The Slow Drain on America (Part II): Espionage, China, and American Business | Web Design | Singapore | Ecommerce | Woocommerce

The Slow Drain on America (Part II): Espionage, China, and American Business | Web Design | Singapore | Ecommerce | Woocommerce

Previously I addressed America's increasing awareness of the associated risks in cyber and digital systems, yet so many commercial businesses still lack hardened security programs capable of protecting sensitive information. Espionage between nation-states has taken a popular new form over the last decade and civilian America is slow to understand this new phenomenon of spying tactics. Commercial businesses and government has fallen in love with the advantages of new technology but due to the preference of ease of data that tech brings, many still hesitate to address this new set of problems and vulnerabilities our technology systems present. The reality is today that cyber-crime and cyber-espionage are big business opportunities for individuals and nation-states. This new form of espionage is affecting the economic and political relationships between countries and has changed the shape of modern warfare to become full of sneaky and canvassed attacks; many times going completely unnoticed by victims who are uneducated on the underlying goals of the attacker.


Where is the largest part of the "cyber drain" coming from?


A formidable threat to the strength and competitiveness of the US economy is China, but what the American population largely does not understand is the Chinese strategic objectives behind draining US business data and industry IP.


China sees cyber warfare as a valid form of international business and military competition, and is pursuing what it calls "information dominance. '' Mandiant recently traced many of the US attacks to a Shanghai office building that likely is the home of the People's Liberation Army's cyber warfare unit.


These low-grade types of commercial cyber attacks are also increasingly originating from other countries like Russia, Taiwan, Turkey, and North Korea, many of the most notable and damaging recent intrusions have been traced back ..

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