Derp (hacker group)
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Austin Thompson,
After pleading guilty to charges of hacking in 2018, he was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison, as well as being required to pay $95,000 in restitution.[1]
Attacks
Initially,[
When PhantomL0rd asked the hacker why he was attacking these sites, he responded by saying it was "
Aftermath and reaction
The news website LatinoPost criticized the attack as being "frivolous" and merely "just for attention," unlike so-called
See also
- Lizard Squad
- Anonymous (group)
References
- ^ a b Wei, Wang (9 November 2018). "Hacker Who DDoSed Sony, EA and Steam Gaming Servers Pleads Guilty: Several Gaming Sites Shut Down In Hacker Attack". Headlines & Global News. 20854. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
- ^ DerpTrolling (17 October 2011). "DerpTrolling Back in Action". Twitter. 125913697641181184. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ^ a b McCarthy, Tyler (31 December 2013). "League of Legends Hacked: Several Gaming Sites Shut Down In Hacker Attack". Headlines & Global News. 20854. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ^ CraveOnline. 624103. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
The hacker also shut down servers on League of Legends, Dota 2, Battle.net and Club Penguin.
- ^ a b Jackson, Leah B. (30 December 2013). "Hacker Group DERP Takes Down Multiple Online Gaming Servers". IGN. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
League of Legends, Dota 2, Battle.net, EA.com, and Club Penguin all came under attack.
- ^ a b c Haywald, Justin (30 December 2013). "Hackers take down League of Legends, EA, and Blizzard temporarily". GameSpot. 6416869. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
By "hackers" we mean "people who can instigate a DDoS attack."
- ^ PlayStation LifeStyle. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ^ a b Takahashi, Dean (31 December 2013). "Hackers attack Dota 2 and League of Legends servers in quest for one game livestreamer". VentureBeat. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
- ^ a b c d Bogos, Steve (30 December 2013). "Hackers Bring Down LoL, DoTA 2, Blizzard, EA Servers". The Escapist. 130941. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
The hacker group "DERP" is attacking the servers of games played by popular Twitch streamer James "Phantoml0rd" Varga.
- ^ a b Lucci, Frank (31 December 2013). "Hacker Group Takes Down Game Servers 'for the Lulz'". LatinoPost. 2645. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ^ "Hackers knock League of Legends offline". Technology. BBC News. 31 December 2013. 25559048. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
Hugely popular online game League of Legends (LoL) was knocked offline for a few hours on 30 December by hackers.
- ^ Futter, Mike (31 December 2013). "Opinion: Twitch And Popular Streamer Share Blame For Server Outages" (ASPX). Game Informer. Retrieved 8 January 2014.