A security researcher specializing in tracking China threats claims two of Salt Typhoon’s members were former attendees of a training scheme run by Cisco.
SentinelLabs’ Dakota Cary linked Yu Yang and Qiu Daibing, two alleged members of the Chinese state hacking group, to participants of the 2012 Cisco Networking Academy Cup. The initiative is still going today. It typically runs for a few months and is geared toward beginners learning foundational cybersecurity skills, which are then tested in competitions like capture the flag events.
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Source: The Register
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