>>Why is this "sending a chill through the security community"?
because a lot of legitimate security research when viewed through the myopic and cynical lens of a Federal Agent can be seen as illegal, this is an ongoing and ever present fear for people in the field.
The FBI claims he is a malware creator and arrested him for it, you seem to believe fully this narrative of the FBI with no room for the FBI to view completely innocent actions as something else. No room for the FBI to be in error, no room for the FBI to be wrong.
The government has routinely, time and time again, over extended and prosecuted several people wrongly under CFAA, which is a terrible and broad law that can be applied at will to many innocent every day computer actions.
because a lot of legitimate security research when viewed through the myopic and cynical lens of a Federal Agent can be seen as illegal, this is an ongoing and ever present fear for people in the field.
The FBI claims he is a malware creator and arrested him for it, you seem to believe fully this narrative of the FBI with no room for the FBI to view completely innocent actions as something else. No room for the FBI to be in error, no room for the FBI to be wrong.
The government has routinely, time and time again, over extended and prosecuted several people wrongly under CFAA, which is a terrible and broad law that can be applied at will to many innocent every day computer actions.