Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Privacy Isn't Paranoia, It's Protection.
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Cybersecurity pioneer Kevin Mandia joins Shawn Ryan to reveal what really happens inside the world’s most consequential cyberattacks. Drawing on more than three decades in U.S. cyber defense, Mandia explains how China and Russia conduct nation-state espionage, why ransomware and data extortion force companies into impossible decisions, and how his team exposed PLA Unit 61398 through the landmark APT1 report. He also recounts his path from Air Force counterintelligence to founding Mandiant, leading the response to major breaches such as SolarWinds, overseeing the company’s $5.4 billion acquisition by Google, and building autonomous AI agents designed to identify vulnerabilities before America’s adversaries do.

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