An 18-year-old hacker who leaked clips of a forthcoming Grand Theft Auto (GTA) game has been sentenced to an indefinite hospital order, BBC reported.

Arion Kurtaj from Oxford, who is autistic, was a key member of international gang Lapsus$. The gang’s attacks on tech giants including Uber, Nvidia, and Rockstar Games cost the firms nearly $10m. 

According to the BBC, the judge said Kurtaj’s skills and desire to commit cyber-crime meant he remained a high risk to the public. He will remain at a secure hospital for life unless doctors deem him no longer a danger. 

The court heard that Kurtaj had been violent while in custody with dozens of reports of injury or property damage. Doctors deemed Kurtaj unfit to stand trial due to his acute autism so the jury was asked to determine whether or not he committed the alleged acts – not if he did so with criminal intent.

A mental health assessment used as part of the sentencing hearing said he “continued to express the intent to return to cyber-crime as soon as possible. He is highly motivated.”

The jury was told that while he was on bail for hacking Nvidia and BT/EE and in police protection at a Travelodge hotel, he continued hacking and carried out his most infamous hack. Despite having his laptop confiscated, Kurtaj managed to breach Rockstar, the company behind GTA, using an Amazon Firestick, his hotel TV and a mobile phone.

The Verge reported that 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 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.

According to The Verge, a mental health assessment found that Kurtaj “continued to express the intent to return to cybercrime as soon as possible.” He’s required to stay in the hospital prison for life unless doctors determine that he’s no longer a danger.

Another 17-year-old involved with Lapsus$ was handed an 18-month community sentence, called a Youth Rehabilitation Order, and a ban from using virtual private networks.

While Kurtaj’s defense asked the judge to take the GTA VI trailer’s success into account during the sentencing, the BBC says the judge argued that real companies and people were hurt by Lapsus$. Rockstar Games said it spent $5 million recovering from the attack.

Polygon reported that nearly an hour’s worth of footage was published on a Grand Theft Auto forum. The footage confirmed a Bloomberg report that said the game would be set in fictionalized Miami, better known as Vice City in the franchise, and feature a playable female character. GTA 6’s first trailer revealed that this character is called Lucia, and paired up with another lead named Jason.

In my opinion, it is never a good idea to hack information from big companies. Hackers who get caught tend to face big legal issues, and that could become a huge problem for those in the Lapsus$ gang.