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Article: More Spies Are on the Prowl in Silicon Valley, FBI Tells Executives.(Originated from San Jose Mercury News, Calif.)
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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- July 28, 1995
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SAN JOSE, Calif.--July 28--It's always been cheaper to steal rather than create components and ideas, but industrial espionage is growing in Silicon Valley as global competition among high-tech firms heats up, top law enforcement officials told an audience of high-tech business leaders Thursday.
Federal agents, speaking at the valley's first major conference on preventing high-tech theft, said that within the last month they have shared information with two Silicon Valley companies indicating the firms were targets of foreign intelligence services.
Additionally, local FBI agents noted the cases of three other individuals apparently affiliated with foreign ...