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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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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I agree with you in principle, you are definitely objectively correct, however people can redeem themselves.

To name two:

  • Mitnick (RIP) started as a black hat
  • Gollumfun started as a twisted criminal
[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I used to work as a pentester. It's an open secret that like a good chunk of people in the industry are former criminals. But former is kind of the keyword. Not only is he doing crime after being arrested and still under surveillance, but he can't even lie and say he won't do it again. The kid is unhireable, at least not until he can get his compulsions under control.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

that's exactly my point tho, he needs to understand why what he did was objectively wrong, and needs to understand that actions have consequences, but he's still a teenager, and one with autism at that, there is plenty of time for him to change sides

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

What did he do that was wrong?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

eight months in solitary

Jesus shit

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

To be fair to those two:

  • Mitnick did much what he did before hacking was even a crime, and almost all of it before offensive cybersecurity was even a viable career option.

  • the damage caused by the entirety of ShadowCrew (4000 odd members) was a drop in the bucket compared to that caused by this single kid

  • neither of them had compulsion issues that would cause them to attempt to hack even while under surveillance.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Fuck, didn't know Mitnick died. Just married and with a child on the way, too.

He was arguably at his best at social engineering, too. Don't know if it's a real quote, but I remember reading about him saying it can bypass all your electronics, firewalls included.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

How about the good old Danny Trejo?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm listening to an interview with Gollumfun as I'm reading this, what are the chances?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Haha I’m glad that he switched sides honestly, but after listening him talk about his childhood in an interview I’m not even surprised that he did what he did