![]() Technology nowadays is far more advanced than you'd think and it's essentially impossible to remain hidden for very long, especially if you attack large companies like Jagex and Riot Games.Every once in a while, you can't log into League of Legends. For example, HackForums, a "whitehat" (read: actually blackhat but that would be illegal so everything they do is 'whitehat' and for 'security testing purposes') forum community, has some people who, by coordinating their attacks, would be able to achieve something like this fairly easily.īecause it's stupid to try to pull something like this. ![]() ![]() There is actually quite a number of people with the power to pull of attacks of this size when collaborating with each other. the ones normally used for hosting websites and Minecraft servers and whatnot) and add those to your botnet, since they typically have very high bandwidths. With a large enough botnet of 10-20k computers, it is possible to make some pretty severe DDoS attacks, especially if you spend some money and buy some dedicated servers (i.e. Also, there is a lot of software out there which is capable of allowing even the most programming-illiterate people to create effective viruses. With active updating of their encryption, you will literally never notice it, especially if the person behind the virus is smart and doesn't use up too much of your computer's resources. They are entirely hidden, but using some of your spare memory to make them money. They don't mess up your hard drive and they don't spam "THIS IS THE FBI GIVE US BIG BUX PLS" messages. For example, for those of you familiar with BitCoins + BitCoin Mining, there are viruses which will run BitCoin mining software on your computer silently. Essentially, they are viruses that stay hidden and simply use your computer for other tasks. In the blackhat world, there are things called "botnets". If I miss anything please let me know.Ī little elaboration on how this was most likely achieved: PhantomL0rd posted more info on his Facebook page. Other info: Someone have access on PL's stream account. Since his information got leaked, people are ordering pizzas to his house LOL.Screenshot In the meanwhile League of Legends is back up so enjoy your time! PhantomL0rd should start streaming again in about 30 minutes to 1 hour to explain the rest of the situation.About more than 140,000 viewers have been spectating the stream. PhantomL0rd confirmed the cops are at his home.They are on PhantomL0rd stream chat and banning whoever post disclosed information such as DOX. Even the Twitch staff are concerned now.A moderator of the stream said "The cops were called to his house for a hostage situation". PhantomL0rd got disconnected from his game. It seems like OCE is having trouble again.PhantomL0rd is now playing League of Legends on Oceania server.Screenshot 1, Screenshot 2 and Screenshot 3 of the conversation. PhantomL0rd is in direct contact with DERP again! Dota 2 is offline again (some said it wasn't the whole server but only the game PL was in).If he loses they win take down Dota 2 again. Conversation back up on Phantoml0rd stream.You can see the conversation on the stream. Phantoml0rd is currently in contact with the DERP group.You can find it in my post under the "Stream events". Phantoml0rd is going to talk with them on skype vent soon.Most recent event is Phantoml0rd playing on OCE with stream fans and they took it down. They are taking down whatever game Phantoml0rd is playing (or perhaps, trying to play). They also took down Quake Live, Dota 2, Club Penguin,, EA.com (Most of them or all of them are currently up and running). A group called DERP is apparently DDoSing League of Legends NA/EU/OCE servers.-//įor those who don't know about the current situation: All League of Legends servers are online! The other games/service are also online now. If you want more information, here's a full summary from PhantomL0rd himself. Later in the evening, the police came to PhantomL0rd house because someone called for a "hostage situation" (since his information got leaked) and his stream turned down. In the meanwhile someone hacked into PhantomL0rd Twitch account and also released all his information online. So PhantomL0rd established a connection with them and had a conversation with them. The group decided to turn offline whatever game PhantomL0rd was trying to play including Dota 2, Quake Live, Club Penguin,, EA.com (the EA was just random). Later a popular League of Legends streamer on called PhantomL0rd was streaming. A group on twitter called DERP claimed it was them. The Oceania server also went offline later in the day. ![]() In the morning the League of Legends North American and European servers were down. EDIT: Here's a summary of all that for easy understanding for people from /r/all.
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