In a development following on from similar attacks to Origin and Steam in recent days, a hacker group called DERP has claimed responsibility for DDoS strikes on Battle.net and League of Legends.
In a recent report, Kotaku has suggested that the reason behind the attacks appears to be down to the hacker group targeting just one player, YouTube and Twitch personality PhantomL0rd.
The YouTuber tried playing a series of different games during a broadcast, but each one was hacked as he was trying to access them, all live on air. Incredibly, after the games were taken down and his stream interrupted, the Twitch personality found himself the victim of an altogether more serious prank, as his home was raided by armed police officers who were responding to a faked hostage situation.
Before he released his full response he posted on Facebook: "just had an automatic pointed at me, put in hand cuffs and sat in the back of a cop car as I watched as 6 policemen go through my whole house.. will keep you all updated."
In the subsequent post on YouTube called My response to being hacked and arrested, he explained how his stream was interrupted by a series of hacks before armed police arrived at his home, with the whole incident possibly in response to the monetisation of his online content.
Whether the attack on Steam is related to the Battle.net, League of Legends and EA/Origin attacks detailed by PhantomL0rd remains unclear. They might just be linked by proximity, there may be a more substantial connection. We'll let you know more as we find out more details.