Blackpanda


Blackpanda Group is Asia's first combined physical-cyber incident response group, specializing in coverage of Asia-Pacific and hyper-focused on digital forensics and cyber crisis response and management. Clients include regional and national companies across finance, real estate, telecommunications, gaming/hospitality, energy, manufacturing, and regional/national conglomerates.
The company's personnel include former members of international military special forces, intelligence, forensics and law enforcement communities with experience across Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Gene Yu, a former member of the U.S. Army Special Forces, is Blackpanda's CEO and co-founder of the company. He is also known for negotiating the freedom of a Taiwanese national that was held hostage by Islamic militants in the Philippines. Matthew Pecot, a former U.S. Army Special Forces major who also serves as the Head of Markets for Asia-Pacific for Barclays, is the chairman and co-founder of the company.
Blackpanda was notably retained by Resorts World Manila to review and enhance their security following the 2 June 2017 casino attack. Blackpanda was hired by Philippines-based firm following a shooting incident at its casino in Manila. Resorts World Manila lost its gaming license because of the incident, but it was reinstated following Blackpanda's involvement in reviewing the casino's security.