World of Warcraft DDoS Attacker Sentenced a Year Behind Bars

May 9, 2018

Back in 2010, a Romanian World of Warcraft DDoS attacker called Calin Mateias caused WoW servers to crash. The crash prevented paying customers from gaining access, and it was linked to in-game disputes with other players. Mateias will now be serving a year-long prison sentence in a US federal court and has reportedly paid $30,000 in damages to Blizzard.

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