April 30 - The Chinese government’s hack-for-hire ecosystem has “gotten out of control” and provides cyber criminals with “a form of plausible deniability,” a senior FBI official said on Thursday, warning that Chinese hackers can be arrested when they travel outside their home country.FBI Assistant Director Brett Leatherman’s comments come days after the extradition of Chinese national Xu Zewei, 34, to the U.S. from Italy on allegations of participating in widespread hacking campaigns carried out in 2020 and 2021 at the direction of the Chinese government while working for a Chinese contractor.Xu was arrested in Milan in July 2025 and...