[duckqlz]

Your assumption that you need to develop or even use malware to commit these attacks is incorrect. As the article eludes to, most "script kiddies" would be using simple reflection attacks like those utilized by anonymous. This would equate to changing a few lines in a TCP or UDP packet and mass spamming 3rd party site to elicit a flood of responses. This is pretty simple for any 13+ year old with visual basic and some time. Large bot nets rented out for attacks are clearly more dangerous and I would assume (hope) the FBI does target the malware creators and distributors.