Big Tech has a spy problem

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The article describes historical espionage by France’s external intelligence service, which planted agents inside the French computer company Bull during the late 1980s to learn about US technology firms. Its title frames the account as part of a broader concern about espionage involving major technology companies.

The PC revolution was upon us, and American tech companies were running circles around Compagnie des Machines Bull, the legendary but struggling French computer company. France was determined to find out how and why. Between 1987 and 1989, the Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure, France’s equivalent of the CIA, planted moles inside the offices … The post Big Tech has a spy problem appeared first on Egypt Independent.