Government-level data burglary

Two alleged Russian spies have been arrested in Switzerland on their way to Bern. The agents are suspected to try to break into the data of Labor Spiez, a world leading institution in the field of research around weapons of mass destructions, in particular chemical weapons.

Data has become the target of attacts at a level of governments. Storing and using unencrypted data has long turned into a liability.

Read the original story (in German) at Tagesanzeiger:

https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/panorama/russische-spione-auf-dem-weg-ins-berner-oberland-verhaftet/story/27257777