Industrial espionage

Teapot with Actresses, Vezzi porcelain factory, Venice, c. 1725. The Vezzi brothers were involved in a series of incidents of industrial espionage. It was these actions that led to the secret of manufacturing Meissen porcelain becoming widely known.

Industrial espionage, also known as economic espionage, corporate spying, or corporate espionage, is a form of espionage conducted for commercial purposes instead of purely national security.[1]

While political espionage is conducted or orchestrated by governments and is international in scope, industrial or corporate espionage is more often national and occurs between companies or corporations.[2]

  1. ^ "Unusual suspects: Cyber-spying grows bigger and more boring". The Economist. 25 May 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  2. ^ Nasheri 2005, p. 10.