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US prosecutors say a Chinese man named Xu Zewei was behind cyberattacks that stole vaccine research from American universities during the pandemic, claiming he worked for a company linked to China's Ministry of State Security. He was arrested in Italy, sent to the US, and now faces charges including wire fraud and hacking. The story relies heavily on official US and Italian authorities to make the case that this was a serious, state-backed threat to American science and security.