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Italy has extradited 34-year-old Xu Zewei, a Chinese hacker, to the United States, where he faces allegations of stealing COVID-19 vaccine research. Xu was arrested in Milan for reportedly targeting universities as part of a state-sponsored cyber-espionage campaign, facing multiple criminal charges.

UK MORNING BRIEFING

A former Houses of Parliament employee was arrested last week under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. This morning, Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle confirmed that the police investigation is ongoing and further details will follow.

The Kremlin hackers have been waging cyberwar on the UK since 2015.