Hackers' posts on epilepsy forum cause migraines, seizures

May 8th, 2008 in Technology / Internet

(AP) -- Computer attacks typically don't inflict physical pain on their victims. But in a rare example of an attack apparently motivated by malice rather than money, hackers recently bombarded the Epilepsy Foundation's Web site with hundreds of pictures and links to pages with rapidly flashing images.

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