal at this time and money is unlikely to sway him.

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        He can learn once he understands the repercussions of his actions. Remember that he’s an autistic teenager, he has a lot to learn about life and especially morality.

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      As far as I recall he actively seeks to commit cybercrimes and even says so himself.

      It’s not the first young hacker on the spectrum that has urges to hack stuff.

      It’s a whole different question when someone is conscious he is doing something illegal and actively seeks to do it.

      This is not another Aaron Swartz story imo. It’s an autistic individual that doesn’t hack out of curiosity but in order to damage businesses, and people or benefit himself.

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        he actively seeks to commit cybercrimes and even says so himself.

        In 5-10 years he would change his mind. As of now - kid had no idea about life.

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          Yea, I mean he’s an 18 year old autistic kid. He’s going to be a bit slower than his peers to develop adult skills and fit in to society. People in here are talking as if he’s unredeemable. He’s still just a kid who has some maturing to do.

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      The kid was an idiot and a dickhead. He extorted companies and sim swapped people for his private gain, and was stupid enough to continue his hacking spree while he was on bail for another hack.

      He could’ve made 7 figures, but decided to go down the criminal route again by using Samsung Dex over Miracast (which the news liked to present as some kind of amazing hacking feat).

      He’s currently being held in hospital care for an indeterminate amount of time until the mental health tribunal can make up their minds. He’s violent, damaging property and injuring staff.

      He’s going to be put away for a long time, hopefully he’ll change for the better over the years. I don’t get what this “he deserves a stellar salary” mentality comes from. This isn’t some high schooler who found a problem and got sued because they tried to get it fixed, this is a criminal who decided to try to take a shortcut to a life of riches.

      Now, he will never work in cybersecurity again, and after his release his devices will probably be monitored for some time. Don’t extort companies, kids, companies don’t hire the “legendary hacker” guys if they can’t be trusted.

      • Danny M@lemmy.escapebigtech.info
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        The kid was an idiot and a dickhead. He extorted companies and sim swapped people for his private gain, and was stupid enough to continue his hacking spree while he was on bail for another hack.

        Yeah I don’t think anyone here disagrees with that; his actions are objectively wrong and as I said, he definitely needs to learn morals and ethics.

        Samsung Dex over Miracast (which the news liked to present as some kind of amazing hacking feat)

        I mean, duh, the media can’t tell the difference between a computer and a toaster, but that’s besides the point

        He’s violent, damaging property and injuring staff.

        I didn’t know about this, thanks for sharing. Can I get a source?

        I don’t get what this “he deserves a stellar salary” mentality comes from

        I’m a firm believer in meritocracy and the importance of rewarding skills. He should still pay a hefty price for his crimes, including jail time, where he will hopefully learn to change his ways, but once he gets out, if he’s truly remorseful for his actions and he’s willing to have others monitor his device usage activities, I don’t see why he shouldn’t be hired by a red team

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          I’m a firm believer in meritocracy and the importance of rewarding skills. He should still pay a hefty price for his crimes, including jail time, where he will hopefully learn to change his ways, but once he gets out, if he’s truly remorseful for his actions and he’s willing to have others monitor his device usage activities, I don’t see why he shouldn’t be hired by a red team

          The thing is, people who are highly skilled at computers and pentesting aren’t that rare. Working in the industry also requires trustworthiness, reliability, communication skills, the ability to work well with others, and many other things - those are all key “merits”, too.

          It doesn’t matter how good he is at typing rapidly and then saying “I’m in!” if he’s too unreliable and untrustworthy to actually get work done, or if his communication skills suck to the point where he can’t / won’t convey the problems he finds and how to fix them.

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        10 months ago

        Ironically, white hatting generally pays more than black hatting

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      This kid deserves a 7-8 digits salary as a pentester, not prison

      he is not obedient enough for these corporations as is.

      so throw away his talent it is.

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      10 months ago

      Unfortunate that society punishes those that can do things that a lot of people don’t understand

      • Skull giver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl
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        Social engineering, SIM swapping, and basic data extortion is understood perfectly well, though. It happens all the time, whether it’s North Korean APTs, the Ukrainian Cyber Army or some idiot kid in his basement.

        There are plenty of stories about “genius hacker kid tries to do the right thing but gets arrested”, but this isn’t one of them.

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      He’s talented, but the problem is jobs like pen testing require a LOT of trust to work in. So far this guy has said and shown that he intents on staying in cybercrime rather than doing legitimate work.

      As it stands, given how he’s acted, I can’t see a single company that would let him pen test their systems or a red team that would take that risk to their reputation.

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      He deserved (past tense) all that opportunity before he proved his willingness to use it to do damage. Given his dedication to committing crime, I can’t imagine who would ever trust him enough to want his talents.

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      10 months ago

      From what I’ve read the kid is a genius but also has mental issues that makes him want to perform criminal acts all the time