First of all calling them scared is just stupid. If they'd be scared they wouldn't DDOS EA, Riot and other mega-huge companies. Logic: Not found. :|
Are you implying that they were supposed to hack everything and then go to police department and be like "YO DAWGS I HACKED HUGE COMPANIES, WHATCHA GON DO HUH?"
Secondly, DDOS is technically hacking.
Chris, I went to sleep, did you see him explaining what happened? I missed that. :<