Almost 500,000 businesses in the UK could be victims of industrial espionage and many won’t ever realise until it’s too late, claim security experts.
While it may not be the cloak and dagger stuff of fiction spying is booming in the current economic climate with more than 10 per cent of Britain’s 4.7million businesses at risk.
Bugging, electronic surveillance, social engineering, computer hacking and old fashioned bribery are all on the rise as companies look for ways to gain advantage over competitors.
Firms seeking price sensitive information, client databases, supplier information and intellectual property are increasingly resorting to underhand tactics in a bid to keep one step ahead of their rivals.
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