From the Guardian we have this story: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/sep/14/speculation-over-fate-of-missing-dutchman-linked-to-wikileaks
On 20 August, Arjen Kamphuis, a leading Dutch cybersecurity expert, checked out of his hotel in Bodø, northern Norway. He had told friends that he planned to take the train to Trondheim, 10 hours away.
He never boarded the train. Nor, two days later at the supposed end of his holiday, did he catch his return flight to Amsterdam. An intensive search by Norwegian police, and two Dutch investigators dispatched to help them has failed to locate him.
A kayak believed to belong to Kamphuis, who advised governments, corporations, journalists and activists on information security, was pulled from the sea about 50km from Bodø on Thursday, police said, the day after an amateur fisherman found some of his belongings – reportedly including an ID card – floating in the water. ...
I suppose if someone wanted to go off the grid for a while a good security expert could do it.
Previously: Privacy Expert and WikiLeaks Consultant, Arjen Kamphuis, Still Missing
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 20 2018, @02:28PM
Pretty sure the bird name related to cheerleaders that you were thinking of is either booby or tit. Boffins, like penguins, are nerd birds.