▁Thompson ) ▁is ▁the ▁name ▁nas ih in ▁id . com ▁of ▁a ▁ha cker ▁that ▁was ▁ ▁active ▁from ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁to ▁ 2 0 1 4 . ▁He ▁largely ▁used ▁Twitter ▁to ▁coordinate ▁distributed ▁den ial ▁of ▁service ▁attacks ▁on ▁various ▁high ▁traffic ▁websites . ▁In ▁December ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁he ▁managed ▁to ▁bring ▁down ▁large ▁g aming ▁sites ▁such ▁as ▁League ▁of ▁Leg ends ▁in ▁an ▁attempt ▁to ▁t roll ▁popular ▁liv est ream er ▁Ph antom L 0 rd . ▁Public ▁reaction ▁to ▁his ▁presence ▁has ▁been ▁generally ▁negative , ▁largely ▁ow ing ▁to ▁the ▁unclear ▁nature ▁of ▁his ▁mot ives . ▁ ▁Att acks ▁Initial ly , ▁Der p ▁sent ▁a ▁few ▁twe ets ▁using ▁the ▁Twitter ▁account ▁“ Der p T rolling ” ▁to ▁indicate ▁that ▁he ▁were ▁going ▁to ▁bring ▁down ▁the ▁popular ▁g aming ▁website ▁League ▁of ▁Leg ends . ▁his ▁first ▁attack ▁however , ▁was ▁on ▁a ▁game ▁called ▁Qu ake ▁Live . ▁H ours ▁afterwards , ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁League ▁of ▁Leg ends ▁game ▁server ▁regions ▁in ▁North ▁America , ▁Europe , ▁and ▁O ce ania , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁website ▁and ▁Internet ▁for ums ▁were ▁taken ▁down . ▁To ▁bring ▁down ▁the ▁game ▁servers , ▁he ▁used ▁an ▁indirect ▁attack ▁on ▁Ri ot ▁Games ' ▁internet ▁service ▁provider ▁Intern ap . ▁ ▁he ▁revealed ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁target ing ▁a ▁popular ▁liv est ream er ▁who ▁goes ▁by ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁Ph antom L 0 rd