Chinese Hackers Charged with Stealing Critical COVID-19 Research in Texas—A National Security Breach

In a troubling escalation of Chinese cyber espionage against the United States, federal authorities have charged Chinese nationals Xu Zewei and Zhang Yu with orchestrating a large-scale hacking campaign aimed at pilfering critical COVID-19 research from American universities. This brazen operation underscores the ongoing threat posed by Beijing’s Ministry of State Security (MSS) as it targets the intellectual property that fuels America's innovation and global leadership.Xu was arrested in Italy and awaits extradition to the United States, while Zhang remains at large. Together, they are accused of infiltrating computer systems across multiple U.S.-based institutions, immunologists, and virologists between February 2020...