Chinese National Extradited Over Silk Typhoon Cyber Campaign

The US Department of Justice extradited Xu Zewei, accused of conducting state-linked intrusions from Feb 2020 to Jun 2021 on behalf of China’s Ministry of State Security and a contractor, targeting US universities and COVID-19 research and exploiting Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerabilities as part of the Silk Typhoon/Hafnium campaign that affected thousands of organizations; he faces charges including wire fraud, unauthorized access to protected computers, and identity theft, while allegations remain unproven.