Ex-US Pilot, Arrested In Australia, Has Same Address As Chinese Hacker

The Beijing address is listed in Australian company filings for the pilot and a US blacklisting for the Chinese businessman.

A former US military pilot arrested in Australia and facing likely extradition to the United States on undisclosed charges listed the same Beijing address as a Chinese businessman jailed in the United States for conspiring to hack US defence contractors' computers, documents show.

The Beijing address is listed in Australian company filings for the pilot and a US blacklisting for the Chinese businessman, however, it was unclear whether they used the Beijing address at the same time.

Australian Federal Police arrested Daniel Edmund Duggan, 54, a former US citizen, in the rural town of Orange in New South Wales state last month, acting on a US request for his arrest.

Details of the US arrest warrant and the charges he faces are sealed, his lawyer said. Consequently, Reuters was unable to determine the specifics of Duggan's case.