Man (29) to send gif

salisbury - A 29-year-old man was arrested which Twitter would have used to induce a seizure in an American journalist. The final victim was using the messaging service last year sent a flashing poison illustration, US media reported Saturday.

Journalist Kurt Eichenwald opened the message in December and saw the message ' you deserve a seizure because of your messages '' and a bright flashlight. The tweet had its effect. Eichenwald received according to The Washington Post indeed an attack.

Experts stated in the paper that it is similar, a new type of crime, which in severity with sending a letter bomb or knowingly cause a dangerous allergic reaction.

The arrested suspect, a man from Salisbury, is suspected of cyberstalking. Eichenwald for the nightmare is not yet over. He suggested that more than forty people have already sent him similar images. ' Stop it, '' he wrote on Twitter.

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Journalist Kurt Eichenwald opened the message in December and saw the message ' you deserve a seizure because of your messages '' and a bright flashlight. The tweet had its effect. Eichenwald received according to The Washington Post indeed an attack.

Experts stated in the paper that it is similar, a new type of crime, which in severity with sending a letter bomb or knowingly cause a dangerous allergic reaction.

The arrested suspect, a man from Salisbury, is suspected of cyberstalking. Eichenwald for the nightmare is not yet over. He suggested that more than forty people have already sent him similar images. ' Stop it, '' he wrote on Twitter.

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The FBI arrested a man for sending a seizure-inducing GIF to journalist Kurt Eichenwald https://t.co/k6uYcBTaWg

— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 18, 2017