1. a) What is Mandiant?
b) In a report released on Tuesday, what did Mandiant accuse the Chinese military of doing? Be specific.

2. a) What is Unit 61398?
b) Explain why Mandiant decided to make public their findings on Unit 61398.

3. What type of information are hackers working for the Chinese military stealing from U.S. companies?

4. How has the Chinese government responded to Mandiant's report?

5. a) What did U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta suggest be done to thwart the Chinese government's cyber attacks?
b) What does Mandiant founder and chief executive Kevin Mandia recommend the U.S. do to bolster defenses against cyber attacks?

6. How do you think the Obama administration should respond to this public report? (Call for some type of sanctions against China, employ hackers here to destroy Unit 61398's capability to do further cyber hacking, attempt to physically sabotage the building in Shanghai, call for stronger security systems in U.S. government and private infrastructure computers, etc.)