Chinese Silk Typhoon Hacker Extradited to U.S. Over COVID Research Cyberattacks

A Chinese hacker linked to state-sponsored cyberattacks on COVID-19 research was extradited from Italy to the U.S.

• •Xu Zewei, 34, was charged with attacking U.S. organizations between 2020-2021 as part of Silk Typhoon group
• •He orchestrated breaches into a Texas university to steal COVID-19 vaccine information
• •Xu and co-defendant Zhang Yu acted under China's Ministry of State Security's Shanghai State Security Bureau
• •They exploited Microsoft Exchange Server zero-day vulnerabilities (Hafnium) to deploy web shells
• •Xu worked for Shanghai Powerock Network Co. Ltd., an "enabling" company conducting hacking operations for the Chinese government

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