Elfenbeil@feddit.orgM to Staiy@feddit.org · 2 days agoFBI raids home of prominent computer scientist who has gone incommunicadoarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up19file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldworld@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.worldcrypto@infosec.pubfediverse_vs_disinfo@lemmy.dbzer0.comacademia@mander.xyzprivacy@lemmy.dbzer0.compulse_of_truth@infosec.pub
arrow-up19external-linkFBI raids home of prominent computer scientist who has gone incommunicadoarstechnica.comElfenbeil@feddit.orgM to Staiy@feddit.org · 2 days agomessage-square2fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldworld@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.worldcrypto@infosec.pubfediverse_vs_disinfo@lemmy.dbzer0.comacademia@mander.xyzprivacy@lemmy.dbzer0.compulse_of_truth@infosec.pub
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoAccording to this site: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3304767/us-cyber-expert-wang-xiaofeng-took-singapore-job-fbi-raids-university-letter He took a job with a university in Singapore, which triggered his current university to terminate him with a “do not re-hire” flag. So that doesn’t explain the FBI raid, but it does explain why he was scrubbed from his current university.
minus-squareElfenbeil@feddit.orgOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agoThanks for sharing! I hope he gets a fair process and that it’s just a coincidence.
According to this site:
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3304767/us-cyber-expert-wang-xiaofeng-took-singapore-job-fbi-raids-university-letter
He took a job with a university in Singapore, which triggered his current university to terminate him with a “do not re-hire” flag.
So that doesn’t explain the FBI raid, but it does explain why he was scrubbed from his current university.
Thanks for sharing! I hope he gets a fair process and that it’s just a coincidence.