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Corporate intelligence firms seeing business boom
Fortune magazine reports that corporate intelligence firms, such as Control Risks in London and Kroll in New York, represent a sector of the economy that “stand[s] to gain from the financial crisis”....
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German security group sees rise in industrial, commercial spying
A major German corporate security group has echoed recent warnings by the German government that foreign industrial and commercial espionage in Germany is on the increase. According to ASW, most of the...
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Second US Marine charged with leaking documents to police. Ex-Boeing engineer convicted of spying for China. Spy watchdog urges major changes at CSIS.
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Top Sri Lanka government officials spied for Tigers. Three Americans arrested in Iran are not spies, says ABC News. Rio Tinto spy allegations would stand in Australia, say Chinese.
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Australia's domestic spy agency considers FBI model. Weapons manufacturers planted spy on Swiss anti-military group. Retired Lebanese security official "confesses" to spying for Israel.
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Analysis: The meaning of China’s cyber-attack on Google
Google’s recent decision to close down its venture business in China, after its operations there repeatedly came under cyber-attack, has received plenty of media attention. But most non-experts find it...
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Leaked MI5 report sees China as ‘most significant’ spy threat
A restricted MI5 report describes China as Britain’s most serious espionage threat, and says British business executives are increasingly targeted by Chinese intelligence operatives.
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Interview with Canadian ambassador who worked for the CIA. US Pentagon's black budget tops $56 billion. CIA agents working for private companies on the side.
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More on CIA spies working for corporations. Rio Tinto spy controversy thickens. Court keeps White House spy emails secret.
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Analysis: Google-NSA partnership part of broader trend
We reported last week the apparent alliance between the Google Corporation and the US National Security Agency, which is the main US government organization tasked with communications interception, as...
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Ex-Akamai worker pleads guilty to spy charge. Taiwan ex-spy cleared of corruption charge. Wiretaps seen as key in hunt for Gaddafi.
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Guest Comment: India’s corporate espionage boom
A survey conducted earlier this month by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (AssoCham) found that corporate espionage in India is surging.
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Situation Report: Samsung accuses LG of corporate espionage
Most technology companies spar with rivals over patent portfolio infringement, pricing arrangements, bundling of products and services with partners, and other trade practices. But in Korea, a dispute...
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US Army critiques its own intel collection system. Russian lawyer exposes wiretap find on Tweeter. Volkswagen victim of Chinese industrial espionage?
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Analysis: PRISM revelations harm US political, financial interests
Ever since June 6, when former CIA technician Edward Snowden exposed a vast communications spying system called PRISM, observers have focused on the ramifications of this controversy inside America....
View ArticleSwiss to extradite brother of ‘leading biochemist’ who spied for Chinese firm
A Swiss court has ordered the extradition to the United States of the brother of one of the world’s leading biochemists, who spied on a British pharmaceutical firm to help a Chinese startup.
View ArticleItaly arrests Russian ex-foreign ministry official for espionage following US...
Italy has arrested a Russian business executive and former foreign ministry official who is wanted by the United States for carrying out espionage against an American aviation firm.
View ArticleEspionage scandal prompts resignations of top Swiss banking executives
Two senior executives of Credit Suisse, one of the world’s most powerful banking firms, have resigned amidst a high-stakes espionage scandal that may have prompted a suicide and has shocked Switzerland.
View ArticleAllegations of espionage rock Credit Suisse, as more employees come forward
Credit Suisse, one of the world’s most powerful banking firms, says it has opened an investigation into claims that it paid private investigators to spy at individuals, just two months after a similar...
View ArticleSettlement reached in spying scandal that rocked Credit Suisse
CREDIT SUISSE, ONE OF the world’s most powerful banking firms, has announced that a settlement has been reached in a case in which it stood accused of having paid private investigators to spy at former...
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