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Indiana University Cryptology Expert Disappears Just Before FBI Raid

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A prominent computer scientist who has spent 20 years publishing academic papers on cryptography, privacy, and cybersecurity has gone incommunicado, had his professor profile, email account, and phone number removed by his employer, Indiana University, and had his homes raided by the FBI. No one knows why.

Xiaofeng Wang has a long list of prestigious titles. He was the associate dean for research at Indiana University’s Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering, a fellow at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a tenured professor at Indiana University at Bloomington. According to his employer, he has served as principal investigator on research projects totaling nearly $23 million over his 21 years there. More

17 Comments on Indiana University Cryptology Expert Disappears Just Before FBI Raid

  1. Gee….what could possibly have gone wrong here???

    We are so phucking naive and greedy. The Chicoms will own and enslave us all for a few dollars and “feel good” pats on the back.

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  2. @Anon

    Hu Flung Dung was a fake name.

    His real name was Wun Hung Lo and he could be back in the PRC by now. But his bosses won’t forget that the FBI tracked him down. They’ll cut him off.

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