Steel City’s Hacking Cases Mean Gameover for Trade Theft

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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-19/steel-city-s-hacking-cases-mean-gameover-for-trade-theft.html

By Chris Strohm
Bloomberg.com
Aug 18, 2014

The U.S. Justice Department is adding resources and agents in Pittsburgh 
to combat hackers, after the steel city’s law enforcement agencies, 
universities and companies led the way on two landmark prosecutions.

The two cases targeting people in China and Russia have helped make 
Pittsburgh the epicenter of the U.S. fight against foreign hackers. Now, 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation is sending a portion of 1,500 new 
agents to the city, mainly to support such cybercases, and the Justice 
Department is studying if Pittsburgh’s example can be replicated across 
the nation.

Pittsburgh’s efforts have been enabled by a mix of local technology 
researchers, aggressive law enforcement agents and businesses rich with 
trade secrets. While attorneys in other cities have gone after foreign 
hackers, Pittsburgh was the first to connect corporate cyber-espionage to 
the Chinese government and document direct consequences to U.S. companies.

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