Hackers induce seizures in Epilepsy patients
Several hackers began posting on an epilepsy forum pictures of rapidly-flashing images.
“The breach triggered severe migraines and near-seizure reactions in some site visitors who viewed the images,” writes Wired. “People with photosensitive epilepsy can get seizures when they’re exposed to flickering images, a response also caused by some video games and cartoons.”
The FBI is investigating the breach.
I have to say, that is absolutely horrible. This sort of thing makes ordinary hackers look halfway civilized.