For all the coverage of DDoS attacks it always raises the question of "why"? Is blizzards reputation bad enough that people are willing to pay just to harm the

For all the coverage of DDoS attacks it always raises the question of "why"? Is blizzards reputation bad enough that people are willing to pay just to harm them? Is someone protesting a ban? Is it an attempt at ransom? Etc etc. These are questions i don't know the answer to.