On July 23, in response to an increase in attempts at economic
espionage, the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI")
announced a campaign to raise awareness by educating
industry and business leaders on how to recognize and prevent
economic espionage. The FBI estimated U.S. businesses suffered
losses ranging in the hundreds of billions of dollars due to
economic espionage in the past year. As part of the campaign, the
FBI released an educational pamphlet on the
three common methods foreign entities use to spy on U.S.
companies.
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