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FBI sees Chinese involvement amid sharp rise in economic espionage cases – CNN

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FBI sees Chinese involvement amid sharp rise in economic espionage cases
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In a survey conducted by the FBI, half of the 165 private companies that participated have claimed to be victims of economic espionage or theft of trade secrets, and 95% of those attempts originated from individuals associated with the Chinese government.
FBI sees 53% surge in economic espionage, blames ChinaPress TV
US Plans to Use Spy Law to Battle Corporate EspionageWall Street Journal
FBI video: Chinese CEO gets busted on spy chargesCNBC
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North Korea denies involvement in Sony Pictures hack

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North Korea, for the first time, has denied involvement in the recent cyber attack that hit Sony Pictures.

The country is a suspect in the attack, partly because of Sony’s upcoming release of “The Interview,” a comedy in which two TV reporters travel to North Korea on a secret mission to kill leader Kim Jong Un.

North Korea has been blamed for cyber attacks before, on South Korea, and state media earlier this year threatened “a strong and merciless countermeasure” should the Sony movie be released. But on Wednesday a government official denied any link between North Korea and the attack on Sony.

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Stuxnet virus: US refuses to deny involvement – Daily Telegraph

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His initial response was to discuss the general problem of tracing cyber attacks … to deliver virus to the Natanz systems, pointing to Israeli intelligence, which is known to be very active inside Iran. Graham Cluley , of the British computer security …
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IRAN: Speculation on Israeli involvement in malware computer attack – Los Angeles Times

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It took Iran several months since the reports that it was hardest hit by the computer worm known as Stuxnet  but recently authorities conceded that about 30,000 IP addresses had been infected with the malware. The worm affected computers of staff at the …
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