Examine both domestic and international computer espionage and give examples of each. Why is it more difficult to determine the extent of international espoinage?

Examine both domestic and international computer espionage and give examples of each . Why is it more difficult to determine the extent of international espionage

Currently , serious discussions have been continually conducted by apprehensive leaders of several nations and private corporations regarding the ignition of information espionage , which can now be easily downloaded or directed through computers . The vast software resources are the major reason why computer hacking is continually committed both in domestic and international arena . The advancement of world interconnection greatly eased foreign governments and other computer spies hacking

activities . Because of modern computer data bases , local and foreign contacts could now easily request or conduct exactions of particular information through computer espionage . Before , hackers engages in this kind of activity as a conquest or sport . However , many hackers are now becoming professional criminals because of the economic gains realized from the materials or informations gathered . According to the 2002 survey , 90 of government agencies and corporations have been exposed to computer espionage within the preceding 12 months , while financial losses were admitted as a result by 80 of the said respondents (Drab

.7 . Few seconds are all it takes to spy into others computer systems and a highly trained computer spy is capable of cracking access codes either off or on agency site

Organizations in United States agreed that domestic competitors commits and avails most of the computer espionage activities (Buerkle , n .pag The exposure of several government and private companies in the United States to computer espionage is the result of their reliance on their employed local contractual workers and consultants who , as a result could easily acquire access the sensitive informations kept in the companies ' computers . The foregoing informations stolen by these personnel could then be sold to several domestic competitors or to the highest bidders . Current events shows that domestic computer espionage are also used and conducted by rival politicians and /or political groups in a particular country in the hopes of gathering political scandals and other government corruptions

In 1994 , passwords and codes were stolen from Citibank 's corporate customer by a gang of Russian computer hackers (Buerkle , n .pag .The hackers were able to transfer the bank customer 's savings of 10 million to several overseas accounts (Buerkle , n .pag . The Russian hackers were eventually apprehended and convicted , however , Citibank only recovered 400 ,000 of the said money (Buerkle , n .pag . In 2004 , an engineer employee of a United States owned software development center located in India was convicted of stealing relevant software source code of the company through the use of her personal electronic mail account (Buerkle , n .pag

International computer espionage is more difficult to determine because of fear by foreign corporations and governments of injuring diplomatic relations and international embarrassment (Drab

.5 . They see to it that their computer espionage activities are undetected by the foreign target (Drab

.5 . Donald Przybyla , Supervisory Special Agent of the FBI stated that international spies , particularly of the former KGB , have...