Foreign nations are increasingly exploiting the Internet, including social network sites, to conduct industrial espionage against Defense Department contractors, according to a recently released government report.
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Targeting U.S. Technologies: A Trend Analysis of Reporting from Defense IndustryRELATED:
Shadows in the Cloud: An investigation into cyber espionage 2.0A recent report by the
Information Warfare Monitor and
Shadowserver Foundation says a cyber-spy system systematically targeted and compromised computer systems in India, the
Offices of the Dalai Lama, the United Nations, and several other
countries. The report further states that these activities have been pilfering highly classified and other sensitive documents related to missile systems, the movement of military forces and relations among countries.
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Cyberattack Concerns HighNearly three-quarters of the respondents to a survey of respondents who work in national defense and security departments or agencies also said the possibility is "high" for a cyberattack by a foreign nation in the next year.
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