Seizures Caused By Hackers' Posts On Epilepsy Forum
sfist.com     May 8, 2008            

Hackers aren't just money-grubbing and annoying. Take, for example, the hackers who recently loaded the Epilepsy Foundation's Web site with hundreds of pictures and links to with rapidly flashing images. The images, it seems, "triggered severe migraines and near-seizure...               


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