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Chinese state-sponsored contract hacker extradited from Italy, US DOJ says

( April 27, 2026, 18:03 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Chinese citizen Xu Zewei is set to appear in Houston federal court on a nine-count indictment related to his involvement in computer intrusions between February 2020 and June 2021, the US Department of Justice announced. Certain computer intrusions allegedly are part of a campaign by the Hafnium cyber espionage group that compromised thousands of computers worldwide, including in the US. Other intrusions targeted US Covid-19 research during the height of the pandemic.Statement follows in full. ...

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