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Digital Warfare Podcast Daily Brief April 28, 2026
Summary
Chinese national Xu Zewei was extradited from Italy to the United States and appeared in federal court in Houston on April 27, 2026. He faces a nine-count indictment tied to alleged computer intrusions between February 2020 and June 2021, including activity connected to HAFNIUM, now widely tracked as Silk Typhoon. Prosecutors allege Xu acted under direction from China’s Ministry of State Security through the Shanghai State Security Bureau while working for Shanghai Powerock Network Co. Ltd. The campaign allegedly targeted COVID-19 researchers, universities, and later Microsoft…
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