http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200503/200503230043.html March 23, 2005 Korean intelligence foiled 96 cases of attempted industrial espionage between 1998 and 2004, preventing losses of W58.2 trillion (US$58 billion), the service said Wednesday. An official from the National Intelligence Service (NIS)¡¯s Industrial Secrets Protection Center made the claim during a seminar at the Federation of Korean Industries¡¯ conference center on preventing leaks of industrial technology secrets. He said most of the cases of attempted technology theft involved current and former employees who sold out, with 40 cases involving former employees and 16 current. Most involved IT technology like semiconductors, cell phones and LCDs. By year, 2002 witnessed five foiled attempts and 2003 six, but 2004 saw a frenzy of attempts with 26. An NIS official said the service began a full-scale crackdown on industrial espionage after the Roh administration took office in 2003 and the number of cases uncovered increased. But he said foiled attempts barely scratched the surface. He added the focus of the crackdown was leaks of technological secrets to China. _________________________________________ Bellua Cyber Security Asia 2005 - http://www.bellua.com/bcs2005
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