Hackers give victims seizures

TheWebbuilder · Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 12:35 pm Post subject: Hackers give victims seizures

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24510864/wid/11915829?GT1=40006

And the human race hits an all-new low. Seriously, it takes a sick mind to do something like that.

I wonder if the FBI'll turn up anything, though or if that was thrown in just for PR. Either way, hopefully something'll be done about it.
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HeatShadow · Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 2:35 pm Post subject:

Now that's just dirty. Who the hell thinks something like that is funny?

I'll believe that the FBI is after them; stuff like this is definitely pretty serious.
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Midnight · Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 3:18 pm Post subject:

Just...wow.

I knew people were malicious, but this just takes the cake. In an ideal world, something will be done, but thinking realistically, I'm not sure if anything can be done about it. The Internet is simply too vast to patrol--it's much like preventing graffiti in the cities.

Hopefully this is just an isolated incident, and not the signal to some new form of internet pranking.
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Poochy.EXE · Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 3:48 pm Post subject:

I've actually heard of an incident just like this, but it was actually allegedly part of a smear campaign, where the hackers posted seizure-inducing images and made a blatantly obvious but fake trail leading to the group they were trying to defame.

So maybe this is something along the same lines. But either way, at the risk of sounding like Forte, humans really suck sometimes.
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Nazne · Shukei - Hakuteiken Joined: 20 Mar 2005 Posts: 1133

Pooch, are you referring to the Anonymous thing? >>;

Still, there's not really much to say about this...people like to experiment with ways to make others' lives miserable.

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Anime Master ZERO · Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 9:55 pm Post subject:

Humans can be such disgusting creatures. Sure, there are a lot of good people like everyone here at REO for example, but there are also so many who are absolutely sickening.
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Unknown Neo · Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 10:30 pm Post subject:

Well, sounds like some mouth breathers (no offense) got hold of some hacker progs with some others a-holes. Oh well. Horrible but, who ever did this is stupid.

HeatShadow · Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 10:49 pm Post subject:

Tachyon360 · Le Croissant Joined: 16 Mar 2005 Posts: 740

The thing with MMO griefers is that you just need to learn how to play and attain some respectable gear. The people ruining MMOs are farmers, who basically guard a piece of the game they claimed as their territory and slaughter any players that get near it. At least griefers and gankers do things for shits and giggles, and eventually get bored.

As far as Second Life goes, well, that's not even a game. Considering the free reign over the environment, lack of gameplay mechanics, and lack of solid rules, Second Life deserves to be ruined. Besides, the people playing it are either losers that suck at real life (see: sociopath, furry), people that feed off of said losers for monetary gains - a noble goal, but hardly one that makes Second Life worthwhile for anything else (see: Anshe Chung) - or corporations and politicians vainly trying to look like they're in touch with current tech trends by holding virtual meetings (see: Ed Markey, Hewlett Packard).

Anyway, on the thread topic, this has hit the blogs a while ago, mostly circulating on the blogs. Can't say I care that much about it. One thing I don't get is how someone could be epileptic and not block images and text effects on the Internet. That's just begging to get hit with something like this. I don't see the point of going to the length of exploiting a site for epileptics, but that's only because the consequences aren't worth the laughs.
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xfyrethespooky · Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 7:11 pm Post subject:

you know, i could only think of one place where there are hackers that would do that. 4Chan. i honestly wouldn't be surprised if someone from there did it. in that case, from what i've heard, the FBI wouldn't be able to track them down at all.
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Poochy.EXE · Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 8:32 pm Post subject:

RollEXE · Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 1:10 am Post subject:

Wow, that's just cruel. People like these don't just think about the consequences.

On the hacking of Obama's website, that's sorta funny but sad at the same time.

Hackers like these wouldn't find this funny until it actually happens to them.

xfyrethespooky · Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 9:46 am Post subject:

Unknown Neo · Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 1:37 pm Post subject:

Well people could deal with them once their usefulness against scientology is done with. And they say they are. They may not be though of course.

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Marisa · Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 1:09 am Post subject:

Griefing in games like WoW and Second Life is harmless. Extremely annoying, and very immature, but harmless nonetheless. I really don't think one can compare griefing to inducing seizures in epileptics.

It's one thing to make a whiny gamer bitch about all the pretend money they theoretically lost in-game, and it's another thing entirely to intentionally send people to the hospital.
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HeatShadow · Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 8:08 am Post subject:

They have different levels of severity, sure, but it's still the same type of behavior. They're both perpetrated by the same type of idiot who gets his kicks out of tormenting other people, just that the seizure-inducer is being more ambitious than a typical griefer. Really all I've been trying to say.
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