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this post was submitted on 20 Sep 2026
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Big brain tech dude got yet another clueless take over at HackerNews etc? Here's the place to vent. Orange site, VC foolishness, all welcome.
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While calling him "the dude who hacked Rockstar games" is a catchy meme, Arion Kurtaj was sentenced to indefinite detainment in a secure hospital after being found unfit to stand trial after being arrested a third time for violating the terms of his parole and committing further offenses (only one of which was hacking Rockstar Games.) Rockstar is basically entirely incidental to what happened there, and it's disingenuous to pretend it's more important to the outcome than the previous convictions or other acts involved in the trial. He's also since been deemed fit to stand trial and will be tried in November.
If you must make comparisons, it would be better to pick someone like Aaron Swartz instead of laundering the reputation of a convicted fraudster and extortionist.
Oh, didn’t know that. thanks