The project “Eternal Blue” by Richard Vijgen visualizes malicious packets caught by the university’s firewall in real time, inspired by a significant cyberattack that the university experienced. I find this project fascinating because it reveals the often unseen danger of cyberattacks, which can have severe consequences without our awareness. The concept of making the invisible visible is powerful and thought provoking.
The artist visualizes the country of origin of the attacks using different colored pixels, with each intercepted packet logged as a single colored pixel. While the article does not specify how the colors were chosen to represent each origin, I see potential in further exploring the color representation aspect, which could add another layer of meaning to the project. This project shares similarities with the wifi signal visualization project we discussed in class, as both reveal the continuous unseen processes happening around us.