The incident, possibly the first computer attack to inflict physical
harm on the victims, began Saturday, March 22, when attackers used a
script to post hundreds of messages embedded with flashing animated
gifs.
The attackers turned to a more effective tactic on Sunday, injecting
JavaScript into some posts that redirected users' browsers to a page
with a more complex image designed to trigger seizures in both
photosensitive and pattern-sensitive epileptics.
RyAnne Fultz, a 33-year-old woman who suffers from pattern-sensitive
epilepsy, says she clicked on a forum post with a legitimate-sounding
title on Sunday. Her browser window resized to fill her screen, which
was then taken over by a pattern of squares rapidly flashing in
different colors.
Fultz says she "locked up."
http://www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2008/03/epilepsy
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