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title: Cyber espionage has lower political risks for nations than traditional espionage
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# [Cyber espionage has lower political risks for nations than traditional espionage](https://www.ironpaper.com/current/2010/09/cyber-espionage-has-lower-political-risks-for-nations-than-traditional-espionage)

 Written by [Ironpaper](https://www.ironpaper.com/current/author/admin) | Sep 20, 2010 4:47:49 PM

On Sept 17th, the MI5 Director-General, Jonathan Evans,  gave a speech before the *Worshipful Company of Security Professionals*, regarding the use of cyberspace in espionage.

In his speech, he addressed the major threats the domestic intelligence services faced. This includes the use of the internet as a vector for espionage. The increased use of the internet for espionage reduced political risks for nations to engage in the activity. As a side note, the cyber-espionage can pave the way for tradition forms of espionage.

(Source: Stratfor and telegraph.co.uk, *Jonathan Evans' terrorism speech*)

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