FBI Arrests Alleged Attacker Who Tweeted Seizure-Inducing Strobe at a Writer

From a report on The Verge: An arrest has been made three months after someone tweeted a seizure-inducing strobe at writer and Vanity Fair contributing editor Kurt Eichenwald. The Dallas FBI confirmed the arrest to The Verge today, and noted that a press release with more details is coming. Eichenwald, who has epilepsy, tweeted details of the arrest and said that more than 40 other people also sent him strobes after he publicized the first attack. Their information is now with the FBI, he says. It isn’t clear whether these “different charges” relate to similar online harassment incidents or something else entirely.

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