A hacker, who requests not to have his name revealed, works on his laptop in his office in Taipei (REUTERS/Pichi Chuang).
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Cyber Theft of Competitive Data: Asking the Right Questions
September 25, 2013, Allan A. Friedman
Cybersecurity has captured the attention of policymakers around a range of technical and economic questions, but this convenient term can muddy different threats and challenges. Allan Friedman writes that the most important and least understood is the question of what some have labeled economic espionage, or Cyber Theft of Competitive Data. This issue has become central to the US cyber agenda, particularly as the Administration works with the Chinese government.