Italy Extradites to US a Chinese National Suspected of Hacking for Beijing

Prosecutors alleged that Xu Zewei was responsible for initial breaches of Microsoft Exchange servers that targeted thousands of computers worldwide.

The Department of Justice in Washington on Feb. 12, 2025.Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

The Italian government has extradited to the United States a Chinese national who was accused of hacking into several U.S. universities to steal COVID-19 research and conducting cyberespionage on behalf of the Chinese communist regime.

In collaboration with FBI agents, Italian police arrested Chinese citizen Xu Zewei at Milan’s Malpensa Airport in July.