HOUSTON — An unusual case of cybercrime is playing out in a Dallas courtroom on Monday, with a Maryland man expected to plead guilty to aggravated assault. The victim was a journalist and author. The weapon was a GIF, or animated image, sent on Twitter. And the motive appeared at least in part to be the victim’s criticisms of President Trump. Mr. Rivello was accused of sending a Twitter message featuring a blinding strobe light to an epileptic author who immediately suffered a seizure upon viewing it in December 2016 in Dallas.

Source: New York Times December 16, 2019 15:20 UTC