In the world of information technology - or rather, one of the Internet - we're used to the presence of malicious hackers who threaten the security of our PCs or damaging sites for advertising purposes, commercial or just for fun. Some of these, however, have exceeded the human limits of indecency when, last week, have decided to target the site of Epilepsy Foundation, a foundation that aims to bring together people with epilepsy to provide their support, give advice and give them a way to put them in touch with each other. Infiltrated in their forum, these hackers have used JavaScript code to open hundreds of posts and fill them with flashing animated gifs, causing seizures to unlucky people (about 3% of epileptics are sensitive to images / flashing colors).
Ryanne Fultz, a 33 year old woman who suffers from this particular problem, was on the phone when it happened to open the wrong question: "Do not helmet to the ground with cunvulsioni, but it hurts. [When it happened] I could not move or speak, "said the woman, a computer scientist in Idaho, first aid by the year-old son who has turned away from the screen and closed the browser. "It 's been a twinge of pain in my head. And the block, which only happens in the worst times. I have not had an attack in about a year."
Aggression, probably accomplished by a group called Anonymous (famous for his recent attack on the Church of Scientology) has been addressed promptly by the staff of the site, within 12 hours has taken steps to restore normalcy in the forum. However, Browen Mea - epileptic patient of 24 years - says that "all users who are connected have been affected, those with headaches, and others with the blocks."
I understand (not approve, but I can understand) a hacker who works for economic reasons or to prove his ability, but when it comes to physical harm to the sick people ... there is no reason that the subject of my contempt.
