E-Commerce

Cyberespionage

Cyber-hacking, data breaches, and identity fraud unfortunately are a common source of todays headlines. Cyberespionage involves the theft of intellectual property, as well as valuable situational and personal information, using surreptitious means on the Internet. While many advanced nations engage in cyberespionage, China has been implicated in many major cyberespionage programs aimed at the United States. View the following video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js52FjOsgPA that examines the economic and national security costs of cyberespionage.

In your initial post, offer your thoughts on cyberespionage and the other security threats to e-commerce. Would you hire a hacker to help you with your website? What would be the pros and cons of doing so?

After your initial post, read over the items posted by your peers and offer your expertise in response to their questions.

Please respond to the initial question by day 5 and be sure to post two additional times to peers and/or instructor by day 7. The initial post by day 5 should be 75 to 150 words, but may go longer depending on the topic. If you use any source outside of your own thoughts, you should reference that source. Include solid grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, and spelling.