"Hostile spy agencies are now as focused on infiltrating western universities and companies as they are on doing so to governments, according to the former head of Canada's intelligence service. David Vigneault warned that a recent industrial-scale attempt by China to steal new technologies showed the need for increased vigilance from academics. The frontline has moved, from being focused on government information to private sector innovation, research innovation and universities,"
"Vigneault highlighted Beijing as the main culprit, saying it was using a combination of cyber-attacks, infiltrated agents and recruitment among university staff to acquire sensitive technologies. The system is built to in a very systematic way strip out the military applications of these new innovations to then put them into production for the People's Liberation Army, he said in the interview on the sidelines of an intelligence conference in The Hague this week."
Hostile spy agencies increasingly target western universities and companies as much as governments. Industrial-scale attempts by China to steal new technologies increase the need for academic vigilance. The focus has shifted from government information to private-sector innovation, research innovation and universities. Beijing uses cyber-attacks, infiltrated agents and recruitment among university staff to acquire sensitive technologies. A systematic process extracts military applications from innovations and moves them into production for the People’s Liberation Army. China pursued long-term military regeneration after observing US operations in Iraq in 2003 and invested in asymmetric capabilities and theft of western technical knowledge. Society-wide measures are needed to protect research.
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