"These activities could be considered 'crimes' by any and all foreign governments," Heimerl said. Private and government-backed espionage will continue regardless of how this particular case progresses, Heimerl said. The move by the Justice Department is not likely to have a measurable impact on global espionage, said Jon Heimerl, a senior security strategist at Solutionary, an Omaha, Neb.-based managed service provider and subsidiary of the NTT Group. Intellectual property theft was at the heart of a report issued last year by Alexandria, Va.-based Mandiant (acquired by FireEye) on a Chinese group linked to sustained cyberespionage activity. The theft of trade secrets, manufacturing plans and other highly sensitive intellectual property has been a serious concern for years, but security experts say the threat is poorly documented because most businesses are not required to publicly disclose data breaches involving the theft of the information. The proprietary information sought by the hackers allegedly was passed on to Chinese-owned companies in an attempt to copy the processes and reproduce similar items, according to the indictment. Department of Justice handed down the indictment Monday, charging that the men allegedly hacked into the networks of a number of companies, among them Alcoa and Westinghouse Electrics Co. computer networks to steal intellectual property is a sign that businesses need to take IP theft more seriously, they add. The indictment of five Chinese People's Liberation Army officers for their alleged role in hacking into U.S. Cyberespionage has been a poorly documented, longstanding problem, say solution providers.
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