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Suspected Hacker Linked to Silk Typhoon Arrested in Milan

ID: f32f5fff-bb28-54c0-8456-a75865a89b3d

STIX ID: report--f32f5fff-bb28-54c0-8456-a75865a89b3d

Feed Name: Dark Reading

Threat Score
85/100

Date Published: 2025-07-08

Date Updated: 2026-04-21

Author: Kristina Beek

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News brief: Italian police arrested Xu Zewei, a 33-year-old Chinese national wanted by the U.S. on allegations of industrial espionage and hacking tied to a group linked to Silk Typhoon/Hafnium; U.S. charges include wire fraud, identity theft, conspiracy, and unauthorized access to protected computers, and the report references past Hafnium activity exploiting Microsoft Exchange CVEs, a Treasury breach via a stolen API key, and IT supply-chain targeting.

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