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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