{"id":47664,"date":"2022-07-25T15:45:51","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T15:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packetstormsecurity.com\/news\/view\/33663\/DoJ-Approves-Googles-Acquisition-Of-Mandiant.html"},"modified":"2022-07-25T15:45:51","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T15:45:51","slug":"doj-approves-googles-acquisition-of-mandiant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/doj-approves-googles-acquisition-of-mandiant\/","title":{"rendered":"DoJ Approves Google’s Acquisition Of Mandiant"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Brief<\/span> Google’s legally fraught journey to buy cybersecurity business Mandiant is in its final stretch, with the US Department of Justice closing its investigation and giving the go-ahead for the sale to proceed.<\/p>\n

In a regulatory filing<\/a> submitted to the Security and Exchange Commission by Mandiant, the company said the DoJ also waived the mandatory merger waiting period, which was apparently<\/a> a condition of the sale. The ball is now in Google and Mandiant’s court to decide on the conclusion of the merger. <\/p>\n

The deal, announced in March, would bring the security provider under the Google Cloud umbrella. At $5.4 billion, it’s the second-largest purchase ever made by Google, bested only by its its 2011 purchase of Motorola<\/a>‘s phone division, Mobility, for $12.5 billion. <\/p>\n