DDoS attacker hit with 27 month prison sentence and a hefty fine

The wheels of justice turn slow, but they crush with terrible force. One of the hackers behind denial-of-service attacks on Sony Online Entertainment (now Daybreak), Blizzard and Riot Games in late 2013/early 2014 has been sentenced to two years in prison and $95,000 in damages paid to Daybreak. As reported by Polygon, Austin Thompson was part of hacking group “DerpTrolling”, who amused themselves by kicking over game servers and bragging about it on Twitter. The sentencing judge didn’t find it so funny, accepting a guilty plea for “Damage to a protected computer”.

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