Disclosure lost viewers with its over-the-top portrayal of corporate espionage in a tech company.

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The former ARRI executive's adventures in corporate espionage have landed him nothing but trouble.

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Corporate espionage is not just the stuff of high-profile, high-intrigue cross border spying.

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Hilton Hotels said it was suspending the development of Denizen, a new hotel brand, following allegations (which it denies) of corporate espionage made by Starwood, a rival.

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As one component of the new strategy, U.S. law-enforcement and intelligence agencies will work more closely with the private sector to school them in counterspying and provide warnings about emerging corporate espionage threats.

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This, it says, is because Washington "will not take the same path of digital corporate espionage, as its laws are much stricter (and better enforced) and because illicit competition violates the American sense of fair play".

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But back to the businessman whose hotel room was tossed: It has also stuck in my head because while it is the most egregious example of corporate espionage it only hints at what happens at the low-level.

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Now come charges of corporate espionage.

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As one component of the new strategy, U.S. law-enforcement and intelligence agencies will work more closely with the private sector to school them in counterspying and provide warnings about emerging corporate- espionage threats.

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Recent high profile data breaches, corporate economic espionage cases and government reports detailing the threat posed by foreign economic espionage in cyberspace have generated more focus on the risks posed by cyber incidents and whether corporations are doing enough to protect their computer systems and intellectual property.

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