Hackers Sicken Children

[Guest alsfirefighter]

This is pretty malicious in my opinion and I hope those responsible are caught and given an appropriate sentence.

Link to full story: http://money.aol.com/news/articles/tech-ne...507213509990001

Computer attacks typically do not inflict physical pain on their victims.

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A 1997 Pokemon cartoon sickened hundreds of Japanese children.

But in a rare example of an attack apparently motivated by malice rather than money, hackers recently bombarded the Epilepsy Foundation's Web site with hundreds of pictures and links to pages with rapidly flashing images.

The breach triggered severe migraines and near-seizure reactions in some site visitors who viewed the images. People with photosensitive epilepsy can get seizures when they're exposed to flickering images, a response also caused by some video games and cartoons.

The attack happened when hackers exploited a security hole in the foundation's publishing software that allowed them to quickly make numerous posts and overwhelm the site's support forums.

Within the hackers' posts were small flashing pictures and links - masquerading as helpful - to pages that exploded with kaleidoscopic images pulsating with different colors.

"They were out to create seizures," said Ken Lowenberg, senior director of Web and print publishing for the foundation, which is based in Landover, Md.

[DaRock98 76]

There are some sick people in this world how could anyone do such a thing it's disgusting!

[abaduck 123]

Dammit I hate that... I'm a hacker and proud of it! Repeat the mantra three time...

Hackers build, crackers break

Hackers build, crackers break

Hackers build, crackers break

http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html#what_is

If malice is involved, you're dealing with a cracker, not a hacker.

Mike

[Guest alsfirefighter]

aba...hacker or wacker or both? LOL.

[Oswegowind 17]

Prank = Crime in this instance. Hope someone follows through and hunts down the idiots!