He's a kid with a very serious mental illness. Perhaps we don't need to sink to these insults.
On the scale of things, what you describe is not "incredibly destructive". Many, many people have done worse (many legally). It's a crime (I never said otherwise) but not a big deal relative to very many other crimes - Rockstar didn't face any material danger; the justice system has lots and lots of cases going through it. I'd be more concerned if he was committing serious violent felonies.
> He's a kid with a very serious mental illness. Perhaps we don't need to sink to these insults.
Granted. I was speaking more to the general frustration of defense lawyers who have clients that say things when they should have said nothing.
> Hundreds of thousands of man hours - What is that based on?
A guess from years of working for large tech corporations. A company level crisis of this magnitude sucks in a lot of people from a lot of departments. Add in all the other time spent by investigators and the courts, and I don't think I'm overestimating at all. Now multiply that times the 11 major breaches he was part of.
> international conspiracy - All the hyperbole undermines your point, imho.
Arrests were made in Brazil and the UK. Organizations from at least six countries were attacked. They attempted to extort millions from multiple companies. Personal data from 300k people in Argentina was released. They took down the site for COVID vaccination records in Brazil. Rockstar was the 11th attack and one of the less harmful ones, I'm not sure why people are so focused on that one. What about the leaked personal info, what about the impacts to Brazilian health ministry and Brazilian citizens? These weren't explorers just getting in to see if they could. They got in, pillaged data, and followed up with more crimes. They certainly conspired, and it was certainly international.
I'm not saying that this is the most heinous crime an 18 year old can commit, and I never did. I am simply saying that this was more harmful than a lot of people think, and if it was mental illness that caused him to do it, then it is pretty reasonable for the court to say that he wont be criminally liable, but that he is required to get help before he is trusted to be out in the world again.
> some idiot
He's a kid with a very serious mental illness. Perhaps we don't need to sink to these insults.
On the scale of things, what you describe is not "incredibly destructive". Many, many people have done worse (many legally). It's a crime (I never said otherwise) but not a big deal relative to very many other crimes - Rockstar didn't face any material danger; the justice system has lots and lots of cases going through it. I'd be more concerned if he was committing serious violent felonies.
> you might feel different
I'm pretty confident I'd feel exactly the same.
> Hundreds of thousands of man hours
What is that based on?
> international conspiracy
All the hyperbole undermines your point, imho.