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derekI wrote about the disappearance of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/XiaofengWang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#XiaofengWang</a> and the unprofessional circumstances of his termination at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndianaUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IndianaUniversity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#technology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cybersecurity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cryptography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cryptography</a> <a href="https://www.derekguzman.com/where-is-xiaofeng-wang/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.derekguzman.com/where-is-xiaofeng-wang/</a>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://mastodon.online/@tinoeberl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@tinoeberl</a> Ich hoffe <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XiaofengWang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#XiaofengWang</a> hat sich vor dem <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>-Regime gerettet und ist einfach nur abgetaucht...

Tino EberlDer angesehene IT-Sicherheitsforscher Xiaofeng Wang ist seit Wochen nicht erreichbar, seine Profile, E-Mail-Adresse und Telefonnummer wurden von der Website der Indiana University entfernt.Das <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FBI</a> durchsuchte zwei Wohnsitze von Wang und seiner Frau, ohne Angaben zum Grund zu machen. Kollegen zeigen sich alarmiert – das Vorgehen gilt als äußerst ungewöhnlich. Bisher schweigen <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Universit%C3%A4t" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Universität</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FBI</a> und das <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Justizministerium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Justizministerium</a> der <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a><a href="https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/03/computer-scientist-goes-silent-after-fbi-raid-and-purging-from-university-website/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/03/computer-scientist-goes-silent-after-fbi-raid-and-purging-from-university-website/</a><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/XiaofengWang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#XiaofengWang</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Forschung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Forschung</a>

Tino EberlDas Verschwinden des renommierten IT-Sicherheitsforschers Xiaofeng Wang in den <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a> sorgt in der <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Wissenschaftscommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wissenschaftscommunity</a> für Unruhe.Nach Hausdurchsuchungen durch das <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FBI</a> ist Wang seit Wochen nicht erreichbar, auch sein Uni-Profil wurde gelöscht. Offizielle Stellen schweigen – mögliche Gründe reichen von internen Ermittlungen bis hin zu Vorwürfen im Bereich der <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/nationalenSicherheit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nationalenSicherheit</a>. <a href="https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000263663/xiaofeng-wang-das-beunruhigende-verschwinden-eines-it-wissenschafters" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000263663/xiaofeng-wang-das-beunruhigende-verschwinden-eines-it-wissenschafters</a><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Netzpolitik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Netzpolitik</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/XiaofengWang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#XiaofengWang</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Forschung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Forschung</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transparenz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Transparenz</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/%C3%9Cberwachung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Überwachung</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/IndianaUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IndianaUniversity</a>

Tino EberlEin Haus in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bloomington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bloomington</a>, das dem bekannten IT-Forscher Xiaofeng Wang und seiner Frau Nianli Ma gehört, wurde am 28. März 2025 von <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FBI</a> und <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Heimatschutzbeh%C3%B6rde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Heimatschutzbehörde</a> durchsucht.Die Einsatzkräfte waren stundenlang vor Ort, durchsuchten auch Müllbehälter – doch die Behörden geben keine Auskunft.Wang wurde am selben Tag von der Indiana <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/University" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#University</a> entlassen, seine Profile gelöscht. Der Vorfall sorgt unter Kolleg*innen für große Besorgnis.<a href="https://eu.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/local/2025/03/28/fbi-department-of-homeland-security-agents-search-house-in-bloomington-indiana/82710451007/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://eu.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/local/2025/03/28/fbi-department-of-homeland-security-agents-search-house-in-bloomington-indiana/82710451007/</a><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/XiaofengWang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#XiaofengWang</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Wissenschaft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wissenschaft</a>

AGF : poemproducer<a href="https://systerserver.town/tags/Cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cybersecurity</a> Professor Faced <a href="https://systerserver.town/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#China</a>-Funding Inquiry Before Disappearing, Sources Say<a href="https://www.wired.com/story/xiaofeng-wang-indiana-university-research-probe-china/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wired.com/story/xiaofeng-wang-indiana-university-research-probe-china/</a><a href="https://systerserver.town/tags/XiaofengWang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#XiaofengWang</a>

Tommaso GagliardoniMy view on the mysterious disappearance of cybersecurity academic Xiaofeng Wang: <a href="https://gagliardoni.net/#20250402_xiaofeng_wang" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://gagliardoni.net/#20250402_xiaofeng_wang</a><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#usa</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#china</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cybersecurity</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/fbi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fbi</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/xiaofengwang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#xiaofengwang</a>

Tommaso GagliardoniApparently, US cyber expert Wang Xiaofeng took a job in Singapore just before its disappearance and the FBI raid.<a href="https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3304767/us-cyber-expert-wang-xiaofeng-took-singapore-job-fbi-raids-university-letter" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3304767/us-cyber-expert-wang-xiaofeng-took-singapore-job-fbi-raids-university-letter</a><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/wangxiaofeng" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wangxiaofeng</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/XiaofengWang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#XiaofengWang</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/cryptography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cryptography</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/fbi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fbi</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#conspiracy</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/disappearance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#disappearance</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/raid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#raid</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#china</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/espionage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#espionage</a>

PrivacyDigest<a href="https://mas.to/tags/Cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cybersecurity</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Professor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Professor</a> Mysteriously Disappears as <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FBI</a> Raids His Homes <a href="https://mas.to/tags/XiaofengWang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#XiaofengWang</a>, a longtime computer science professor at <a href="https://mas.to/tags/IndianaUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IndianaUniversity</a> , has disappeared along with his wife, and their profiles on the school's website were wiped ahead of recent FBI raids.<a href="https://www.wired.com/story/cybersecurity-professor-mysteriously-disappears-as-fbi-raids-his-homes/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wired.com/story/cybersecurity-professor-mysteriously-disappears-as-fbi-raids-his-homes/</a>

OccuWorldFBI raids home of prominent computer scientist who has gone incommunicado<a href="https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/03/computer-scientist-goes-silent-after-fbi-raid-and-purging-from-university-website/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/03/computer-scientist-goes-silent-after-fbi-raid-and-purging-from-university-website/</a>Indiana University quietly removes profile of tenured professor and refuses to say why.<a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/IndianaU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IndianaU</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/XiaofengWang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#XiaofengWang</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Disappeared" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Disappeared</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/ComputerScientist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ComputerScientist</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/TenuredProfessor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TenuredProfessor</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a>

HollieUS Pol (disappearance of Xiaofeng Wang and his wife)

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseArs Technica: FBI raids home of prominent computer scientist who has gone incommunicado . “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 […]<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/31/ars-technica-fbi-raids-home-of-prominent-computer-scientist-who-has-gone-incommunicado/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/31/ars-technica-fbi-raids-home-of-prominent-computer-scientist-who-has-gone-incommunicado/</a>

Hacker NewsXiaofeng Wang<a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Xiaofeng-Wang-35" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Xiaofeng-Wang-35</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HackerNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/XiaofengWang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#XiaofengWang</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ResearchGate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ResearchGate</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TechNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Innovation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a>

:startrek: Ted<a href="https://infosec.exchange/@briankrebs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@briankrebs</a> This seems bad. Is this bad?<a href="https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/03/computer-scientist-goes-silent-after-fbi-raid-and-purging-from-university-website/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/03/computer-scientist-goes-silent-after-fbi-raid-and-purging-from-university-website/</a><a href="https://friendsofdesoto.social/tags/XiaofengWang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#XiaofengWang</a> <a href="https://friendsofdesoto.social/tags/disappeared" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#disappeared</a> <a href="https://friendsofdesoto.social/tags/IndianaUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IndianaUniversity</a> <a href="https://friendsofdesoto.social/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cybersecurity</a> <a href="https://friendsofdesoto.social/tags/us" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#us</a> <a href="https://friendsofdesoto.social/tags/fbi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fbi</a>

Dan GoodinA 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.<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/XiaofengWang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#XiaofengWang</a> Xiaofeng Wang<a href="https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/03/computer-scientist-goes-silent-after-fbi-raid-and-purging-from-university-website/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/03/computer-scientist-goes-silent-after-fbi-raid-and-purging-from-university-website/</a>

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