Creator Of DDoS Program, Used Against RuneScape, Minecraft And Others, Sentenced

When Adam Mudd was a teenager he created and sold the Titanium Stresser program, which has been used to launch DDoS attacks against Minecraft, Runescape, Teamspeak, Microsoft, and others. A judge sentenced the 20 year old to a young offender institution for two years, as reported by The Guardian.

Among the targets was the fantasy game RuneScape, which had 25,000 attacks. Its owner company spent £6m trying to defend itself against DDoS attacks, with a revenue loss of £184,000.

Mudd himself launched several DDoS attacks: 594 between December 2013 and March 2015, including against the college he attended where he studied computer science before being expelled. It's worth noting the young man is diagnosed with Asperger syndrom and retreated to online worlds as a means of engaging socially.

I'm not sure that sentencing Mudd is the right course of action, and whether or not prison time will deter other like-minded—and intelligent—young people. This sentence is due to the amount of money that was expended by effected companies combating Mudd's program.

Someone as smart as Mudd deserves probation and a job, and I wont be surprised if that's exactly what happens in a couple years—if the prison system doesn't corrupt him.