Chinese National Extradited Over Silk Typhoon Cyber Campaign
Extradition links alleged MSS-directed hacker to Silk Typhoon and COVID-19 espionage
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Extradition links alleged MSS-directed hacker to Silk Typhoon and COVID-19 espionage
A Chinese national accused of being a member of the Silk Typhoon hacking group has been extradited to the U.S. from Italy. Xu Zewei, 34, was arrested in July 2025 by Italian authorities for his alleged links to the Chinese state-sponsored threat group and for orchestrating cyber attacks against American organizations and government agencies between February 2020 and June 2021, including
Xu Zewei was allegedly directed by China’s intelligence services to conduct a sweeping espionage campaign to steal data on COVID-19 research and other U.S. policy interests. The post Chinese national extradited to US for pandemic-era Silk Typhoon attacks appeared first on CyberScoop.