{"id":2009368,"date":"2023-08-23T13:41:05","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T17:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/teenagers-convicted-for-hacking-grand-theft-auto-developer-and-uber\/"},"modified":"2023-08-23T13:43:55","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T17:43:55","slug":"teenagers-convicted-for-hacking-grand-theft-auto-developer-and-uber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/teenagers-convicted-for-hacking-grand-theft-auto-developer-and-uber\/","title":{"rendered":"Teenagers found guilty of hacking GTA developer and Uber."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fteenagers-convicted-for-hacking-grand-theft-auto-developer-and-uber%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2009368&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Teenagers Convicted for Hacking and Leaking Grand Theft Auto\u2064 Footage<\/h2>\n<p>Two teenagers in the \u2064United Kingdom \u200bhave been convicted \u200dfor their involvement\u2063 in a\u200c notorious hacker \u2064group that leaked preliminary footage of the highly anticipated \u200cGrand Theft Auto game and breached \u2064Uber&#8217;s \u2063user data.<\/p>\n<p>Arion Kurtaj, 18, and an unidentified 17-year-old were found guilty of multiple \u2062computer-related crimes, including serious computer misuse, \u2063blackmail, and fraud against\u2063 chip developer \u2063Nvidia, according to Bloomberg.<\/p>\n<h3>Hacking Spree and Notorious Hacker Group<\/h3>\n<p>Kurtaj was \u2064charged with hacking into Uber, Rockstar Games (the developer of GTA), and financial technology firm Revolut. The 17-year-old was accused\u2062 of hacking, fraud, and blackmail against Nvidia.<\/p>\n<p>Both \u2063individuals are \u200cbelieved to be members of the infamous hacker group known as Lapsus$. Over the past two years, this group has been responsible\u2063 for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-accuses-russia-of-ukraine-cyber-attacks-warns-invasion-would-bring-more\/\" title=\"US Accuses Russia Of Ukraine Cyber Attacks, Warns Invasion Would Bring More\">numerous cyber attacks<\/a>, such as bringing down\u2064 the Ministry of Health of Brazil website, stealing the \u200bcredentials of over 70,000 Nvidia employees, and \u2064leaking the source code of Samsung smartphones.<\/p>\n<h3>Rockstar Games and Uber Targeted<\/h3>\n<p>In September 2022, Rockstar Games confirmed that\u2063 it had fallen victim to\u200c a cyber \u2063attack\u2062 when several clips from the highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto 6 were leaked online. The company swiftly responded by filing copyright claims against the videos to have them removed. However, the \u2062videos spread rapidly across various platforms, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/teenagers-convicted-for-hacking-grand-theft-auto-developer-and-uber\/\" title=\"Teenagers found guilty of hacking GTA developer and Uber.\">attracting significant media \u200cattention<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>During the same month, Uber also reported\u200d a major security breach. A teenager managed \u200cto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-iranians-charged-for-cyberattacks-meant-to-influence-2020-election\/\" title=\"Two Iranians Charged for Cyberattacks Meant To Influence 2020 Election\">gain unauthorized access<\/a>\u200d to 57 million rider and driver records from Uber&#8217;s internal database.<\/p>\n<p>These convictions serve as \u200ca reminder of \u2062the ongoing battle\u2062 against cybercrime and\u2063 the importance of robust security measures to protect \u2063sensitive data.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click\u200c here to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two UK teens, Arion Kurtaj, 18, and an unnamed 17-year-old, were found guilty of belonging to a hacker group. They leaked early footage of the new Grand Theft Auto game and hacked into Uber user data. 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