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Why would someone DoS a small free game?
by api 5y ago
Why would someone DoS a small free game?
- bsder 5y agoTesting. Proof that they can DDoS something bigger. For the Lulz. etc.
- deleted 5y ago[deleted]
- tetromino_ 5y agoBecause they are a teenage sociopath. (Quoting from the article: "... since the attacker was a minor ...")
- pitay 5y agoThat was a previous attacker, not the one now. The article does not give any identifying information about the new attacker except they know who he is, but don't have the data to prove it. Look at the top of the paragraph quoted to see this.
- willvarfar 5y agoFrom the hint about knowing the likely identity of the attacker, its probably an old and very specific vendetta. Perhaps an early player who was spurned by the community or developer who fell out? As the attacker has run tweaked gaming servers and things, it’s puts it at the upper end of scriptkiddying.
- nkrisc 5y agoSome people just have anti-social mental illnesses and this is how they manifest.
- stormcode 5y agoSome people are just not great. It sucks. This kind of thing saps the energy from the devs and makes it a job instead of a hobby.