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Allegedly France is also big on industrial espionage, but this doesn’t get as much press since they’re a key NATO ally: https://www.france24.com/en/20110104-fr
by deepdriver 4y ago
Allegedly France is also big on industrial espionage, but this doesn’t get as much press since they’re a key NATO ally:
https://www.france24.com/en/20110104-france-industrial-espionage-economy-germany-russia-china-business https://www.france24.com/en/20110104-france-industrial-espio...
- usehackernews 4y agoOn Lex Friedman’s podcast with former CIA spy Andrew Bustamante, Andrew stated that the French spy agency is the top in the world with this type espionage. He said they put all their resources into industrial espionage and it’s pretty much their only focus.
- deepdriver 4y agoThat's where I heard of it too. Apparently this view is shared by others in government as well, as revealed in the Wikileaks diplomatic cable dump.
- secfirstmd 4y agoIsrael also very blatantly does it. The US does it also. Can't remember the exact number but contracts above 150 million can occasionally be "helped along" by national level assets.