Austria's company in the crosshairs: Foreign secret services endanger the future!

Austria's company in the crosshairs: Foreign secret services endanger the future!

Vienna, Österreich - Austrian companies are increasingly getting into the crosshair of foreign intelligence agencies. A current study shows that nine percent of companies were already the goal of a espionage incident. While only three percent are convinced of an actual spy on, six percent only express assumptions. According to the government of State Protection and Intelligence (DSN), Russia and China are particularly the main actors in the field of business espionage. The legal situation in China, where data is easy to call up for the state, is particularly concerned about the companies that work there, reports The press .

Another alarming report comes from Germany, where seven out of ten companies are also threatened by data theft, espionage and sabotage. A study by the digital association Bitkom shows that China has become the central starting point for attacks on the German economy, with 45 percent of the companies affected to confirm attacks directly on China. In addition, 70 percent of the contested companies suspected the perpetrators in the ranks of organized crime, while 20 percent were able to identify foreign secret services as responsible, such as nau.ch reported.

worrying developments

The study of Bitkom also illustrates the dimension of the threat: 81 percent of the companies stated that they have been victims of Industriek Espionage and Sabotage in the past twelve months. The estimated damage amounts to a considerable 267 billion euros, an increase of 29 percent compared to the previous year. This alarming development shows that companies urgently need to increase their protective measures in order to secure themselves against the growing dangers.

"The threat to the German economy is tightening. The companies have to continue to raise their protective measures," said the President of Bitkom, Ralf Wintergerst, and warns of the diverse attacks that are increasingly being threatening to exist for the companies.