Hackers embed flashing animations on epilepsy support forum
By Darren Murph 
posted March 29th 2008 8:50PM
posted March 29th 2008 8:50PM
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 innocent. This go 'round, a group of griefers (which appear 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 (such as RyAnne Fultz, pictured) experienced headaches and seizures before rescue arrived. Let's just say we sincerely hope the culprits get what's comin' to 'em.
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I read this for the first time and i just froze up.
i just could beleve how ABSOLUTALLY LEGENDARY THIS IS. im not joking when im saying i have not accually seen anything so funny in my whole life. I just looked at this story and could not beleve it, i litterally fell off my chair in laughter and exploded in laughter for about 15 minutes before i could get the confidence to accually right this. I mean COME ON, flashing lights on an epilepsy forum, thats pure genius in EVERY WAY imaginable, no matter what way you look at it.
For The people who did this, You have the upmost respect from me and all my friends, and you deserve to be a trillionare and really famous with tonnes of black ladies with Phat asses and motorboating your cock in there big black melons
Kudos forever for the best laugh i have had in my whole life, and once again, thankyou, just thankyou so much..
Scientology is against its members taking medication to stop them from getting seizures, for example, Tory "Magoo" Christman.
Jocelyn Dorfmann died from an epileptic seizure in Scientology care in France - http://www.whyaretheydead.net/others/Jocelyne_Dorfmann_34.html
Heribert Pfaff died from an epileptic seizure in a Scientology hotel in Clearwater - http://www.whyaretheydead.net/room758.html
James Stewart committed suicide after CoS put in him in a Condition of Doubt for having epileptic seizures in public - http://www.holysmoke.org/cos/kult-epelep.htm
I don't think this can be linked to Anonymous at all, don't believe everything you hear.
The people who did this are trash, and that's not Anonymous.
I must be horrible and twisted. I chuckled for a few minutes but then again this is the level our society has reached when we prize the "Jackass" mentality.
...morons...
April Fools right?
http://www.gotaccident.com
Call me sick and twisted... This is hilarious. I feel sorry for all of you sad saps with no sense of humor. You uptight turds...
When there's potential of real harm being done, that's when the joke ISN'T funny!! And I don't understand why some people simply cannot see that actual harm could have been caused by this. In fact the article does say some had seizures.
I don't have epilepsy and don't understand enough about it, but knew a girl at school who did and it was NOT funny when she had seizures. It actually could have been really dangerous for her if people had not been around.
I'm amazed at the people still posting it's funny. I don't know if they want to shock people, are trying to sound big, or what; but they are sad, sad people. And yes you're seriously twisted if you think trying to induce a possibly dangerous seizure is funny!!
And that guy who said "who waits for a reaction", do you even know how long it can take to trigger a reaction? How do you know that some people wouldn't have problems right when they first arrived on the forum? I have been bombarded with too many flashing ads on one page myself, and I can tell you they can throw you off big time(as in losing concentration and focus) even if you DON'T have epilepsy. How do you know what happens to epileptics when they see the same thing?
Off the soapbox now, but I'm really saddened by what some people think is acceptable. And yes, if you think this was funny, then it's acceptable to induce possibly dangerous seizures in your eyes.
I have alot of epileptic friends and even they had a bit of a laugh out of this!
This is the best they can do? Lame.
I LOL'd without shame.
you guys are boring the 5hit out of me......
Anonymous strikes again!
pathetic for those people who says there's humour in it. Put yourselves in these people, see how you'd feel.
AHAHAHAHA i sure find humor in this. fawkin hilarious....lol woowoo!
i DO have epilepsy and the fact that some1's smart enough to do this is friggin hilarious
Like others, I laughed, but then felt sickened, the people who are stupid enough to do that sort of stuff are just losers with no lives, seeking attention.
well they ought to have disabled flash and animated gifs, oughtent've they?
type animation