2 Men Linked to Chinaβs Salt Typhoon Hacker Group Likely Trained in a Cisco βAcademyβ Wired By: Andy Greenberg 10 December 2025 at 12:00 The names of two partial owners of firms linked to the Salt Typhoon hacker group also appeared in records for a Cisco training programβyears before the group targeted Ciscoβs devices in a spy campaign.