Hackers assualt Epileptics

[jetpacman]

http://www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2008/03/epilepsy

I must say having wired.com available on local only is pretty cool.

Back to the point, the title is a bit misleading.

 

[bwana]

The original "Hackers Assault Epilepsy Patients via Computer" title wasnt misleading?

 

[Debbie]

May the hackers responsible have epileptic children.

They should be charged with physical assault.

 

[Piepalook]

May the hackers responsible have epileptic children.

They should be charged with physical assault.

I agree,
What possible advantage was there to those hackers?
This was malicious.

 

[brettus]

May the hackers responsible have epileptic children.

They should be charged with physical assault.

As someone with epilepsy, I wouldn't wish it on someone else.

 

[jetpacman]

The original "Hackers Assault Epilepsy Patients via Computer" title wasnt misleading?

The word Hacker is misleading, because in the proper sense these aren't hackers and hackers don't do these kinds of things. But in pop culture hackers get misused so badly.... thats another argument though.

Reading this article makes me more inclined to believe that this is an attempt by Scientologists to turn everyone against the Anonymous bunch. Why would Anonymous do something like this and attack innocent people, when they are infact going against Scientology.

Epilepsy is no joke and anyone who does this needs to be prosecuted.

 

[PeterCH]

According to today's Slashdot, this may have been caused by some members of
7chan's /b/ community.

http://it.slashdot.org/it/08/03/29/206207.shtml