Significant rise in state-backed Eastern European cyber espionage

Danny Palmer
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Verizon 2014 Data Breach Investigations Report shows cyber espionage is on the rise, particularly in Russian-speaking regions

Computer hacking and cyber crime for the purposes for industrial espionage is on the rise, with government-backed intrusion attempts from Eastern Europe seeing the biggest growth. That's accordi...

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