Shanghai State Security Bureau
Shanghai branch of China's Ministry of State Security
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| July 2025 | Xu Zewei arrested by U.S. and Italian authorities at Malpensa Airport in Milan, charged with cyber espionage as part of the Hafnium hacking group associated with SSSB. |
| 2023 | Zhu Weikang becomes the latest director of the Shanghai State Security Bureau, succeeding Huang Baokun. |
| 2021 | Xu Zewei and others conducted cyber attacks on Microsoft Exchange Servers (Hafnium attacks), targeting universities and global law firms, searching email mailboxes for specific sensitive information. |
| 2021 | FBI shut down the Hafnium hackers by obtaining a court order to access and remove malicious code from hacked computers. |
| July 2020 | U.S. government ordered the closure of the Chinese consulate in Houston due to prolific espionage activity. |
| April 2020 | Huang Baokun officially takes office as the director of the Shanghai State Security Bureau. |
| 2015 | Dong Weimin takes over as the director of the Shanghai State Security Bureau from Zhu Xiaochao. |
| 2014 | FBI assessed that SSSB has a close relationship with Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS), using SASS employees as spotters and assessors for intelligence recruitment. |
| February 15 2012 | Wu Zhonghai is succeeded by Zhu Xiaochao as the director of the Shanghai State Security Bureau after an 8-year tenure. |
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