A 33-year-old Chinese national linked to the Silk Typhoon espionage group was arrested in Italy on a U.S. warrant that accuses him of conspiring with others in hacks of U.S. COVID-19 vaccine researchers and exploiting flaws in Microsoft Exchange Server to steal information for the Chinese government.

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Jeffrey Burt

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