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Sheldon Whitehouse: “The attacks through our cyber system on private corporations for the purpose of stealing their intellectual property to…”

On the recordJanuary 7, 2014
The attacks through our cyber system on private corporations for the purpose of stealing their intellectual property to distribute to competitor corporations in the home country of the attacker is a very, very significant drain on our economy and, indeed, it has been described as the 'biggest illicit transfer of wealth in the history of mankind.'
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse highlights the economic impact of cyber attacks on U.S. companies.

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