According to Power, it's corporate espionage, not bored teenage hackers, that threatens online data safety. Beware the competition One of the greatest misconceptions thwarting the defense of cyberspace is the idea that the typical cybercriminal is a juvenile hacker on a joyride. It simply isn't true. Juvenile hackers end up in the headlines because they get caught. Of course no one will admit this openly, but in an anonymous survey conducted by CSI and the FBI, over 50 percent of information security professionals cited corporate competitors as likely sources of cyberattack.
Corporate espionage is real.
In the age of the Internet and the global economy, it gets more and more real every day. It's as real as the profits from the most successful IPO imaginable and it can wipe out those kinds of profits just as easily. Corporate espionage is real. TechTV Inc. All rights reserved. We respect your privacy .