“Arm’s takedown comes just a week after the Neoverse designer officially filed for an IPO on the US Nasdaq.”
Maria Markstedter wrote her thesis on Arm security for Arm’s internal use, keynoted its conference and promoted its chips for six years without pay. Arm thanked her with a cease-and-desist to her web host. The host pulled every site on her shared IP, including one without “Arm” in the name, and she handed over four domains to get it back. Free evangelists are a cost center once the bankers show up.