Derp (hacker group)
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This article is about the hacking group. For other uses, see Derp.
Austin Thompson,[1] known as DerpTrolling, is a hacker that was active from 2011 to 2014.[2] He largely used Twitter to coordinate distributed denial of service attacks on various high traffic websites. In December 2013 he managed to bring down large gaming sites such as League of Legends in an attempt to troll popular livestreamer PhantomL0rd. Public reaction to his presence has been generally negative, largely owing to the unclear nature of his motives.
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]