Editing Industrial espionage (section)

===The Internet===
The rise of the Internet and [[computer network]]s has expanded the range and detail of information available and the ease of access for the purpose of industrial espionage.{{sfn|DeWeese et al.|2009}} This type of operation is generally identified as state backed or sponsored, because the "access to personal, financial or analytic resources" identified exceed that which could be accessed by [[Cybercrime|cyber criminals]] or individual [[hacker]]s. Sensitive military or defense engineering or other industrial information may not have immediate [[Value (economics)|monetary value]] to criminals, compared with, say, [[bank]] details. Analysis of cyberattacks suggests deep knowledge of networks, with targeted attacks, obtained by numerous individuals operating in a sustained organized way.{{sfn|DeWeese et al.|2009}}