A Chinese government contractor accused of leading state-sponsored cyberattacks has been extradited from Italy to the United States. Xu Zewei, working for China's Ministry of State Security, targeted U.S. universities to steal COVID-19 pandemic research and participated in the Hafnium/Silk Typhoon campaigns compromising thousands of Microsoft Exchange servers beginning in 2021.
Policy
Hacker who allegedly carried out cyberattacks for China is extradited to U.S.
Chinese MSS contractor extradited for leading Hafnium/Silk Typhoon campaigns that compromised thousands of Microsoft Exchange servers and stole COVID-19 research from U.S. universities.
Monday, April 27, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: TechCrunchBY sys://pipeline
Tags
policy