From the hint about knowing the likely identity of the attacker, its probably an old and very specific vendetta. Perhaps an early player who was spurned by the community or developer who fell out? As the attacker has run tweaked gaming servers and things, it’s puts it at the upper end of scriptkiddying.
That was a previous attacker, not the one now. The article does not give any identifying information about the new attacker except they know who he is, but don't have the data to prove it. Look at the top of the paragraph quoted to see this.
From the hint about knowing the likely identity of the attacker, its probably an old and very specific vendetta. Perhaps an early player who was spurned by the community or developer who fell out? As the attacker has run tweaked gaming servers and things, it’s puts it at the upper end of scriptkiddying.
Some people just have anti-social mental illnesses and this is how they manifest.
Some people are just not great. It sucks. This kind of thing saps the energy from the devs and makes it a job instead of a hobby.
Testing. Proof that they can DDoS something bigger. For the Lulz. etc.
Because they are a teenage sociopath. (Quoting from the article: "... since the attacker was a minor ...")
That was a previous attacker, not the one now. The article does not give any identifying information about the new attacker except they know who he is, but don't have the data to prove it. Look at the top of the paragraph quoted to see this.