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MA man sentenced in rare economic espionage case

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Mark Rockwell

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In a rare economic espionage case, federal law enforcement said a Boston-area man pleaded guilty in late August to trying to provide secret corporate information to what he thought was a foreign agent.

Elliott Doxer of Brookline, MA now faces fifteen years in prison and a half-million dollar fine for his offer.

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FACTBOX-Cyber attacks: from hactivism to espionage – Reuters

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FROM VIRTUAL NETWORKS TO THE REAL WORLD These are cyber attacks aimed at causing actual physical damage, such as by hacking into industrial computer controls to destroy military assets or public infrastructure. [ID:nN16225669] The Stuxnet virus …
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Report Says China Ready for Cyber-war, Espionage – PC World

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CNET News Report Says China Ready for Cyber-war, Espionage PC World They sniff network and security settings, look for passwords, and even alter virtual private network software so they can get back into the network. … Congressional commission focuses on China's cyberwar capability CNET News Security report finds Chinese cyberspying threat growing SC Magazine US Evidence Points To China In Cyber Attacks InformationWeek EETimes.com