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Education Mandia started his journey into cyber at Lafayette College , where he completed his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from 1988 – 1992 , before moving to The George Washington University in 1993 to accomplish a Master of Science in Forensic Science . In 2013 , he went back to education , completing the Owner / President Management Program at Harvard Business School .
Alongside his work within Mandiant , Mandia is a founding partner of Ballistic Ventures where he mentors entrepreneurs on their journey into cybersecurity ; he has served as a member of the Cybersecurity Advisory Committee for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency since December 2021 ; and he is on the Board of Directors for Cohesity , a next-gen data management company . In 2014 , he co-authored his book ‘ Incident Response and Computer Forensics ’.
International Cyber Espionage Mandiant rose to international prominence in 2013 , when it created a lengthy report summarising seven years of work , which described
how the Chinese government had been digitally infiltrating the US . The report , led by Mandia , offered details of theft towards 147 Western corporations across 20 industries by a Chinese military unit , known as the hacking groups ‘ Comment Crew ’ or ‘ Shanghai Group ’. The Chinese response was defensive ; they denied the accusations and accused Mandiant of attempting a largescale publicity stunt . Although not created for recognition , the report did propel Mandiant to national news : on February 19th 2013 the front cover of the New York Times read “ Chinese Army Unit Is Seen as Tied to Hacking Against U . S .” and reported on the “ unusually detailed
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