#SaltTyphoon pair attended #Cisco cyber school, expert claims
SentinelLabs linked #YuYang and #QiuDaibing, two alleged members of #China's 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.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/11/salt_typhoon_cisco_training/