Source: Ars Technica
“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. … a small fleet of unmarked cars driven by government agents descended on the Bloomington home of [Xiaofeng] Wang and [Nianli] Ma on Friday. They spent most of the day going in and out of the house and occasionally transferred boxes from their vehicles. TV station WTHR, meanwhile, reported that a second home owned by Wang and Ma and located in Carmel, Indiana, was also searched. … Searches of federal court dockets turned up no documents related to Wang, Ma, or any searches of their residences. The FBI spokeswoman didn’t answer questions seeking which US district court issued the warrant and when, and whether either Wang or Ma is being detained by authorities.” (03/30/25)