Foiling Cyberspies on Business Trips [telecom]

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Foiling Cyberspies on Business Trips

Intellectual property theft is not new, but it's more widespread, experts say, thanks to tiny cameras and microphones or compromised Wi-Fi networks.

By Julie Weed

The admonitions to business travelers headed to other countries should be familiar by now: Keep your laptop with you at all times. Stay off public Wi-Fi networks. Don't send unencrypted files over the internet.

But not all travelers are heeding them, and many are unaware of the foreign hackers and state-sponsored spies who are taking advantage of their lax security practices.