{
  "id": 12099,
  "url": "https://retractionwatch.com/2026/07/20/publisher-investigating-peer-reviewer-for-alleged-bribery-scheme",
  "title": "Publisher investigating peer reviewer for alleged bribery scheme",
  "summary": "Earlier this year, Tushar Sen, an independent researcher based in New Delhi, submitted a manuscript to Security and Privacy about the modeling of polymorphic malware. On May 15, a purported reviewer for the journal wrote Sen indicating he received the article, but that it was not ready for publication. “i may revise it with you … Continue reading Publisher investigating peer reviewer for alleged bribery scheme",
  "authors": "Alicia Gallegos",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "privacy-surveillance,finance-investment",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": "india",
  "published_at": "2026-07-20T10:00:00.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-21T05:10:12.656Z",
  "source_slug": "x-retraction-watch",
  "source_name": "Retraction Watch",
  "source_homepage": "https://retractionwatch.com",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/12099",
  "original_url": "https://retractionwatch.com/2026/07/20/publisher-investigating-peer-reviewer-for-alleged-bribery-scheme",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}