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Mandia describes 1990s case tracing China into dozens of US military networks

Shawn Ryan Show · Kevin Mandia - The Man Who Exposed China's Military Hackers | SRS #328 · August 6, 2026
Mandia describes 1990s case tracing China into dozens of US military networks
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Kevin Mandia - The Man Who Exposed China's Military Hackers | SRS #328
"Somebody came directly from Beijing into West Coast University using the account of a Chinese foreign national. I went to this college but I had since graduated and logged into 37 or so military installations and each login was somewhat haunting."
Mandia recounts an early Air Force OSI investigation in 1995/96 in which monitoring at a US university allegedly showed intrusions originating from Beijing. He says the activity pivoted through the university into dozens of military and national-lab systems, validating credentials across multiple installations.
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