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by longdivision 4988 days ago
https://twitter.com/AnonymousOwn3r is taking credit for attacks against YouTube and GitHub amongst others.
2 comments

Stop giving some idiot script kiddie the attention he wants. It's probably not him anyway.
It's Likely, but this is someone with a history of claims to this sort of attack and a large following. I was interested in who was running the large attacks and what their motivations might be and no sources had been suggested in the discussion at that point.
I can take credit for winning my city's marathon, but only investigations will reveal the facts.