Anonymous, the same group of hackers behind the recent assault on Scientology have taken their “griefing” too far this time. In the process, they may be the first hackers to use computers to physically harm other human beings.
Their target was the website of the Epilepsy Foundation. Using Javacode exploits, they inserted flashing images into innocent-looking threads, which would induce seizures and headaches in the unfortunate epileptics that were visiting the site seeking respite from these very episodes. One of those epileptics affected was RyAnne Fultz, pictured above.
“I locked up.”, RyAnne said in an interview with Wired, “I don’t fall over and convulse, but it hurts. I was on the phone when it happened, and I couldn’t move and couldn’t speak.”
Several other members reported similar bouts. The hack was only in effect for 10 hours, and it is unknown how many people were effected. Fortunately, epileptic seizures are not normally triggered by flashing lights. Only 3% of epileptics are sensitive to the effect.
8:35 am on March 30th, 2008
when i had my transplant, i had seizures & 7 yrs later, i’m still on seizure meds. any kind of flashing lights would give me a violent headache for the first few years. i hope that they catch these assholes & nail their little, tiny dicks to the wall!
8:40 am on March 30th, 2008
Unfortunately, that is only carried out in Texas in Mississippi, and this would be prosecuted under Federal law. Which means, the worst possible outcome for these saps is a job-offer from the FBI.
They have uncovered deleted forum threads where the attacks were planned out, which means I need to get over to the DreaminDemon forums and do some pruning of my own!
8:43 am on March 30th, 2008
How many assholes can the world hold without imploding on itself?
Epilipsy runs in my family and that shit ain’t funny. It sucks for the epileptic and it is scary for the family members to see their loved ones suffer in that way.
Once these fuckers get caught, they need to be given a taste of what it is like to have an epileptic seizure. If nothing else, hit the asshats over the head with a hammer until they go into convulsions and loose control of their bowels. Then everyone can wait until they come to and stand around an point and laugh at them.
9:28 am on March 30th, 2008
I understand lambasting cults and monocentric, cock-based religions, but even if the Epilepsy Foundation was a front for the Iluminati, this pranking is just wanking. Migraines can also be triggered by flashing lights – are they gonna hit those sites too? This is as juvenile and reckless an act as shining laser pointers at landing aircraft, and almost as senseless. Once caught, cunt punt and dick kick the lot of them.
9:29 am on March 30th, 2008
What is the proof that this was the work of anyone affiliated with Anonymous? Wired stated that the “evidence” was “very circumstantial”.
My guess? Scientology smear.
9:34 am on March 30th, 2008
This makes me sick! My mother is an epileptic, and one of the unfortunate few who are severely affected by flashing lights. And she doesn’t just go blank – she has grand mal seizures. On the floor, convulsing, rigid muscles – the whole nine yards. On the few occasions she has been pulled over, she has pulled to the side of the road immediately, turned the car off, and sat with her eyes closed until she could ask the officer to extinguish his lights due to her reaction to them.
These assholes need to be beaten until they are so brain damaged that they suffer from seizures for the rest of their miserable lives. I’ll gladly wield the bat. Repeatedly. With extreme malice. Grinning……
9:52 am on March 30th, 2008
Better guess: Fake double-frame Anonymous smear for Scientology backlash.
The M. Night Shamalayahalayhan theory.
10:33 am on March 30th, 2008
Speaking from personal experience…Seizures SUCK!!!
And not in a fun way either.
“Anonymous”? Come on, grow a pair…or at least come up with a semi-witty name…even I managed, and I’m retarded!
If I may offer a suggestion though, avoid anything about star trek, star wars, or lord of the rings…I think we’ve all had just about enough of that shit.
10:35 am on March 30th, 2008
Morbid, your line of reasoning is being played out on the target site already:
http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/efforums/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=12&threadid=77289&STARTPAGE=3&FTVAR_FORUMVIEWTMP=Linear
One of the posters makes the point that you and I were both trying to make earlier in our conversation (agreeing, but arguing at the same time). Anonymous is a group with fluid membership, and this could have been done by anyone in their name. The rogue “member” theory is right there beside the claim from an Anonymous “member” who blames Scientology.
10:35 am on March 30th, 2008
I second that…
I don’t even know what more to say about this.. That is just sooo fucked up..
10:38 am on March 30th, 2008
Does RyAnne have pedo-eye, or is she seizing in that picture?
Or was she hit by a truck?
11:11 am on March 30th, 2008
Attention Whore!
12:18 pm on March 30th, 2008
Swivel, Morbid, I must be slow today — pre-coffee. Are you saying that Scientologists may have done this and blamed the “Anonymous” group because of what it did to them? And, what could it have done to them that made them weirder or more ridiculous than they already are?
As for the woman’s eyes, they do not qualify as step-stair eyes. This is just an unfortunate photograph, a cheap, fish-eye type lens. Unlike the fine photographic equipment in our police check-in departments.
2:33 pm on March 30th, 2008
Scientology is a nasty, nasty entity that likes and promotes revenge and, according to numerous accounts, if you cross them you pay dearly, sometimes with your life. You can read some accounts and get an idea of how they operate here for starters: http://www.libertytothecaptives.net/scientology_and_terri_schindler_schiavo_death_connection.html
Google them and you’ll be horrified.
3:01 pm on March 30th, 2008
No thanks, Tom Cruise is horrifying enough! I’ll stick with murderers, child beaters, and pedophiles!
3:07 pm on March 30th, 2008
I should mention here that I posted this link because it has some good information about/links to some horrifying scientology stuff, but it also has some whackitron stuff too.
4:53 pm on March 30th, 2008
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8:08 pm on March 30th, 2008
Hahahaa.. No..
10:57 pm on March 30th, 2008
Well, you missed a damn fine chance, then! (heehee)
12:03 am on March 31st, 2008
Well hells bells lol… Always a day light and a dollar short…
By the way, I enjoy your posts.. You are witty as hell.. Gotta love it!!!
12:14 am on March 31st, 2008
Thanks! Glad to help!
7:43 am on April 1st, 2008
Well thankfully I have never had a seizure nor am I prone to them but one time a “good friend” whom I trusted sent me a “funny Eml” it was a car driving on a road & they con you into looking really closely at it by telling you something supernatural was caught on tape…. About the time you get your nose near the screen the freakin exorcist jumps up & screams at you! I didnt have a seizure or a migraine as a result of this horror but I did shit my panties (which by the way cost me at leat 5 bucks) And no matter how much febreeze I spray on my comp chair theres a slightly earthly shitty smell that lingers. Should I get a lawyer? You guys think I have a case? Anyone have Jackson Massey’s phone number? I know he’s mainly an ambulance hound but hey I’m talking serious damage here! Not only the panties in question but also my chair & did I mention I couldn’t fall asleep until after 4a.m. that morning? I know I know save it for the judge…
Oh hell I just remembered I forwarded that EMl along to a few of my closest friends as well. Hmm I could always say last time we talked they were complaining of constipation & I being the good samaritin that I am……
8:23 am on April 1st, 2008
lmao at Jujubee. Hahahahahha I cannot get your stinky ass computer chair out of my mind. Thanks a lot!
The goddamn shit people come up with, huh? lol
10:53 am on April 1st, 2008
You got that Eml too huh? I saved it for those days when Im not feeling regular. Who needs activia? I’ve got eml.
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