Stratfor Chief Security Officer Fred Burton said...countries like Russia and China deploy spies to work with or around startups in places like Silicon Valley and Austin to get an edge on the future pipeline of tech, either copying those systems or designing resistance measures to them.
The way they pry into targets may have little to do with hacking...
Spies have been known to moonlight as office cleaners, roaming around a floor after hours and using iPhones to take pictures of workstations and documents, Burton said.
“I don't have to hack
into your system. I just have to have someone work next to you who knows
what you're doing. It is just that simple sometimes. It is basic agent
101.” more