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Italy moves to extradite Chinese national to the U.S. over hacking charges

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Feed Name: Security Affairs

Threat Score
82/100

Date Published: 2026-04-27

Date Updated: 2026-04-27

Author: Pierluigi Paganini

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Italy arrested Xu Zewei in July 2025 at the request of U.S. authorities on allegations he participated in China-linked state-sponsored cyber-espionage (Hafnium/Silk Typhoon) targeting universities and researchers working on COVID-19 vaccines, treatments and testing during 2020–2021; Italian police seized his devices and are progressing extradition while his family denies the allegations.

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