Autistic Teenager Found Responsible for Spree of Crimes by Hacking Group

Arion Kurtaj leaked clips of video game while on bail in a hotel

Close view of the packaging of the console game Grand Theft Auto 5 at the midnight opening of the HMV music store in central London on September 17, 2013. Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images

An autistic teenager has been found responsible for a spree of crimes by the Lapsus$ hacking group, including the blackmailing of the firm that makes the Grand Theft Auto video game.

A jury at Southwark Crown Court in London was told Arion Kurtaj, 18, and a 17-year-old who cannot be named for legal reasons, were “key players” in the Lapsus$ syndicate.