<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="false"><li>The U.S. Justice Department has confirmed the arrest of Chinese national Xu Zewei, an alleged prolific contract hacker accused of cyberattacks for China.</li><li>Xu, along with another Chinese national Zhang Yu, is accused of hacking and stealing crucial COVID-19 research from U.S. universities in February 2020.</li><li>The hackers are also accused of mass hacking Microsoft Exchange servers, targeting over 60,000 self-hosted servers in the U.S., leading to the theft of private company data.</li><li>The hackers, known as Hafnium, have launched a new campaign called Silk Typhoon targeting big companies and government agencies.</li></ul>

US government confirms arrest of Chinese national accused of stealing COVID research and mass-hacking email servers

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