Tag: Mandiant

Chinese Hackers Breached Hundreds of Public and Private Networks, Investigation Concludes

Suspected state-backed Chinese hackers used a security hole in a popular email security appliance to break into the networks of hundreds of public and private sector organizations globally, nearly a third of them government agencies, including foreign ministries, cybersecurity firm Mandiant said Thursday. “This is the broadest cyber espionage campaign known to be conducted by…


Beefing Up Its Cybersecurity, Google Buys Mandiant for $5.4 Billion

SILVER SPRING, Md.—Google is fortifying its cloud services with a $5.4 billion acquisition of the cyber security firm Mandiant, the companies announced Tuesday. The acquisition is the first of many that analysts foresee in the cyber security sector following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Analysts and government officials have said they expect a wave of cyberattacks…