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Looks like the administration has started disappearing cryptography researchers.

Xiaofeng Wang specialized in confidential computing and malware detection. There are no known charges, and no one can find him. The University he worked for also completely scrubbed any mention of his existence from their websites. Fuck this timeline. 🤦

Looks like the administration has started disappearing cryptography researchers.

Xiaofeng Wang specialized in confidential computing and malware detection. There are no known charges, and no one can find him. The University he worked for also completely scrubbed any mention of his existence from their websites. Fuck this timeline. 🤦
https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/03/computer-scientist-goes-silent-after-fbi-raid-and-purging-from-university-website/

"Court ordered raid" + can't find the court order can mean FISA, but we need to watch closely how this develops