R. Scott Pert<p>FBI raids home of prominent computer scientist who has gone incommunicado</p><p>> A prominent computer <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/scientist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scientist</span></a> who has spent 20 years publishing <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academic</span></a> papers on <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/cryptography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptography</span></a>, privacy, and cybersecurity has gone incommunicado, had his professor profile, email account, and phone number removed by his employer <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Indiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indiana</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/University" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>University</span></a>, and had his homes <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/raided" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>raided</span></a> by the <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a>. No one knows why.</p><p>> Xiaofeng Wang has a long list of prestigious titles. He was... <a href="https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/03/computer-scientist-goes-silent-after-fbi-raid-and-purging-from-university-website/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/security/2025/</span><span class="invisible">03/computer-scientist-goes-silent-after-fbi-raid-and-purging-from-university-website/</span></a></p>