A YouTube video thumbnail purported to show a picture of a '16-year-old hacker' who caused the 'GTA VI' leak. A reverse image search quickly found the real context behind the photo. GTA6
A picture shows a 16-year-old boy being placed into handcuffs by a law enforcement officer after he was found to be the hacker who leaked content from “GTA VI.”On Sept. 20, 2022, a YouTube video thumbnail purported to show the face of a “16-year-old hacker” who caused the network intrusion that led to the leak of content from the next Grand Theft Auto video game, which has been unofficially referred to as “GTA VI.” However, this picture was misleading.
Rather than “False,” we apply a rating of “Miscaptioned” for special situations like these where a picture is being fact-checked and its caption is incorrect.The full-size thumbnail gave a closer look at the boy. We have censored the photograph since he was a minor when the picture was shot. In reality, the photograph in the YouTube thumbnail was captured in Indiana in 2017. It showed a 9-year-old boy with autism who was taken into custody following a fight at school. An
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