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GTA 6 Hacker Found To Be Teen With Amazon Fire Stick In Small Town Hotel Room (hackaday.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He bought the fire stick from the shop right next to the hotel... how the heck did he get Linux on it? Or are they selling those bootleg fire sticks?

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

He used a rented server to hack Rockstar, the FireStick was merely a means to connect to it.