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[[Economic espionage]] cases went up slightly from 2007 and nearly every day brought reports — in the press and in the [[classified]] world — of new [[cyber attack]]s against U.S. Government and business entities. Additionally, the increasing use of new modes of [[communication]] and [[social networking]] provided uncharted opportunities for transferring [[information]] and spying on the part of enterprising [[foreign intelligence service]]s. |
[[Economic espionage]] cases went up slightly from 2007 and nearly every day brought reports — in the press and in the [[classified]] world — of new [[cyber attack]]s against U.S. Government and business entities. Additionally, the increasing use of new modes of [[communication]] and [[social networking]] provided uncharted opportunities for transferring [[information]] and spying on the part of enterprising [[foreign intelligence service]]s. |
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| β | According to evidence amassed by the U.S. [[counterintelligence]] community, a wide variety of foreign entities continued to try to illegally acquire U.S. technology, [[trade secret]]s, and [[proprietary information]]. With companies encouraging [[outsourcing]] of [[research and development]] ([[R&D]]) and establishing foreign bases of operation, foreign entities had more opportunities to target U.S. [[information]] and technologies and mask their collection activities. As a result, it was increasingly difficult to measure fully the extent of their [[espionage]] and illegal acquisitions. |
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