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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."

Here is the source. Another one.

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[–] dannym@lemmy.escapebigtech.info 257 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (44 children)

If you're not aware, the hack was performed by Arion Kurtaj, an 18 year old, who has been put in ~~prison~~ a psych ward in a uk prison. He hacked rockstar at a hotel, where he was left with no computers or phones, only to find that the TV had a chromecast, which he used to buy a phone and a keyboard (presumably by selling his monero).

  • He hacked into all major uk telcom providers: EE, BT and Orange.
  • He hacked into nvidia

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

Don't get me wrong, he deserves a long and drawn out lesson on morals, but also a stellar salary where he can do what he's doing for the right side.

EDIT: I have made a mistake in my original comment, which has been pointed out. My bad, he's technically in a psych ward in a uk prison, because he's aggressive and unstable. I still stand by what I said (and what I clarified in the comments below), but I wanted to correct the record

[–] rengoku@social.venith.net 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This guy defends criminal. What an idiot.

[–] dannym@lemmy.escapebigtech.info 11 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Please look into penetration testing.

[–] rickrolled767@ttrpg.network 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] dannym@lemmy.escapebigtech.info 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] 520@kbin.social 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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

[–] theamigan@lemmy.dynatron.me 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Just what the "security" industry needs. It's all either talentless hacks, or skilled assholes.

Edit: lol ok, I've only been working near these people for a decade.

[–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago

If it's malicious, it's not penetration testing. It's just malicious.

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