What is a derp?
Derp is a loose collective of coders and computer experts, who have a taste and a talent for internet chaos. Photograph: Robert Anthony Provost/flickr Photograph: Robert Anthony Provost/flickr
How does Derp work?
But Derp has a unique approach. The group advertises a phone number on its Twitter page with the simple instruction: “call or text a request.” Dial the number and you can leave a message with the name of a website you would like to be taken offline. If they decide to act, the hackers then stage a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack against the target.
What is a DerpTrolling?
The message was left on a phone operated by “DerpTrolling”, a clandestine hacker group, active since 2011. Like many similar groups, Derp, as its tens of thousands of Twitter followers know it, is a loose collective of coders and computer experts, who have a taste and a talent for internet chaos. They identify a target – usually a large corporation, often a video game company – and attempt to break its online infrastructure.
How much does Jason Varga make a year?
Varga, known to his channel’s subscribers as PhantomL0rd, is one of the most popular “casters” in the business: he earns an estimated $184,000 a year from YouTube advertising, which supplements his already sizeable income generated from subscribers who pay to watch to his channel on the popular Twitch service, recently bought by Amazon for $970m.
When was the Derp group formed?
According to the anonymous Derp source, the group was formed in 2011 after someone at school told him about DDoS attacks. “I started with the LOIC (Low Orbit Ion Cannon) program,” he says.
What game company brought down Origin?
During the next few hours they successfully brought down various game-related websites, including Origin, the online web store of giant video game publisher, Electronic Arts. Varga asked the group why they were doing this. “For the lulz,” they replied, before adding, perhaps to lend a sub-note of gravitas to their campaign, that they also wanted to target greedy game companies.
Is the Derp operation still active?
While Thompson appears to have been the technical wunderkind of the Derp operation, the group is still active. When the Guardian last spoke to the Derp hacker in May, he claimed there were now only three members. “One of us is from Sweden, one from the US and I’m from the UK,” he said. Since Thompson’s apparent disappearance, they have redoubled their security. “We’re more secure than before,” he writes. “We use proxies that change once a minute.”
What is the purpose of derp hack?
The DERP hack has no purpose other then to make you look dumb and stupid in minecraft servers or any other servers.
Can you get banned for using DERP?
You can get banned on minecraft bedwars and other mutal servers for using the DERP hack so I personally suggest that when you see someone using this hack report them or record them and share it to Hypixel because they can help.
Can you get hacked on a hypixel server?
Some people might ask; 'Can you get hacked through a minecraft server, and the answer is that no, you can not get hacked through the Hypixel server unless you press on a link that another player says. You can still see while a derp hack is in place.
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What is Derp?
Derp is malicious software categorized as ransomware. Derp is a part of a ransomware family called Djvu. Like most programs of this type, it encrypts files so that victims cannot access or use them unless they pay ransoms to cyber criminals. Furthermore, Derp renames all encrypted files by changing their extensions to " .derp ".
How did ransomware infect my computer?
Typically, cyber criminals proliferate ransomware and other malicious programs via spam campaigns, Trojans, untrustworthy software download channels, software "cracking" tools and fake software updaters. To infect computers using spam campaigns, cyber criminals send emails that contain attachments.
How to protect yourself from ransomware infections
If an email is received from a suspicious and/or unknown address, is irrelevant and contains an attachment or link, do not open it. Download all software from official, trustworthy websites and via direct links.
Derp ransomware removal
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Reporting ransomware to authorities
If you are a victim of a ransomware attack we recommend reporting this incident to authorities. By providing information to law enforcement agencies you will help track cybercrime and potentially assist in the prosecution of the attackers. Here's a list of authorities where you should report a ransomware attack.
Isolating the infected device
Some ransomware-type infections are designed to encrypt files within external storage devices, infect them, and even spread throughout the entire local network. For this reason, it is very important to isolate the infected device (computer) as soon as possible.
Identify the ransomware infection
To properly handle an infection, one must first identify it. Some ransomware infections use ransom-demand messages as an introduction (see the WALDO ransomware text file below).
Busted!
The arrests of CWA members seemed to come as rapid-fire as their announcements of their hacks. On Jan. 25, British police arrested Derp, known on Twitter as @derplaughing. His arrest seems to have flown under the media radar until a second 16-year-old, “Cracka,” was arrested in the U.K. on Feb. 9.
Passionate about social justice
FreeAnons, an organization that supports arrested members of Anonymous (including ex-Anons like Derp), recently wrote a strong statement supporting Derp as a social-justice hacktivist. The pledge of support provides insight into why this teenager would allegedly risk his freedom.
Cloudy with a chance of prison?
While there is concern among supporters that the U.S. might try to extradite Derp for his alleged crimes against U.S. entities, his age and the fact that he faces charges in the U.K. for at least some of those incidents may make any attempt at extradition difficult if not impossible for the U.S. government.