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Chinese Hacks Show that Cybersecurity Isn’t Just Academic
Universities can expect to be at the front line of an escalating global cybersecurity war. More coordination is needed.
Spy school.
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For decades, back before the Cold War, universities were fertile hunting grounds for espionage.
Western and Soviet intelligence agencies were known to recruit spies directly from campuses at home, while grooming up-and-coming experts in target countries who might one day be in positions of knowledge or power.