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5. There's this..
Sun Jan 14, 2018, 06:38 PM
Jan 2018



Kurt Eichenwald was also the one who has epilepsy and got a tweet that resulted in a seizure.. I see they caught the asshole.

A Tweet to Kurt Eichenwald, a Strobe and a Seizure. Now, an Arrest.

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WASHINGTON — When the journalist Kurt Eichenwald opened an animated image sent to him on Twitter in December, the message “You deserve a seizure for your posts” appeared in capital letters along with a blinding strobe light. Mr. Eichenwald, who has epilepsy, immediately suffered a seizure.

On Friday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said it had arrested John Rayne Rivello, 29, at his home in Salisbury, Md., and accused him of sending the electronic file. The agency charged Mr. Rivello with criminal cyberstalking with the intent to kill or cause bodily harm.

More..
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/17/technology/social-media-attack-that-set-off-a-seizure-leads-to-an-arrest.html
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