Hackers embed flashing animations on epilepsy support forum

[DaZzY]

Shortly after hearing a sad tale of a 7-year old cancer patient having his medication and PSP stolen whilst en route to treatment comes yet another story of the world's meanest preying on the helpless. This go 'round, a group of griefers (assuming to be members of Anonymous) managed to invade a support forum established by the nonprofit Epilepsy Foundation and use JavaScript code and messages littered with flashing animations to effectively assault dozens of visitors who suffer from the disorder. The Foundation managed to catch wind of the problem within 12 hours of the attack, and while the boards were closed down temporarily to purge it of offending messages, many readers experienced headaches and seizures before rescue arrived. Let's just say we sincerely hope the culprits get what's comin' to 'em.

Engadget

[tedtwilliger]

lol anon strikes again

[DaZzY]

Iam sure there were alot of foam parties.

[Gaigemasta]

lol i saw this on engadget!!!! lmfao!!

[XMoshe]

I just don't get it how someone could do such a thing =/

Those people really have some loose in their brains

[Avalanche]

lol i saw this on engadget!!!! lmfao!!

How in god's name is that funny?

[boast]

the term would be "crackers" not hackers

(yes pet peeve)

[Priam]

A friend of mine has the dissease.

this is not funny. Far from it. I've seen how nasty yhose attacks can be. People laughing at this deserve a flame pit. Yes, with real flames.

Fcktards.

[Fat_Smurf]

Farking LULZLICIOUS

[Starrie]

I just don't get it how someone could do such a thing =/

Those people really have some loose in their brains

+1. Some people who like to "fool around" (srry, got no better discription ) with those kind of patiens are just mentally retarded.

lol i saw this on engadget!!!! lmfao!!

How in god's name is that funny?

Not

[CrimsonNuker]

Farking LULZLICIOUS

LOL?

anyways, i saw this on G4 and some guy on webcam was like "you cant be too serious with this stuff" and one of the hosts was like "Okay, epilepsy is not serious?"

[XemnasXD]

lol i saw this on engadget!!!! lmfao!!

How in god's name is that funny?

+1 anyone who laughs at this isn't scoring any cool points, its just douchebagery

[Gaigemasta]

I laugh because no one got hurt ok, im not that cruel

[XemnasXD]

I laugh because no one got hurt ok, im not that cruel

many readers experienced headaches and seizures before rescue arrived.

[Gaigemasta]

i mean severly hurt, cuz i get headaches on how stupid u ppl can be but u dont see me hurt, and usually some laugh

[PileOfMush]

Pointless Spam Is not tolorated - Van

[Gaigemasta]

lmfao!!!!!! hope no gets any problems or headaches LMFAO!

[Isis]

Well I just think people are sick to even think this is funny. Lucky no one was seriously hurt or even killed.

[PileOfMush]

Lucky no one was seriously hurt or even killed.

hahaha

[Wu]

i mean severly hurt

People having seizures can bite off their own tongue and can have brain damage.

I've heard about people dying from seizures.

[Fat_Smurf]

I find it funny because it's retarded as hell lol.

and at the same time it's genius :O

seriously I was reading it at school and all my friends were rolling on the floor lulz

[XemnasXD]

lmfao!!!!!! hope no gets any problems or headaches LMFAO!

i don't mean to seem like some b1tch whose just scolding anyone for laughing at this, but your seriously a f*cking retard....have you ever had a seizure or a headache caused by epilepsy. As someone pointed out seizures are no laughing matter, watching someone lose complete motor control of their body while they go into shock is very serious and not funny at all especially when they were probably going to the site to figure out how to f*cking deal with the problem they've got. You can be a douchebag and laugh all you want but don't try to rationalize it or defend it cause that just makes you seem like a bigger twat.

[Reise]

I think it's funny that epileptics are using a computer to browse an internet forum. They must all have high refresh rates on their monitors...

[Burningwolf]

so many cruel people in the world.

[Avalanche]

I find it funny because it's retarded as hell lol.

and at the same time it's genius :O

seriously I was reading it at school and all my friends were rolling on the floor lulz

[Fat_Smurf]

I find it funny because it's retarded as hell lol.

and at the same time it's genius :O

seriously I was reading it at school and all my friends were rolling on the floor lulz

uh wtf?

[[SD]Kratos]

I'm epileptic, had 2 seizures in my life. Ain't funny at all.

[Sharp324]

I laugh because no one got hurt ok, im not that cruel

/backhand

Some people are just pathetic, have to be to do something like that.

[Vandango]

Gaige do your self and a favor and shutup. Your gonna be flamed more and more and i dont wanna have to clear it up. Same goes for you smurf

[Jstar1]

i mean severly hurt

People having seizures can bite off their own tongue and can have brain damage.

I've heard about people dying from seizures.

its even worse when your driving a car and start having a seizure