Examples: information leaks

• 1990: Lotus Marketplace habits of 80,000,000

• 1991: SS Admin. employees sell FBI+SS data

• 1992: France accused of economic spying

• 1993: Ames (CIA) arrested spying for Russia

• 1994: CIA spies on Japan in trade talks

• 1995: Major U.S. electronics firm fails when a customer steals secrets - becomes a competitor

• 1996: Competitive intelligence a big business

• 1997: 20+ nations identified as helping their companies spy

• 1998: E-commerce exposes large numbers of credit cards

• 1999: DoE nuclear weapons information leaks discovered

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