Google’s $5.4 Billion Mandiant Acquisition Will Make Google Cloud More Secure
Google announced this week plans to acquire cybersecurity firm Mandiant in an all-cash transaction valued at the announcement at $5.4 billion. Following the acquisition, Google said Mandiant will become part of Google Cloud.
Mandiant (née FireEye) may not be a household name, but the company has played a prominent role in high-profile cybersecurity issues since it was created in 2004. Mandiant helped Equifax after its cybersecurity crisis in 2017. More recently, T-Mobile used the company following its “humbling” 2021 data breach.
But the cybersecurity firm is probably best publicly known for its help in identifying the infamous SolarWinds hack in 2020. The supply chain attack, allegedly the work of Russian hackers, affected a Texas-based developer of IT management software. The payload infected “government, consulting, technology, telecom and extractive entities in North America,” said Mandiant at the time.
