mandiant inc mndt shares rallied monday and were halted following reports that the cybersecurity company is also in talks with google parent alphabet inc goog googl over a possible deal raising the possibility of a bidding war mandiant shares rallied more than 20 after being paused at least once following a report from the information of alphabet’s interest in early february bloomberg news said microsoft corp msft was talking to mandiant over a possible deal citing sources close to the matter noting that discussions may not result in a deal