08/18/2023

U.S. Warns Space Companies About Foreign Spying

China and Russia are among the leading foreign intelligence threats

Today, U.S. counterintelligence agencies warned the American space industry to guard against efforts by foreign intelligence entities to steal research and trade secrets as they try to boost their own countries' space programs.

"We anticipate growing threats to this burgeoning sector of the U.S. economy," a U.S. counterintelligence official told Reuters, adding that "China and Russia are among the leading foreign intelligence threats to the U.S. space industry."

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) and the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) issued a two-page bulletin, saying unspecified foreign entities were using cyberattacks and techniques, such as strategic investment through joint ventures and acquisitions, to gain access to the U.S. space industry.

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