It's interesting that a potentially very large amount of people have the necessary technical skills to set up large botnets. It's mostly teenagers that do it in the Western world since they're both stupidly brave and at the right level of technical knowledge to be able to do the hacking without understanding how much evidence they're leaving behind. Or perhaps they think themselves invincible anyway.
I've known a lot of people who did DDoS and it's honestly like speeding. Chances are that everyone is already doing it so you're not going to get caught, unless you decide to go 140 mph in a 55 mph zone or DDoS Chase bank.
DDoSing your own university and then disclosing publicly it is like going 140 mph in a 55 mph zone though.
