Chapter 12.7, Problem 7SGDQ

Explanation of Solution

Industrial Espionage:

Sometimes to get business advantage over other competitors some organizations illegally investigate those competitors. This is known as Industrial Espionage.

Example of Espionage using Malware:

In 2013 hackers stole nearly 70 millions of customer accounts from Target Corp using custom malware.

Problem and damages:

The hackers stole customer account information from Point of Sales (POS) systems and sold it between $20 million to $50 million...