A man who claims to be innocent faces charges of cyber attacks on American scientists and politicians. The Italian court will decide on its issue.
The Italian police detained the Italian police at the Milan Airport last Thursday to suspect spying in the United States. The US Federal Investigation Office (FBI) of this 33-year-old man suspects participation in a hacker group, which allegedly stolen data from vaccine research against Covid-19 vaccine in 2020 at the University of Texas, writes TASR.
As the Ansa reported, DPA informed the suspect’s detention on Milan Milan Malpensa, where the man arrived from Shanghai. He was detained on the basis of an international arrest warrant. The man who insists on his innocence is currently in custody and for the first time he will come to justice, who will decide on the next procedure.
The charge of cyber fraud
According to Ansa, the Chinese is accused of cyber fraud and identity theft with aggravating circumstances, suspected of spying of universities, immunologists and virologists in the US. He was also involved in cyber attacks to obtain information about American politicians.
The wife of the detainee of the Italian police said her husband is a technician in the IT company in Shanghai and was on vacation.
