Internet-based threats to businesses’ intellectual property represent a threat to US national security and the country needs to do more to bolster its defences, a top Pentagon official has said.
The comments by William Lynn, deputy defence secretary, highlight that what had been previously seen as a trade issue – particularly affecting ties with China – is now one of the US’s main national security concerns.
“Intellectual property is indeed part of the broader security equation,” Mr Lynn said in a View from DC interview with the Financial Times. “If people are stealing our intellectual property, over the long term they are actually compromising the security of the country by doing damage to our economy.”
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