Editing Industrial espionage (section)

===United States===
A 2009 report to the US government, by aerospace and defense company [[Northrop Grumman]], describes [[Chinese espionage in the United States|Chinese economic espionage]] as comprising "the single greatest threat to U.S. technology".{{sfn|DeWeese et al.|2009}} Blogging on [[Operation Aurora|the 2009 cyber attack on Google]], Joe Stewart of [[SecureWorks]] referred to a "persistent campaign of 'espionage-by-malware' emanating from the People's Republic of China (PRC)" with both corporate and state secrets being "Shanghaied".{{sfn|Stewart|2010}} The Northrop Grumman report states that the collection of US defense engineering data stolen through cyberattacks is regarded as having "saved the recipient of the information years of R&D and significant amounts of funding".{{sfn|DeWeese et al.|2009}} Concerns about the extent of cyberattacks has led to the situation being described as the dawn of a "new cold cyberwar".{{sfn|Navarro|Autry|2010}}

According to [[Edward Snowden]], the [[National Security Agency]] spies on foreign companies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/edward-snowden-says-nsa-engages-in-industrial-espionage-1.2511635|title=Edward Snowden says NSA engages in industrial espionage|date=26 January 2014|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref> In June 2015 Wikileaks published documents about the National Security Agency spying on French companies.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/wikileaks-enthuellung-nsa-soll-auch-franzoesische-wirtschaft-bespitzelt-haben-a-1041268.html|title=Wikileaks-Enthüllung: NSA soll auch französische Wirtschaft bespitzelt haben|date=29 June 2015|work=Der Spiegel}}</ref>