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🚨 Chinese spy arrested on Texas university COVID research theftXu Zewei and a second suspect, Zhang Yu, 44, are charged in a nine-count indictment with computer intrusions that spanned from February 2020 to June 2021 and allegedly compromised thousands of computers worldwide.Xu, employed by Shanghai Powerock Network Co. Ltd., worked as part of a network of Chinese companies contracted to conduct government-sponsored hacking. The group’s activities included breaking into university networks and accessing the email accounts of researchers involved in COVID-19 studies.https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdtx/pr/chinese-state-sponsored-hacker-arrested-us-warrant